Thursday, November 27, 2014

A Day In Melbourne - Page 4

After purchasing the prepaid card and reload a sufficient amount for the internet access on the android phone that we brought along, we started the first hot spot of tourist attractions in Melbourne - Queen Victoria Market or QVM (see the website by clicking HERE).

Arriving there near the Easter Day and also school holiday gave us an opportunity to visit a mobile farm where kids were free to have fun and get close with real farm animals and they did get their faces painted too in matching those "barnyard" animals!
Mobile Farm @ QVM
Taking from the Google Map, it will be very easy to understand free & easy budget holiday now a day is really free & easy! Take a look at the 800-meter walking distance from Tune Hotel Melbourne to QVM using the Google Map guides as shown below:
Tune Hotel to QVM
QVM is a historically well-maintained livestock and wholesale to retail fruits and vegetable market, established in 1878 as shown in the website. There are many brochures in its main website about events for easy reference and also self-guided history tour. Explore yourself on the website to find more details if needed.
Tune Hotel To QVM in arrow and triangle

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

A Day In Melbourne - Page 3

On the left of the photo is the main entrance of Tune Hotel Melbourne; what behind the reception desk in the lobby is the selling point that catch my eye - the black and white art design on the wall - a complete artistic unit and remarkable! They even have the skillful art invention printed in the little folder that keeps electronic key cards and appears in the hotel rooms.


There is a car workshop and traffic light just in front of the Tune Hotel, you may not be able to see the hotel and a tram station if you follow Google Map Street View (based on the time when this post is written). The 3D photo map as shown below is the City of Melbourne map that was taken during the first visit to Melbourne Visitor Centre. I did a horizontal arrow mark near the bottom of photo map to show the location of Tune Hotel Melbourne. Click on the photo map to get a bigger view.


In short distance, there is a phone shop and convenient stall opposite the hotel near the tram stop selling prepaid cards and reload services for our smartphone use especially the internet access for Google Map and email.   

Saturday, November 08, 2014

Malaysia Malaysian Better Future

Do you wish to have a better future? Be it for yourself or your next generation, make full use of latest technology can really play your part as a real Malaysia Malaysian or even a better Global Citizen. For example, spreading and sharing more positive write-ups in social media to over come extremism can help the internet world to pressure the relevant authorities and policy makers to work toward a better future while helping more and more internet users to be self disciplined not taking for granted in the free speech internet world.

Tindak Malaysia - click the link HERE - is a very good internet website in promoting a better future for Malaysia Malaysian especially in promoting a fairer electoral system in Malaysia. Go to the introduction page for more explanation and you will know the country is seriously need your close attention in shaping a better future. Study the map and read the analysis, become a volunteer or an objector, or even can request for a forum/briefing/workshop in educating your local constituents how can they help to make a better and fairer Malaysian Government.

I have done my part sharing out this important message and now is your turn! Uphold the core principle of clean, free and fair election which will definitely bring us a better future. You may not dare in fighting extremism but your one vote is strong and silent type that enough to overpower them one day in near future.

  

Tuesday, November 04, 2014

3 US Dollar Per Gallon And 2.30 Ringgit Per Liter

This is the gasoline or petrol prices in comparing the two countries that have near similarity in the National Flag. U.S. citizens are currently paying 3 US dollar per gallon in their gas stations while Malaysians are paying higher petrol prices effective as at 2nd October 2014 at Ringgit Malaysia 2.30 per liter. We may assume that the past 10 months US gasoline had gone down from about 3.60 to 3.00 while Malaysia petrol prices remained 2.10; Crude Oil had drop near 80 when I work on this post.

If a gallon of gasoline is equivalent to 3.8 liters of petrol, U.S. citizens are currently paying 79 cents per liter of gasoline in their gas stations as compared to 2.30 ringgit per liter in Malaysia petrol stations. If the conversion rate is RM3.30 over $1 today, it is about 70 cents per liter in US dollar term in Malaysia petrol stations. 

Now, look at the average income in year 2013 between the two countries as recorded in the website of wikipedia.org ( that is, the GNI per capita of U.S. citizen is $53,670 while Malaysian is $10,400 ), U.S. citizen will have much more spending power ( 5 times ) than Malaysian while having almost the same level of gasoline or petrol prices as mentioned in the above paragraph. What I manage to digest here is ...

  • $50,000 income earned in US, we just pay $0.79 per liter while $10,000 income earned in Malaysia, we pay $0.70 per liter of gasoline or petrol.
  • Malaysian will be spending about 16% of the monthly income on petrol while U.S. citizen at 3.5% by assuming an average 200 liters monthly petrol consumption ( or, Malaysians spend $140 per month while U.S. citizens spend $158 per month based on the above assumption ). 
  • U.S. citizens still have balance 96.5% or $4,315 every month while Malaysians only have $727 on the 84% balance after deducting petrol consumption expenses.
  • $4,315 minus $727 is equivalent to $3,588 which will be extra spending power that Malaysian wish to have like US citizen. 
  • Can the monthly extra $727 build a better future than the $4,315?    

By just reading the above FIVE points, it is sad to tell the Malaysian Government that even when we reach the developed country status in year 2020 at $12,000 on the average income in US Dollar term, we are still much far behind the developed country on our general spending power. To all Malaysian, it is not meant to ask you to migrate for better living, working up the ladder of developed country status is your duty too. 

Double up your effort to go above the year 2020 target level and you will surprise to see that the spending power in percentage basis is actually dropping near to the average U.S. citizens with just about 3.5% difference. In conclusion, it is believed that the 7% of your monthly income on petrol consumption bills will definitely create a better future for yourself and the country too.