Up, Up And Away ...

The price of local rice (Beras Super Tempatan) has risen so drastically this week! I was at my regular hypermarket when I noticed they've run out of stock of that particular brand. It is so frustrating. The moment the local papers announce that the price of rice will increase in the very near future, it went up the very next day!

These people are like vampires, imagine those who are just barely surviving, how will they cope with the ever increasing price of essential goods? No wonder some are desperate enough to resort to stealing or even going to loan sharks. I'm not condoning crime but it is just frustrating when the price of everything goes up with no solution in sight.

I dislike talking about serious stuff but it eats me up to see a situation like this. I know it's a global thing and all that and that it's happening everywhere. So, what can we do about it? Stop eating rice altogether? What else do I eat? Noodles? That too increased in price recently. Maybe vegetables? Vegetables are more expensive and don't fill you up, well, unless you eat them by the bundles.

There is probably one way, I need to change my lifestyle. No more eating out, everything will be home cooked, and I need to slash my grocery bills in half. If that doesn't work, there are always bad credit loans for me to consider. Ah, I wish I was a child again... no worries about bills and stuff. I wonder what else they're going to increase next... Siggghhh...