瑣碎事情三則, 讓我覺得自己對於生活水準嘅提昇, 係幾咁後知後覺.. 原來呢個年代啲學生去「星巴克」豪嘆十幾蚊一杯ice-blended而唔係去
mamak檔飲八角錢一杯teh-tarik, 唔係冇原因嘅~~
- 上個星期搭的士去機場, 本來以為一百蚊有得找, 點知司機話「一個月前已經起價三成啦」.. 我係個冇乜大件事都唔會搭的士嘅人, 老實講, 如果佢要呃我, 我都係蒙在鼓裡..
- 噚日晏晝去公司對面街買叉雞飯盒, 畀咗五蚊等找錢, 點知個老細話「啱呀, 係五蚊啊」.. 雖然我唔係經常出去食晏, 不過我覺得五蚊好似貴咗啲喎, 下次唔鬼幫襯..
- 麥當當每隔幾個月就換上全新價目表, 價錢節節上昇, 次次令我望塵莫及.. 如果唔係最近有個RM5.95午餐優惠, 恐怕我從此都唔再捨得食麥當當..
three little incidents make me realised how hindsighted i have been towards the upgrade of our living standard and livestyle.. no wonder students nowadays enjoy their RM10+ a cup of ice-blended in starbucks rather than sipping a glass of 80sen
teh-tarik in
mamak stalls..
- took a taxi to airport last week, thought RM100 should be more than enough to pay for the fare.. but only to realised from the driver that the taxi fare has increased 30% since a month ago.. well, i rarely take taxis in town, if the driver really wanted to cheat my money, i will still have nothing to say..
- went to get a chicken rice takeaway for lunch yesterday, thought of getting my change after paying RM5 to the stall owner, but he just said: "correct, it's RM5".. though i seldom take lunch outside, but still i think RM5 is a bit expensive, i decided not to buy from him next time anyway..
- McD increases their price almost after a few months, and each time i get so choked up with the new pricing.. if not because of their RM5.95 lunch promo recently, i think i will since then unwilling to spend so much for a fast food meal..
three little incidents make me realised how hindsighted i have been towards the upgrade of our living standard and livestyle.. no wonder students nowadays enjoy their RM10+ a cup of ice-blended in starbucks rather than sipping a glass of 80sen teh-tarik in mamak stalls..
Looking at the chart, I thought you were talking about the share market. LOL!
ReplyDeleteSo you paid RM130 for the airport taxi fare? What time was that?
ReplyDeleteI've read that the cost of living in KL is higher than some other cities in the world and the sad thing is our salary adjustments do not commensurate with the inflation rate. How now?
McD and KFC meals are no longer cheap so is chicken rice, eh?
Wow the cab fare was costly... where were you taking the from?
ReplyDeleteWaaa Chicken Rice RM5? Drumstick meal ar? Normal Chicken Rice is only about RM4 or the most RM4.30 as I know of.
McD always increase in price lah. Fast food price always increses. Yeah lah their promotion now is good.. especially this Puasa month too! hahaha.
SiGh...prices are getting increase...but our salary?? Sob sob sob :'(
ReplyDeleteguess wut, I went to Mcd order 1 5.95 value meal, and another Ala Carte - Fillet-O-Fish, and it costs 5 something for just 1 burger. If I know it earlier, must well order 2 5.95 value meal.
ReplyDelete上次我去big apple 的甜甜圈那裏也是驚訝他們總是在“不知不覺”換掉了價錢表~而且還是幾塊錢這樣漲的~所以會覺得錢不夠用~:（
ReplyDelete我係拉曼大學讀MBA。D學生仔、學生妹 - 我係話二十一、二歲果d - 駛錢都比我多。（映相果d唔算。）
ReplyDeleteHey McDs RM5.95 is rather misleading as that lunch deal isn't for across the board meals. Only for McChicken, Fillet O Fish set and another one which I forgot. RM5.95 is not valid for quarter pounder...which I discovered last week. The quarter pounder set costs around RM9.
ReplyDeleteI thought RM100 is enuff for taxi fare to airport too. Hehhe..haven't been travelling for a long time oredi.
still cheap still cheap comparatively.....seriously :) of course, if i can save anytime, i will save instead of squandering off :), but KL is still to me the BEST place to live :)
ReplyDeleteWell...well...welcome to the real world right SK? These people are trying to squeeze more out from us. But what can we complain? Like us who want a raise every now and then...they too want to have their very own "raise". That's why all the fares has increased.
ReplyDeleteIn the end...everything will be up...up...UP....
學生很有錢，這要看咯，我那邊的學生全部是省到沒話說。。。
ReplyDelete日過你去SUNWAY,TAYLOR那邊看，他們花錢，呼呼，好似流水那樣子。。。STARBUCK我也是不敢去的。。。太太太貴了。。
lolz aunty SK, price of goods goes up like jet nowadays
ReplyDelete大佬, 啲钱真系越嚟越唔见驶..
ReplyDeleteit's very normal now lo...
ReplyDeletethe price is high...
even mamak milo ice also RM1.80 ad..
RM5 is indeed expensive. It's best for peeps to avoid eating at places that overcharge.
ReplyDeleteI skip Macs. I'd rather have a Ramly cheaper burger anytime. And thank heavens for the new burger king outlet near my place. Much tastier than Macs.
+Ant+
我是穷的学生
ReplyDelete我已經畀到麻木曬啦，佢哋要起自問亦阻止唔到，唯有選擇性去消費囖。
ReplyDeleteThe world is such....'UP' is the in thing I guess, the movie seems popular.
ReplyDeletedon't say jor, I know everything is affected by inflation, that's why I am working! T_T BTW,you so rich take RM100 taxi, just 3 months ago, the taxi driver told me RM50 from Bukit Jalil to LCCT I also don't want. :P
ReplyDeleteHappySurfer:
ReplyDeletehaha, do you think share market is so ideally rising?? yes, i paid RM120 from my house to LCCT, but it was 4:45am, so there's midnight charge.. errmm, i think our cost of living is not high, still comparatively low.. but if you talk about our pay, then it's really low.. so that is why our cost of living is relatively high dollar-to-dollar.. :)
ladyviral:
i took the cab during midnight, so it's more expensive.. nope, mine was normal chicken and char siew rice, so RM5 is very expensive, i would expect like RM4-RM4.50 only.. hahaha, i'm actuall thrilled with the RM5.95 promo, and now even for dinner during the Ramadhan, at least i can savour McD for the moment.. hehehe :p
uLi.佑莉:
haiz, that's the problem.. our salary never go up because of the economy crisis.. but then everything just increase price because of the same reason.. isn't this sacarstic??!!
Dreamer:
ReplyDeletehahaha, that was really pity of you!! i will now always check the price before i order.. see?? one burger is now more expensive than a bowl of rice..
summer:
對囉, 真的是無良奸商, 趁你不注意就殺你一頸血!! 所以現在買甚麼我都會先看價錢了.. Big Apple現在不是有promo嗎?? 六個plain的才RM6嘛..
khengsiong:
咪就係囉, 我見而家啲後生嘅, 洗錢真係唔駛本.. 其實又係嘅, 啲錢係父母畀架嘛.. 到佢哋以後自己賺錢自己洗嘅時候就知味道囉.. :p
Mei Teng:
ReplyDeletehaha, this is commercial gimmicks dear.. you didn't see the tiny little word "FROM" on top of the RM5.95?? haha.. that another one you've forgotten is McNuggets.. well, normally i just go for the cheapest one, i think the others are also expensive, considering i might have two meals at hawker stalls with that money.. i travel at 4:45am, so there's extra midnight charge, that's why RM100 is not enough.. :)
manglish:
of course KL is still a lot cheaper than Japan.. and guess you will miss KL very much right?? hahaha.. home is always the BEST place, i know you gotta say.. :p
Tekkaus:
yeah, and everything ended up going up, like no limit at all.. sometimes i really wonder, do those price increase deserve the increase?? most of the time, things are overpriced i think.. sad sad, and yet our pay didn't go on par with the inflation.. :(
thomas:
ReplyDelete普遍上現在的學生都很會用錢喇, 其實應該說是父母有錢捨得給他們花囉.. 我也不是經常去starbucks囉, 我是覺得十幾塊買一杯咖啡, 很過份..
Leu:
haiz, only aunty and uncle will always complain about price increase mah, makcik Leu~~ :p
Chris:
乜clubbing有起價咩?? 哈哈.. 你早啲入場咪可以唔駛畀錢囉細佬~~ :p
-KeO-:
ReplyDeleteoh really?? milo ais selling at RM1.80 at mamak?? i thot only RM1.60 in some coffee shop only.. anyway, depend on which area lah actually..
Gratitude:
yeah, just normal chicken charsiew rice and i gotta pay RM5, am not going to eat there anymore.. hey, i actually find Ramly burger nicer than fast food chain burgers.. so heartfully done and much cheaper.. they never be stingy to give chili sauce, till it always oooooooooze out with your first bite.. hahaha!!
Chi Leong:
我也不是一個有錢人哦~~ 呵呵!! :p
海市蜃樓:
ReplyDelete你咁樣又唔得喎, 咩麻木晒啫?? 就係唔好畀啲奸商得逞嘛, 一於杯葛佢哋.. 就好似你自己講嘅選擇性消費咁~~ :)
Grass:
haha, i have not watched the movie yet.. but guess most people like UP more than DOWN right?? :p
Freedom09:
i'm taking from my house to LCCT somemore in the middle of the night, so sure i need to book a taxi.. anyway, it's claimable from company because it's business expenses.. hehehe :)
最近的麥噹噹的優惠時間好像換去晚上了哦~~ 下午還有嗎？
ReplyDelete以前小时读书有读到“ｚｅｒｏ ｉｎｆｌａｓｉ”，都没见目标达成的，物价还越升越高。只有电话费用降低。
ReplyDeletealways eat mcD, go gym also useless.....
ReplyDeleteinflation rate so high in kl ar?
it's the inflation.. T.T
ReplyDeleteeverything is so expensive, the money value is very small now..
aihh.. very miskin ar..
这市场只会涨，不会跌。
ReplyDelete哈哈……麦当劳真的很便宜！时常跟同学去吃！呵呵……^^
ReplyDelete能省就省。
ReplyDelete现代青少年，吃饭不知米价。
我非常认同！！！
ReplyDelete现在油价又起价，真的以为我们家里是开银行的咩？！
有时候去吃杂饭，那些老板都好像乱乱算钱的，真的很想抗议咯！
还好是后知后觉..
ReplyDelete还好不是不知不觉!
Only today I knew that taxi service has their fare increased. Took me RM170++ to get home, but it was a van la. Anyhow, still EXPENSIVE!!!
ReplyDeleteafter i have been to a few countries in the asean region, i think our cost of living is HIGH loh....
ReplyDeleteYour blog hit rate also go up right? LOL
ReplyDelete百物高涨 還是多留在家当宅男好了;p
ReplyDeletevenus:
ReplyDelete沒有, 午餐的還是有.. 只是Ramadhan這個月他們晚餐6-9pm也有優惠..
Chin Weng 茶先生:
你都說是以前小時候讀書啦, 我很久都沒有聽說過Zero Inflation這個東西了.. 因為是沒有可能的事情啊..
Wois:
who say i always eat McD?? i just realised they kept increasing the price so i think i'm not going to pay so much lor..
~dolly~:
ReplyDeleteyeah, inflation on everything but never have any inflation on our pay?? really miskin and money not enough~~ :p
Chris Chia:
股市就會上上下下, 不過我們的百貨價格永遠都只會上不會下 :(
穷光蛋市长:
所以說你們年輕人真的很有錢囉~~ 天天吃麥當勞.. 我們吃雜飯都不敢拿那麼多菜啊.. :p
单身汉:
哈哈, 因為他們的錢都是父母給的嘛.. 等到他們自己賺錢給自己開的時候, 就會知道味道囉~~ :p
发白日梦^^:
ReplyDelete現在最流星的東西就是"起價"囉, 有甚麼辦法?? 呵呵, 我很讚同你的"雜飯老闆論"!! 真的, 他們收錢真的很看心情, 喜歡就便宜給你, 不喜歡就收你貴貴, 弄到有時我都不敢拿那麼多.. :p
追梦者:
呵呵, 對囉, 還不會太遲吧?? 現在終於知覺了.. :p
K|E|E|N|Y|E|E﹕
wow, where did you go home from?? RM170++ is a lot man!! and now that most of the taxi drivers are not following meter, they just ask you to pay a fixed amount, i really hate that!! hope can really tangkap they all cons!!!
Pooi Tyng:
ReplyDeleteyes i agree with you.. things here are actually quite expensive.. though you say SGD has a high exchange rate, but compare dollar to dollar, we are eating more expensively!! and also our pay is always on the low side..
LEon:
hahaha, i have no problem with the increase of my blog hit rate woh.. the more the merrier~~ :p
tagnan:
留喺屋企你以為燈油火蠟材米油鹽唔駛錢啊?? 哈哈~~ 走唔甩架朋友.. :D
i only eat economical rice for my lunch de *sobs sobs*
ReplyDeleteUnavoidable flow on effects of economic recession, it seems. Often more adverse effects for the little guys (like me) in society. The puzzling question is why do the prices often remain inflated even when a recession has finally receded? Maybe should start 'cooking & eating ourselves' more often [pun intended :)], as in 打包 packed lunches. But on the other hand, this would help put the food vendors and their suppliers out of business! A vicious cycle indeed. Fingers crossed on how long this recession is going to last! :(
ReplyDeleteIt cost me RM60 to get to LCCT and I fainted. Now better sit bus, so cheap and shiok!! Food prices are getting over priced too and I started being conscious with the quality and price. SK Thamby, those mamak also started slaughtering diners lah.
ReplyDelete去機場, 一百蚊没有得找meh?
ReplyDelete我那天坐rm60哦
wow the price is going up again... luckily i am leaving this lovely country soon.... :)
ReplyDeleteSo outdated!Economy's low so prices are getting higher and higher.
ReplyDeletethe problem is wealth distribution among citizens. Also our pay rise does not commensurate with the rise in cost of living...LEss investors come, Less GDP , Less salary for us. Somemore this country has an extremely bloated civil service to support !
ReplyDeletei rarely take mcd edy.. lol =P
ReplyDeletekenwooi.com
the happy go lucky one:
ReplyDeletehmmm, sometimes the economy rice could be quite expensive too.. especially when the boss mood isn't right.. :p
Icy Fire:
trust me, as long as the price has gone up for any single reason, it is not going to go down for even 1001 reasons.. haha, so i guess the best to do now is bring your own lunch boxes to work, and try your best to eat at home?? hahaha..
Twilight Zone:
Arumugam, RM60 you are already cursing there, i paid RM120 just from my house to LCCT leh.. yes, i think not only food are getting over priced, infact a lot of merchandise are getting over priced now, else how would they have up to 70% price slash during sales time, and still money to earn??
Shell (貝殼):
可能你住得靠近機場吧.. 我那天是半夜坐, 給了RM121.60.. 以前都還是RM95罷了, 一起就起了30%, 很多哩~~
fufu:
ReplyDeletehahaha, at any time you spent less time in this lovely country and travel elsewhere compare to us rooted on this ground.. so shouldn't be any impact to you.. since you've enough money to go travelling around the world.. :p
Ayie:
haha, kind of outdate perhaps.. but the price always goes up but never comes down, that's the problem.. though the economy cruch is almost fading.. :(
bluesoul:
you are absolutely right!! not to say our salary increment does not go on par with the inflation, even not talking about the increases, our salary is already way below what we are supposed to have for a better living.. well, isn't this a land you love and also hate?? :)
kenwooi:
haha, but everytime you visit McD, you'd have your very own special "McMagnificent" (or whatever you named it) tower burger right?? so that once can be few times for us already.. :p
I agree McD so expensive! I think a plate of chap fan is cheaper!
ReplyDeleteWhat? RM100 not enough for taxi fare to KLIA? Where you take taxi from? I only paid RM60 for taxi to take me from 1Utama to KLIA.
ReplyDeleteAiyo! Everything increase! Even petrol - downgrade quality but price increase!
ReplyDeleteHow come our income don't seem to increase?
foongpc:
ReplyDeleteyes McD if not the RM5.95 promotion is rather expensive, so i only go during lunchtime if i wanted to eat McD.. 1U is near to airport, i took from Wangsa Maju to LCCT and it's 4:45am, that's why with the price increase and midnight charge it total up to RM120.. haiz, our salary increases, but too little to compare to the inflation, agree??