Cerita Tiga Ekor Monyet Lagi...

Di dalam sebuah hutan rimba, dibelantara amazon, ader 3 ekor monyet sedang dok berbincang di atas pokok...

Monyet 1: lu org tenok gaji2 menteri....dorang mkn sampai 7 keturunan mcm sumpah mahsuri pun takkan habis siakz

Monyet 2: Tadi pagi aku beli teh kat kedai kopi.. dah naik lagi seposen.. wtf man….

Monyet 1: teh naik 10...petrol naik 3 sen...current naik bersen sen...gaji jer tak naik......dorang ingat kasi duit gst $200 boleh tahan lama ke apa?

Monyet 3: Tahun nie lagi terus takde duit GST….huhu. Aku nak jual jubo ahh…

Monyet 1: last election dorang menang 66.6%. dgn duit GST tak kasi....mah bok tan nyer fumble pasal hdb....tu datuk ckp prc lagi rajin dari sgrean.....GIC rugi investment 3.6 billion....

aku rasa hard fight ni kali nyer election...

Monyet 2: Yes kita tipu gomen isi minyak kat jb, masuk jail.. gomen tipu kita pasal gst, diaorg dapat naik gaji..where the logic man..

They mucked up the economy and blame everything and everyone but themselves
Published by Singapore Election.

• Singapore President's Basic Salary raised to S$3,187,100 (24.9% increase), Singapore's current President, Nathan, was a member of the dreaded Japanese Kampeti (uniform, sword and all) during the Japanese occupation of Singapore.
• Singapore Prime Minister's Basic Salary raised to S$3,091,200 (25.5% increase). This is US$2.04 million, or about five times more than U.S. President George W. Bush, who currently takes home US$400,000
• Senior Minister – S$3,043,300 (13.5% increase) or US$2.01 million.
• Minister Mentor – S$3,043,300 (13.5% increase) or US$2.01 million
• Deputy Prime Minister – S$2,452,500 (18.8% increase) US$1.62 million.
• Minister and Senior Perm Sec – S$1,593,500 (32.5% increase) or US$1.06 million
• Entry Superscale Grade – S$384,000 (3.3% increase)
• Member of Parliament – S$216,300 (23.2% increase)
• Average Singaporean: US$26,000 (S$43,104 or S$3,592 per mo) Source: Singapore Ministry of Manpower
• The poorest 10% in Singapore earn S$3,600, or S$300 a month.
• Welfare payments to the needy S$290 a month.

Quote:

A senior White House official on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 admitted he was floored by the news that Singapore's prime minister earned five times more than US President George W. Bush.

"I'm going to emigrate and run for office in Singapore," the official said on condition he be identified only as "a senior administration official who sits in disbelief after reading that story."

Sources:

http://singaporeelection.blogspot.com/2008/10/they-mucked-up-economy-and-blame.html

http://www.yeocheowtong.com/Salaries.html

ps: Next GE, korang tahu mana nak pangkah ahhh... =)

 Soul: Money, Money, Money (ABBA)

Sneak Peek 2010

Welcome to the 1st work week of the year =)

For the past few months, I have been flipping thru papers, books, magazines, websites and all kind of resources, simply trying to replete and understand what's the current economy is like.

Positive outlook has well been projected for every sector. But, there might still be minor glitches ahead. Slowly, yet surely, all have been improving in the last quarter of 2009.

Although, the economy has shown vital signs of recovering, but things are not getting cheaper anytime sooner. The oil price continues to escalate after fluctuating in the last few months, but not as menancing as in 2008. While the United States is on the verge trying to better manage their debts, Japan has only came out from recession just recently.

As the world is on par mending its economy, businesses and banks are still trying to revive, restructure the old and unfashionable way of doing business. There will still be job losses and unemployments, which are something that can never be avoided.

In 2007, just before the crisis struck, I wrote these statements below:

"Personally, I shall not indulge into making major financial commitments at the moment. I believe, the next 2 years (2008-2009) will be a testing time. If we could survive after 2009, then I'll make another prediction" - mohdzuraini.blog.co.uk

Looking back at what happened in 2008-2009, most of the things I have sized up truly has occured. Although, things are now improving slowly, but it will not rebound to the state when it was once before.

I met a business friend from India recently. I may not be a seasonal economist, but we've been talking about the world market and how the economy is riding. Interestingly, what he foresee, the world would be facing another distress sooner this year.

Due to global warming and harsh weather outlooks, many rice producing nation will be greatly affected.

India, the world largest crops producer will stop exporting rice into the world market. Being the largest nation in rice exports, India's absence in the world market will affect the rice consuming nations significantly.

Looking at the rising price of raw sugar now, rice will come under scrutiny when there is low in supply and higher in demand. Thus, a price hike for this comodity is inevitable.

Let's be cautious for the next 3 months. Give a little breathing space for the economy, before we can splurge heavily on something that we ought to save for the future.

Happy New Year and best wishes to all. =)



ps: I was too sick to blog for the last few days.

Soul: Time For Miracles (Adam Lambert)

WHO declares H1N1 flu pandemic

A bear, a lion and a pig meet.

Bear says: "if I roar in the forest, the entire forest is shivering with fear."

Lion says: "if I roar in the jungle, the entire jungle is afraid of me."

Pig says: "big deal.... I only have to cough, and the entire planet
lives in fear.

1st flu pandemic in 40 years declared - CNA

Aku baru balik dari melepak makan sop tulang dgn members kat Beach Road tadi.

Lepas mandi, aku pon rilex kat living hall. Dgn laptop kat coffee table, teh panas kat tepi dan sebatang rokok, aku pon surf internet sambil tgk TV.

Perrgghh...Singapore hit 21 cases for H1N1??? WTF!

ChannelnewsAsia
STOCKHOLM: The World Health Organisation declared a H1N1 flu pandemic on Thursday, raising its alert to the maximum level six, the Swedish government said.

Swedish Health Minister Maria Larsson was to hold a press conference later on Thursday following "the WHO's decision to raise the pandemic level to six for the influenza A(H1N1)", the government said in a statement.

A total of 74 countries are now affected by the virus.

Read more.

Share aku tak naik, H1N1 lakk yang naik mendadak! Kekadang aku pon tertanya, apasal bole jadi mcm nie? Adakah, keadaan cuaca dunia yg kian buruk penyebab punca segala penyakit yg timbul?

Apa yg aku dapat tahu, wabak H1N1 ini berpunca dari kesilapan manusia. Itu lah yg kenyataan yg telah dikeluarkan oleh PM Mexico tempoh hari sewaktu wabak ini mula dikesan. Tapi yg heran nyer, WHO menafikan kenyataan tersebut.

But on the brighter side, the flu is rather mild, not a serious one as first expected. Tapi alert level dah naik sampai tahap 6?!

Greenbacks growing weaker and oil price is climbing rapidly in the next 4 weeks. Signs of economy recovering masih blom nampak.

With this pandemic, will it add more distress to the already battered economy?

Sekarang dah bulan 6. Future bleaks. Tak bole ramal apa2 pon. Kena tunggu 3rd quarter of the year.

Kepada low risk takers, advisable not to commit heavy investments. Keadaan masih lagi muram...

Take heed.

ps: Tadi petang aku submit song competiton entry kat Compass. =)