PM Badawi announced yesterday that petrol will be increased from RM1.92 to RM2.70 at midnight, while household electricity will increase by 19% in July. As if life wasn’t already exciting enough, he made the announcement in the afternoon knowing full well that people will rush to the pumps. As a result, the entire town (and probably Malaysia) went into a stand-still because of the panic buying - the photo below was taken an hour after the announcement.
In yet another ridiculous move, to control subsidized fuel this time, the Malaysian government announced last night that petrol stations within 30km from the border are not allowed to sell petrol to foreign cars from Friday. This effectively means that Singapore-registered cars cannot buy petrol from JB anymore.
Guess who was the contestant on Deal Or No Deal tonight? It was none other than Josh Lim of Advertlets. He cashed out at RM21,900 with 2 cases to go but took home only RM4,380 (i.e. 20%) because he couldn’t answer the question, which was a tough one to be fair.
You can catch the video online here (Episode 26).
It’s been a hectic two weeks and I’m glad to be home. My freelance business is starting to get noticed by Singapore ad agencies and although it’s only January, I’ve already met 30% of my annual sales target and turned down a number of jobs. Anyway, here’s a round-up of what’s been happening the last two weeks.
