Yes, I left home today for an evening outing and traffic jam was everywhere. It’s like all of a sudden, petrol kiosks is THE HANGOUT place to be! Was Beyonce Knowles doing striptease or something? Nah, it can’t be at every kiosk. Was it some Ipod giveaways (yes, Malaysians are generally suckers for freebies.), no way - the only freebies they gave were services like wiping your car a little here and there.

What was it? It’s THE PETROL PRICE HIKE (awww, I just realized my title gave it away earlier. ho hum). And so the new spreads earlier today - BREAKING NEWS: Petrol will be RM2.70 a litre at midnight tonight.

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