Saturday, June 7, 2008

The SMS

A politician is known for the promises he keeps - Anonymous
My phone vibrated at 3.37pm on 4th June 2008, I was attending a training session scheduled for 2 days starting today. It was an incoming sms…

Friend : Petrol pump price increase tonite.

Reza : Really.. Not in August..?

Friend : We r on the way to putrajaya to pick up letter

Reza : Tq..pls update me later.


At 5.42 pm, my phone again gave an ominous rattle.

Friend : Confirm price increase from pump. RM1.00 DIESEL, RM0.7841 ULG97, RM0.7410 ULG92. Fleetcard no change. RM0.43 fishery diesel/petrol.

So that’s when I knew.
F*^% the government, another lie. Shahrir told us that the increase would be in August. This was 2 whole month early. Najib in early June told the people that they are not increasing the price so soon so ask the people to stop speculating.

Wait, another sms

Friend 2 : 4/6 PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says Tenaga Nasional to raise electricity rates by 18% for home, 26% for business users/STAR


Damn the politicians..