Thursday, August 16, 2007

I'm A Proud Father :D

I was in Perlis over the weekend. Went to the Thai border and bought a handful of Thai guppies. For those of you who are not into fish - Thai Guppies are different - they are more colourful and the female is larger (more than twice the Malaysian Guppies). And they are prized and pricey!

This morning, one of the females gave birth to 10 babies (guppies do give birth - technically. They keep their eggs in the mouth/belly until they hatch). but out of the 7 parents I bought, only 1 survived the long journey.

I look forward to growing the babies to become fine beautiful adults and hopefully, the Thai Guppies family will grow. :)

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Price Spike

The recent government's salary adjustment for all its staff is taking a toll the rest of the Malaysians. Stalls and hawkers are taking advantage of the salary increment to increase prices of food and beverage. And the rest of us have to swallow the bitter pill. LAst night I had to fork out RM15 for 2 plates of fried rice, 2 glasses of warm water, a bowl of tomyam and a small plate of keropok. It seems like even the stalls are going "boutique". Consumers, it's time to exercise our rights! I'm bringing my own coffee for breakfast and i'm cutting on my "eat out".