Of oil price and Mr. Farish

Oil price in the global market shows no sign of lowering down. It had reached USD 100.00 per barrel. I wonder how long our government can stand for not increasing local oil price. I believe sooner or later there’d be increment for this commodity. As an oil consumer I am the one who make high demand and cause oil price hike. This is due to the amount of litres of petrol consume of my car where I have to travel 120 kilometres daily to work and back home. Therefore, this morning I have taken an initiative to lower down my demand on petroleum. I joined other Malaysian commuters using ‘KTM Komuter’ to work. Hmm… at least I am proud that I have made a minor (major perhaps?) contribution to our economic growth.

The early bird

The advertisement

The daily route

Several good news

Happy New Year everyone!

I received a lot of SMSs yesterday due to the completed rotation of the earth as we call it New Year. Thank you very much for your thoughts friends!. Let's talk something interesting that I see as starting good news for teachers and students. There are many good things await our education sector for this year. They are all going to be implemented this year. According to The Star newspaper here are the good news:

1. School will get an additional teacher for every five classes in the Education Ministry's move to improve the teacher-to-student ratio for secondary schools.

2. Free uniforms for students from families with monthly income of RM1000.00 and below.

3. Technical and vocational education in schools will be revamped to enhance skills to meet requirements of employers.

4. PSD sponsorship and scholarship to be increased from 5000 to 10000 for undergraduate students.

5. Inculcating patriotism: a pilot project will start on national service-type training for students at PMR-level as part of their co-curriculum activities.

6. Free school books for primary and secondary students and no more school fees.