more reason to own a bike

the inevitable has happened. price of petrol and diesel has gone up - this time very, very high. i don't know the mathematics for the increase but i wish someone would take notice of idris jala's comment about world oil price level which was driven up by unreal speculation.

let us now face reality. price of other things will go up in no time. roti canai, mee goreng, nasi lemak, teh tarik, rojak will join the fray. cooking gas for sure. and many, many other things. all because of the oil price increase.

the worse hit will be transportation. for the average layman, there will be less ronda-ronda with the family. outings will have to be pre-planned to ensure the shortest route and avoid jams. however there is no compromise as far as sending children to school and then fetching them from school. bus fares will go up, no doubt about that. and so will other modes of transportation.

for me, there is a little way out of this worsening situation although i have been doing it for many years. own a bike. use it to do marketing. if possible take the bike when sending the kids to school. ride it to go to the office.

if you don't have one already, there a lots of choices in the market. don't get the big c.c. bike. get the regular kapcai. low fuel consumption, high on performance.

for me, my old faithful the honda c70 will do.

what say you?