DEADWOOD

Being a deadwood normally gives a negative connotation when describing the current performance of a paid employee.  For those who are not familiar with the definition, it simply means that the person is not performing and his/her presence is just an added number to a growing manpower.

I am currently having this feeling towards my own presence in the company and so far, I could not think of pushing the department under my supervision to another level. Seems that my mode has hit the glass ceiling. What else is there? Am I being positive to the point of insanity or just plain pessimist? God forbid, I do not want to do the same old stuff over and over again and expecting excellence…now that is insane!  Maybe if I were to discuss this matter with a motivational trainer, he/she would say that I am stuck in my comfort zone and I am crookedly insane.

Let’s look what we have in store for this year.  The year is 2015 and according to the Chinese calendar, this year supposed to be the year of the Goat. Would there be a good leap and good grazing or otherwise? Only Allah knows best. For us the so-called intelligent creature, we ought to think of a way to get out of the current mess we are in.

Our government is ever-ready to graze the middle income and consumers by introducing the Goods and Service Tax aka GST.  Even before this new tax takes into place, already the retailers and producers hiked the price of perishable goods in the wake of petrol down price.  Surprise? Not at all.

Layman like me would expect the price of goods would reduce coherently with the downward petrol price but it proves to be the other way round. Why? I would perceive that the raw material, which mostly are imported still subject to transportation cost and duties imposed by our Royal Customs. Added with downward trend of our Ringgit against the foreign currencies, buying power of our manufacturers has decreased which makes even worse for the consumers. But then, what about the home grown or locally manufactured stuff which derived from local raw material? Should it be cheaper especially when the petrol price has gone down?  This is where the hard grazing by the producers and retailers (and also the middlemen) existed.  To put it mildly, it is an act of profiteering from the situation.

Now here comes the RM 1 million-layman question.  What is the government take on this matter and are they aware of the price hike of perishable goods?  Our government is always good at stop gap measures but seldom has a long-term solution, resulting some flip-flop decisions and the final scenario will end up as it was from the beginning.  Our government and its ministries are fast becoming deadwoods and if they still have some sense in them, our country’s economy model should be reviewed in the wake of a global crisis.  Otherwise, the population will find somebody else who is more dynamic to lead the country out of the brink of self-destruction.

If this writing considered as seditious, then I say go screw yourself!

2nd or no 2

Some of my friends were confused by what my title means until my airforce personnel friend clarified the whole mess. It all boils down to marriage. You must be confused by now.

Well, as most of us are aware that Muslim men are allowed, NOT a right, to marry more than one. So if a man marries another while still married to the first spouse, it is known as second marriage. But when a man marries the second time, it may means the first marriage ended up in mutual consent or departed due to death of the spouse.

The above is only a preamble to nothing. What really goes in my head is that what would happen if BN becomes a no 2 and for the next 5 years after the next general election, 2nd term become an opposition. Where would the current ministers go and what would happen to them? Are they going to remain in Malaysia and become a fighting force or they scoot to another country and live with their takings. Something to ponder here....

With all the underground ramblings, Mr PM ought to re-think his strategies in bringing out the country from the current conundrum.

Shape in or ship out Mr PM.

Shale oil

Dah lama tak menulis dalam bahasa Melayu jugak. Maka kalau ada kesilapan tu, harap maafkan je le.

Ada pertanyaan berhubung shale oil tempohari oleh beberapa sahabat dalam kumpulan media sosial. Boleh dikatakan topik shale oil ini tidak dibincangkan secara meluas kerana kos pengeluaran lebih tinggi berbanding fossil fuel iaitu minyak mentah dari perut bumi.

Shale oil adalah minyak mentah bukan organik yang mana komponennya terhasil melalui pertembungan batu-batuan dan didapati di permukaan bumi. Oleh kerana terdapat bahan galian yg tinggi didalam shale oil, maka proses penapisan adalah lebih payah dari minyak mentah biasa.

Memandangkan harga minyak mentah dipasaran dunia mengalami kemerosotan, maka pengusaha shale oil berada didalam dilemma kerana harga sekarang tidak cukup utk mereka menampung kos pengeluaran.

Kepada pengusaha petrol stesyen, cuba-cuba le utk ada rasa rendah sikit...