Idiot in the Parliament

First it was 'blood bastard'.
Next, 'keling'.
Then came 'biol' (dumb).
And now this, 'Bila nak keluar lagi air dia?'

All in the space of a month or two, and of all places, in Parliament.
It's ok that he does not respect others, but he could have respected himself.
Like the uneducated and pariah dog, he doesn't know how.

Read more about this idiot here.

Lower EPF rate, higher income tax payment!

Well, if you haven't lived in the jungles for last few months, you should know that the Gov has proposed to lower everyone's EPF contribution of 11% to 8%, so that you and I could have some 'extra income' derived from there. What the Gov didn't you, by means of that lower EPF contribution, that you might hit a higher income tax bracket!

Smart and sleazy ain't it?

Let' assume your monthly basic salary is RM4,000.

If your monthly EPF contribution is 11% (RM440), then your taxable income = RM3560, and income tax payable = RM77.

If your monthly EPF contribution is 8% (RM320), then your taxable income = RM3680, and income tax payable = RM109.

If you choose to contribute 8%, you will end up paying more income tax to the government which will make the Gov richer.

So, you might think that you have more money in your pockets, well, part of that pocket actually belongs to the Gov! This is the Gov way to establish a WIN-WIN. Ain't that great?

Race requirement when making complaint.

Recently, I've visited DBKL eAduan website. I've got to say, their website is darn darn slow. So slow that I think my grandmother would have made a run on 400m and the page will still be loading the content.


Anyway, what's more baffling that RACE requirement was needed when making a complaint.


Does that help in anyway that the complaint would be addressed with lightning speed? I guess not, because, more than 6months ago, I've made a complaint report and till today, the problem still persists.

*Yawn*

What a lame agency, all show but empty substance.

Will there be recession or not?

BusinessTimes reported that U.S, Eurozone (ie Germany the biggest economy in Europe, UK and Italy are in recession. Spain is heading for one.) and HongKong is already in recession. BBC reported that Japan and Singapore economies are already in recession. ABC reported that Australia is heading for a recession. A commentary has published a report that China, Russia, India and Brazil are all heading either a downturn or a slowdown. If the countries mentioned above are not one of the largest around, I don't know what is.

Sun Microsystem said that it will cut jobs, 18% of it's workforce or 6,000 jobs. Citibank was reported that it will shed 52,000 jobs or 15% of it's workforce. I'm sure the list doesn't stop here.

Even our local Human Resource Minister has said that "there are predictions that next year we will face bigger problems." He also said that the ministry will discuss the setting up of a retrenchment fund and have asked the International Labour Organisation to do research on how to implement the fund in the Malaysian context.

One-by-one, the economic dominos are showing its effect.

Even Warren Buffet has said that US economy will be more severe that most people's expectation.

BUT BUT

Najib says that Malaysia will not experience recession, today and last month.

mmmm.... it just doesn't add up, does it?

Main Main Warta

When you read this article, you've gotta ask;

'where's the professionalism?'
'where's the check and balance?'
'since when IGP is the press secretary?'
'why was there a rush to arrest people when proper checks are not done?'
'will there be enough rooms to keep this people away from hardcore?'
'why was there not much attention arrest the situation caused by mat rempits?'

I'm sure we've got more questions than these.

Why not, Anyone can be DPM?

Well, seems like everyone got caught up with Obama's rhetoric presidential win recently. TheStar reported the PM sleepy head talking nonsense again, he said, "Anyone can be PM".

You and I know that's just bullshit, considering what the Federal Constitution and Malay supremacy had to say. But here's another perspective, if the sleepy head walks the talk, why not appointing someone else from another BN party to be the DPM instead going to the same party that has been hogging the seat since Merdeka.

A Sarawakian/Sabahan/Chinese/Indian DPM?

naaah... keep on dreaming!

Butt Head

On the recent theStar's article;

When being asked what happens if there’s an additional passenger on the ruling of rear seat belts, Federal Traffic Chief Senior Asst Comm Abdul Aziz said, "It’s too early for me to comment on that, we will decide on the matter when the time comes."

Going out of topic then he went on and said, for now, the concern was to educate the passengers to start using the rear seat belts. "It is a good practice for the drivers, and also for the safety of their passengers." he said.

Wouldn't it be a good part of the education to know when the law enforcement are ready to bring in the books?

Don't you hate it when these people doesn't make up their mind? No one bothered what he said unless there are a genuine enforcement comes in to effect.

Seriously, I don't think there is a time that is 'too early' when it comes to saving lives. Just do it lah!