where do we go from here?

Let’s get on the bandwagon and talk about petrol. After all, we don't want to be 'frogs under the coconut shell', now do we? So now the price of petrol has gone up. Waaay up. Yet, my allowance NEVER goes up. (Who’s with me here?) So how do we cope up with this? Where do we go from here?

Well, for starters, we might want to go slow.

Following the speed limit may not just save your life. It saves fuel and your money as well, says Road Safety Department director-general Datuk Suret Singh.
"As a general guide, travelling at 90kph is the optimum speed. The next time you travel home on the highway at 110kph, try driving at 90kmph. You'll notice the savings," he told reporters Friday at his office here.

I don’t drive at 110kph that often. Only when I feel like I’m going to be late. With that said, from now on, I’ll have to leave the house earlier to get to college. Let’s work backwards here. In order to get to college on time while driving at 90kph, I have to get up early. To get up early, I have to sleep early. Wouldn’t it be fair to ask for classes to end early, too?

(Either that or I’m going to be later than usual for class.)

I’m sure pretty soon, the prices of other things will sky-rocket. According to the Star, hawkers and other food operators will wait and see before raising prices.

The way I see it, they’re going to see what their competitors are doing, since no one wants to be the first to increase their price. So Pak Abu’s mamak stall will wait and see what Pak Mat does. When Pak Mat’s roti canai is up 20 sen, Pak Abu’s roti canai will either be the same price as Pak Mat’s or it will only go up 10 sen, but it will shrink half its usual size.

Pay extra 10 sen or be unfulfilled? Ahhh…the tough decisions we have to make in life.
But as Raja Petra puts it… life can’t revolve just around the price of petrol.