A Kadir Jasin
Mon | Jun 09, 08 | 12:43:42 pm MYT
PADA hari Sabtu, 7 Jun, akhbar The Star menyiarkan berita bertajuk "PM: Get true picture of global oil price hikes" (PM: Dapatkan gambaran sebenar mengenai kenaikan global harga minyak.)
Kata Abdullah Ahmad Badawi beliau berharap rakyat jelata memperoleh maklumat yang betul agar dapat memahami apa yang sedang dihadapi negara.
Setiap orang daripada kita, kata Perdana Menteri, mempunyai peranan dan tanggungjawab masing-masing di dalam keadaan yang mencabar ini.
"Dengan itu, marilah kita menghadapi bersama cabaran ini dengan daya tahan demi kebaikan negara dan generasi akan datang."
Tetapi rata-rata, reaksi rakyat jelata boleh disimpulkan begini - peranan kerajaan menarik balik subsidi minyak dan menaikkan harga minyak. Tanggungjawab kami adalah menganggung bebannya.
Mengambil ilham daripada seruan Perdana Menteri itu, saya melayari Internet untuk "mendapatkan gambaran sebenar" mengenai kenaikan 41 peratus harga minyak itu.
Sekarang fahamlah saya bahawa akibat kenaikan harga sebanyak 78 sen seliter pada tengah malam Rabu lalu itu, harga petrol kini RM2.70 seliter atau RM10.20 segelen Amerika (US gallon). Dalam Dolar Amerika, ia bersamaan AS$3.12 segelen (AS$0.82 seliter).
(Saya terpaksa mengubah kepada gelen dan Dolar Amerika kerana perangkaan global menggunakan ukuran gelen dan Dolar Amerika. Segelen Amerika bersamaan 3.785 liter. Kadar tukaran adalah RM3.27 kepada satu Dolar Amerika.)
Pada kadar AS$3.12 segelen, harga petrol di Malaysia adalah lebih murah daripada di Amerika Syarikat di mana harganya melepasi AS$4.00 (RM13.08) segelen.
Tetapi kita kena ingat Amerika jauh lebih kaya daripada kita. Mengikut Buku Fakta (Fact Book) Agensi Perisikan Pusat (CIA) Amerika, pendapatan purata berdasarkan pariti kuasa membeli (purchasing power parity) rakyat Amerika adalah AS$46,000 tahun lalu.
Dalam bahasa yang mudah, jika pendapatan dibahagikan sama rata, setiap orang penduduk Amerika mempunyai kuasa membeli bernilai AS$46,000 berbanding kita sebanyak AS$14,400.
Itu pun bukan semua rakyat Malaysia mempunyai kuasa membeli sebanyak AS$14,400. Hanya segelintir sahaja yang mempunyai kuasa membeli sebesar itu.
Majoritinya adalah berpendapatan sederhana dan rendah. Mereka inilah yang paling teruk menderita akibat kenaikan harga barang dan perkhidmatan yang akan dicetuskan oleh kenaikan harga minyak.
Segelen minyak berharga AS$4.00 bagi penduduk Amerika adalah "murah" kerana pendapatan dan kuasa membeli mereka tinggi. Manakala pada kadar AS$3.12 segelen bagi penduduk Malaysia adalah �mahal� kerana pendapatan kita rendah.
Pendapatan penduduk Amerika lebih tiga kali ganda daripada pendapatan penduduk Malaysia. Lagipun Amerika adalah negara pengimport bersih minyak manakala kita adalah negara pengeksport. Maksudnya kita mengeksport lebih banyak minyak mentah daripada mengimport. Para pembesar kita sering mengatakan harga minyak petrol lebih mahal di Singapura. Betul. Harga segelen petrol di Singapura, mengikut laman web Shell Singapura, adalah sekitar AS$6.28 segelen.
Tetapi pendapatan per kapita PPP penduduk Singapura adalah AS$48,900 atau 3.4 kali ganda lebih tinggi daripada pendapatan per kapita PPP kita. Lagipun Singapura negara kecil, pengangkutan awamnya bagus, tambangnya berpatutan dan Singapura tidak ada setitik minyak pun .
Selain itu mereka ada "pilihan". Mereka boleh menyeberang ke Johor untuk membeli petrol. Bagi membeli segelen di Malaysia mereka hanya perlu membelanjakan sekitar S$2.63 atau AS$1.92 kerana nilai duit mereka lebih tinggi daripada ringgit Malaysia (RM1 bersamaan 42 sen Singapura.)
Tetapi akibat dasar "flip-flop" kerajaan kita � sekejap tidak boleh dijual kepada orang asing dan sekejap boleh - penduduk Singapura yang berkali-kali ganda lebih kaya daripada kita menikmati durian runtuh setiap kali mengisi minyak di Malaysia.
Rakyat rasa tertipu dan keliru. Pada 3 Jun Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negara dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna Shahrir Abdul Samad berkata harga minyak hanya akan naik pada bulan Ogos.
Susah kita hendak faham. Berita ini tersebar satu dunia. Jadi Shahrir cakap karut atau memang harga akan naik hanya pada bulan Ogos tapi entah macam mana bos dia naikkan harga lebih awal.
Jadi saya nak tanyalah sikit. Shahrir tidak hadir mesyuarat Kabinet kah? Tidak masuk akal kalau Kabinet tidak dibawa berunding mengenai keputusan menarik balik subsidi dan menaikkan harga minyak yang sangat berat kesannya kepada rakyat jelata.
Atau (atau) Shahrir cuba memberi amaran bahawa kerajaan akan menaikkan harga minyak sekali lagi Ogos ini?
Satu lagi tabiat buruk sesetengah pembesar kita adalah kecenderungan mereka membandingkan Malaysia dengan negara-nagara yang lebih miskin dan lebih mundur.
Kalau kita hendak banding negara kita dengan negara-negara miskin, tidak perlulah kita bersusah payah hendak menjadi negara maju. Kita jadi sajalah macam negara-negara miskin yang kucar-kacir dan rakyat jelatanya menderita.
Perdana Menteri bercakap mengenai kebajikan generasi akan datang. Apakah prospek mereka jikalau hari ini pun mereka tidak cukup makan, tidak cukup pakai dan tidak cukup persekolahan kerana kos sara hidup dan inflasi yang tidak terkawal?
Jadi itulah lebih kurang kefahaman saya setelah membuat sedikit kajian seperti yang disarankan oleh Perdana Menteri ketika berucap sempena Hari Keputeraan Yang di-Pertuan Agong di Istana Negara Sabtu lalu.
Kesimpulannya, harga minyak petrol (dan juga diesel) di negara kita kini adalah antara yang termahal di dunia berasaskan pariti kuasa membeli (purchasing power parity).
Ia semestinyalah akan memberi kesan yang luas terhadap kuasa membeli dan inflasi serta prestasi ekonomi keseluruhannya. - kadirjasin.blogspot.com
Monday, 9 June 2008
Friday, 30 May 2008
Friday, 23 May 2008
Endlich. . .
Finally - Diplomarbeit, originally uploaded by bakadasu.After 5 & half years of struggle and hardship, my journey here as a student was ended on 20th May 2008. But it also the beginning of the new journey. But now, i just want to go back to Malaysia. 3 years since the my last stay there, and now i will going back home, not as a student but as a fully qualified german grad engineer. It really make me excited.
Kolloquium_Diplomarbeit, originally uploaded by bakadasu.My friends always said, life as a student is far better and more fun than a working life. I have to admit the truth in the statement, but student life have so many limitation and being able to gain our own money by working, u finally can live ur life independently, getting married....
Kolloquium - zusamman mit Professoren, originally uploaded by bakadasu.
To all my prof, especially Prof. Kampmann, Prof Schönwand, Prof Bärwolff and many others, i really want to say thank you. Without ur help and kindness, i wont be here. Thank you very much.
And to all my friends out there, i wish u all the best, and thank you very much for ur support and i wont forget all the memories i gained here. And all the hardship and the happiness.
Wish me all the best....
And to all my friends out there, i wish u all the best, and thank you very much for ur support and i wont forget all the memories i gained here. And all the hardship and the happiness.
Wish me all the best....
Thursday, 15 May 2008
End of my life as Schützen'er and Gummersbach'er
I'm counting my days before going back home (maybe for goods). Most of my stuffs are already on the way back home, the only things left are my beloved PC, my laptop and my clothings. My presentation will be on 20th May 2008 and i have to summit my thesis (diplomarbeit) at least this sunday, and i will on the last trip with this guys on this saturday. A one day trip to Holland.
It surely a very long n demanding journey begin at 4th January 2003 and it will end hopefully on 31th May 2008. I still can't imagine how much relieved when i in this stage, eventhough it the most critical time for me, to summit the thesis and present, packing, clean the house, settle all the contracts (Handphone, telefon, internet, gym, der Stadt etc2) and things with JPA and embassy.
I'm surely miss this city and mostly the malaysian who live here. We won't be able to hanging around like we used to, maybe we won't be able to meet each other for quite some times, but i hope the friendships between us will always there . . .
It surely a very long n demanding journey begin at 4th January 2003 and it will end hopefully on 31th May 2008. I still can't imagine how much relieved when i in this stage, eventhough it the most critical time for me, to summit the thesis and present, packing, clean the house, settle all the contracts (Handphone, telefon, internet, gym, der Stadt etc2) and things with JPA and embassy.
I'm surely miss this city and mostly the malaysian who live here. We won't be able to hanging around like we used to, maybe we won't be able to meet each other for quite some times, but i hope the friendships between us will always there . . .
Sunday, 20 April 2008
Finding the meaning of LOVE.
SunSet in Gummersbach in Autumn., originally uploaded by bakadasu.
What is love? Do we really know what it really means?
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"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too." Rebecca - age 8
"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." Billy - age 4
"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs." Chrissy - age 6
"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." Terri - age 4
"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." Danny - age 7
"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more." Emily - age 8
"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." Bobby - age 7
"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate." Nikka - age 6
"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." Noelle - age 7
"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well." Tommy - age 6
"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that." Cindy - age 8
"My mommy loves me more than anybody You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." Clare - age 6
"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." Elaine-age 5
"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Brad Pitt." Chris - age 7
"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." Mary Ann - age 4
"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." Lauren - age 4
"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." Karen - age 7
"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget." Jessica - age 8
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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.
Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
"Nothing, I just helped him cry"
For me. love is when you accept someone as a person with bad and good side, when you cry when they crying and you happy when they happy.
Love is when you put someone's need before you and when you dare to sacrifice something for the safety and happiness of someone.
