Blame It On The Fuel ...

The week is really moving by so fast. It was only yesterday that I was complaining about my horrible Tuesday and today is already Thursday. Not that I'm complaining mind you. It has been a pretty tiring week for me what with a sudden surge in my workload. I'm glad that tomorrow is Friday already cos Friday is my favourite day of the week. Well, Saturdays too of course :D

The world fuel prices is one subject that affects each and every one of us in some way, irrespective of whether you own a car or not. The price of fuel has been spiraling up and down and currently is on the decline which is good news for us. Things should be a little cheaper, right?

Well, I've got news for you. I don't think anything is going to be any cheaper. Here in this country when the price of fuel or gas as some of you call it was first increased quite sometime back to an exorbitant price, every business entity took advantage to increase their prices citing the increase in fuel prices. From big huge establishments like the TNB (our national electricity company) to the roadside street vendors increased their prices.

Well, that's fine and dandy. I don't blame them. After all, since we're going to pay more for fuel, it's only natural that businesses and products that use fuel (which is practically everything!) would also have an increase in price. And that puts a huge dent in everyones expenses, including mine. I couldn't get the same amount of things that I could get before with RM100. I had to pay a lot more for stuff. And everyone, I mean practically all businesses increased the price of their goods. And when you ask them why, they'll say,

'Aiyaa, the price of fuel so high, how not to increase if I want to survive!'

And you're left with no choice cos you need your everyday groceries and you need your comforts at times. Even eating out was not cheap anymore. But what puzzles me is when the price of fuel was reduced and is going to be reduced again (I think), these same business dealers, especially the restaurants quickly come out with statements saying that don't expect them to reduce their food prices just because the cost of fuel has gone down!

Something is not right with that isn't it? When the price of fuel was increased, they were the first to say that they have no choice but to raise prices. And now they're saying they will NOT lower the price of their food even though huge hypermarkets, where some of these restaurants buy their supplies from have already said they will reduce their prices. Like I said, something is not right here isn't it?

And I'm not making up this story. I actually read about this in the newspapers a couple of days ago where these association of restaurant owners or some crap like that came out and made a statement about not to expect them to reduce the price of their food (which they increased due to the fuel increase in the first place) just because the government has reduced the fuel prices. What a ridiculous statement!

And the worse part is they're making all sorts of reasons to justify their statement. Maybe I'm stupid or something but for the life of me, the mathematics to this is plain simple. Price increase when fuel cost increase so price should be reduced when fuel cost go down, right? No? That's not the way unscrupulous people work? I see. Why didn't anyone tell me that!

Anyways, I have decided to boycott eating outside unless I have no choice. I'm also hoping that the rest of you would also refrain from eating out as much as you can so these high and mighty restaurateurs would know what it's like when no one eats at their shops anymore. And when they see their business dwindling, then maybe they just might stop trying to be so unscrupulous.

I actually wanted to make a tag and 'force' (LOL) all of you, my fellow bloggers to join me on this quest to stop eating outside but I'm just too darn lazy to come up with a tag. You all by now know how much I 'love' doing tags, right, let alone creating one ... hehehe ...

But seriously though, consider not eating out at these restaurants as much as you can. You'd be better off just cooking your own food at home for a fraction of the price you have to pay eating at such places. I know wifey and me have started our quest to eat at home as much as we can. It's a little more troublesome having to cook your own dinner, but think of how much you'll be able to save if you boycott these cutthroats out there. And home cooked food is way healthier anyway :D

So come on people, join me on my quest to eat at home more. I don't have a special eat at home icon, badge or avatar that you can put on your blogs as a show of supports (mainly cos I'm too lazy to create one) but maybe you could mention a line or two of my ramblings about this topic as sign of support for my quest :D

Ok now that I've got that out of my system, with the money I'm going to save from eating at home, I can visit this site called www.casino.de and try out their free blackjack training game and also their free slots with cash prizes to be won ... hehehe ... The thing is the site is in German and my grasp of the German language is as good as my grasp of Swahili ... LOL!

Well, German or not, I actually did go and check out the site, the English version of course and if you're a huge fan of online gambling, then this is basically the site for you. They've got a huge variety of game rules, some great tools and loads of strategy and advise on how to play all your favourite casino games besides helping you to find the best places to play. I guess if you're going to be be spending money on gambling online, then you probably want to maximize your gambling dollars right?

As for me, I'm not much of a gambler, in fact I haven't ever gambled online before but I found things that piqued my interest there like getting some hand-on experience playing some of their free casino games. At least this way I can brush up my non-existent gambling skills before actually trying my hand at the real thing :D If I ever have to guts to that is ...

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