GST... Good or Bad???

Goods and Services Tax...

A week more before it will be fully implement here, lots of debate arose. Lots of complaints arose. Lots of anger arose. Many people giving their opinions about this and gave lots of bad words to the government.

Well, I don't blame those people though. It's kinda drastic action from my opinion. Even though the government said it isn't caused they already promoting GST since couple years ago, but I still think it is. Why? Because the list of items that will be taxed under GST are a lot and mostly what people consume everyday. They said they don't touch necessity items but almost half (from my reading) are necessity items that people consume everyday. Definately people will get mad because you just incerease their household monthly spending and they cannot avoid it anymore.

Second; 6% for the first implementation is quite high. If they starts it will a lower percentage I think people won't be this mad at the government. They are too greedy to implement GST when they skip the baby steps and straight away go for kid's running. Dude, greedy will make you fell hard some day!

The problem with these ambitious politicians is that they don't see what's the problems why the citizen against GST. From my small view, I can clearly see that Malaysian isn't ready for GST yet. The information that they given to the public isn't enough. When people starts questioning, they should prepare answers not avoiding the questions (an act of coward for me). When you collecting a large amount of money from PEOPLE, you should tell them clearly what are you going to do with them.

Unfortunately untill now, I still don't understand the main PURPOSE of implementing GST. Why we have to bear that tax? Where the money will go? Who will handle the money? And most importantly, as a CONSUMER, what other BENEFITS I will get from this implementation? I can't found the answers for these easy questions.

Found some answer but its very cliche answers anyway.

If you look at the picture, I'm sure many people won't just accept the answers. Its very generic and cliche! I don't want to argue one by one the 'benefits' that they provide but the very obvious one, to educate the people to be wise in spending? Like seriously?!! You don't want people to spend and circulate the money in the market? You want to make the borrowing institutions fell down?  Or you want the people will have lifetime loans to support everyday life spending.  Actually, I don't know how they catogerize the items. I saw lots of necessity items (from my view) will be taxed and some items that related to necessity also been listed. If you think carefully, it looks like the necessity items that will be taxed.

From my personal opinion (as a book lover), certain books that will be taxed will kill the reading habit that keep decreasing among the Malaysians. Educational or not, they are the one that encourage people to read. You will give your kids a comic to attract their attention to reading at first place, you won't give a thick dictionary to make them read. Thats why I said these people are too ambitious and love to skip early steps.

But I'm not going to say its totally bad, as an accounting student, I know how big the impact of GST that will generate the income for the country. How this will reduce the manipuation of reported income to the Inland Board Revenue. How this will avoid the manipulation from the manufacturer reagarding the cost and avoiding the big companies to kick out small companies. I do understand that. I do understand how the calculation will be and I do understand how the transactions will go. I also do understand that how this will give a big impact towards the accounting field. An honest accounting!

However, as a citizen, sorry I can't see much benefits there.

Above all, I really disappointing how people condemn the government. They talked based on their feelings without thinking at all. C'mon people, prices will always increase. You don't expect it will go down do you? Its kind of impossible to decrease the prices but you can control it, so that it won't be a drastic increment. I'm not taking side of the government cause I also do feel affected by it. But choose wisely your words when you express your feelings, cause thats represent how your mind works!

Arguing based on your situation mostly is very selfish! Its kinda like a 'short thinking' people do (sorry to say). Say things with rationality, with unbiased mind, with analyzed thought. Thats how you can help to improve situations. Don't just make things worse. We are not politicians. Like Tun M said, you cannot be lazy in this century. Agreed! High cost of living. High competition. You just have to think forward and solve the problem.

Ready or not, GST will be implement starting this 1st April 2014. We just need to find courage to endure it and pray that miracle will happen. That it will be cancel later. *crossing fingers


*These writing just my opinions. I'm not here to condemn anyone or the government. This is how i express my feeling. Nothing more.

A fist is not for feast..!!

When the anger taking control...

Living in this civilized century, I never thought I still can found people that still depends on fist to live. I don't see them bad but for me, you have to know when you can use that fist. Don't use it as your every day routine. When the fist come out, means that you are losing control of yourself and of course it also means that you're losing control of your anger. Cause you won't feel you wanna punch people when you sad or happy right?
Do correct me if I'm too judgemental but is it right when your fist is working faster than your mind?? Let say, if one old man drive the car too slow because he was looking for a parking, and you happened to be behind his car. Is it right for you to knock the window and give a slap on his face first without sayig anything and ordered him to park faster caused he made a traffic jam behind him. I couldn't accept that! It show you how uncivilized the person are. Unfortunately that is a true story.
That guy actually boasted that he slapped the old man becaused he was driving slow. Dude, where is your manners???!! It's very annoying to hear that. There are few reasons why I really cannot accept that kind of act. First: my father also used to drive slow and when he was looking for a parking, the speed decrease till I felt that I'm still in driving school. So, I'm sure I don't want my father to get the same treatment like that. Its a fair treatment for me. I belive how you want to be treated, thats how you should treat people.
Second: We don't know what's going on in the car. Who know's maybe the driver has a headache that time, so the concentration to drive been disturbed. That's why he been very careful driving with that limited ability. Well, I know the examples sounds kinda nonsenses but you got my point. Just because you don't know the situation, you can't just depends on assumptions. Is it hard for you to knock and ask first whats going on and ask politely for them to park faster..?? I don't see anything wrong doing that.
I'm not saying that fist is not good at all. But maybe you can put it as your last options instead of the first one. Anger can destroy everything. Only those 'short-thinking' peopl don't see it as a problem. No matter how educated you are, how successful you are, if you cannot manage your anger, you can't work with people. To be employed...?? Not a chance! To work on your on..?? How you want to communicate with people with that anger?? I, myself don't want to be involved to that kind of people. You can't predict what they will do, I become very insecure around them.
Well, you never solve a problem with your anger by ur side. That's why anger management is very important. Its been promoted everywhere. My advice is simple, use ur mind first before other part of your body react. Especially for guys, you've been given 9 minds and 1 lust by Allah SWT. Don't let that one portion of lust taking control of that 9 portion of ur minds. Don't waste it just like that.
I pray to Allah SWT to avoid me to be around these kind of people. Because I don't have the ability and patience to handle these kind of people. Its very annoying. Before I also change and become like them, let me just be far from them. People say, your environment makes ur personalities. So if you don't want to be negative people, stay away from negative people.

*for those who knows me, they know why this story come out...

~another feeling~

I don't know how to say it. I really am lonely now. Scared as well. I don't know if this is what people call love. Its really not a nice feeling. I felt very insecure now. I really want him back in my life. I never forget to ask for a longer relationship with you everytime after prayer. I thought about this before, if you really are not for me, then I hope Allah SWT will erase you from my life. But the thought alone really scares me. So I no longer ask for that thing. I can't imagine my life without you around.

I always hope that we can bumped into each other without planning one day. But it never happens. Maybe this is the way that Allah SWT wanna tell me that he is never meant for me..?? And now, he is leaving me..forever! He seems happy with the plan that he is leaving this country. If we are living in the same state, yet we never meet once without planning. It is impossible to bumped into each other when we are the world apart.

I wonder, if he is really serious with me ever in his life. If he thinks that I don't take him serious now, I'm sorry cause twice that when I thought he is serious, I just a place that he came when he got no one. I really am scared to try again and to hurt again. Yet at the same time, I really don't wish to lose you. Now I really hope that he can read this blog and know what I feel about him.

I am lost! I don't know what to do now! I want you!!! I really really really want you!!! But I really afraid to even text you now. I'm afraid that to see how to response towards me. To see ur single reply really torturing me. I'm waiting for you to miss my presence, my text. I once consider to give you everything you want so that you will stay with me. But I also remembered that you said once to keep it for the right person. How I wish that right person is you.

Dear, I cannot wait anymore. I miss you so damn much. Please come back to me. I love you more than you ever imagine. Please...be my peacefulldevil. Forever!