Penang to go green every Monday starting next month

I fully supporte this effort..make sure you all in Penang to put more plastic bags in cars or bags (re-use one of cause) when go shopping especially on monday... Go Green!!!

Penang to go green every Monday starting next month
GEORGE TOWN: Penang will make every Monday a “No plastic bag day” from next month in a bid to become the country’s first ‘green’ state.

It is learnt that shoppers who do not bring their own reusable bags will be charged 20 sen for each plastic bag when making purchases from shopping complexes and hypermarkets.
The money collected from the sale of plastic bags will go to the fund to help the state’s hardcore poor, a state government source said.

State Health, Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said shopping complexes and hypermarkets have agreed to the state government’s initiative but there must be wide publicity to make it a success.

The state had distributed declaration forms to shopping complexes and hypermarkets to secure their commitment to the “No plastic bag day”, he told reporters after chairing a meeting with some 20 shopping centre representatives.

Phee said the first batch of “No plastic bag day” posters would be handed out to shopping centres a week before the end of the month.

Among the issues raised during the meeting were the high cost of giving out eco-bags and whether it was appropriate to use them for fresh produce.

Something funny...

I just cannot stop laughing when my wife forward to me this..Enjoy!!

She is eighty-eight years old and still drives her own car.
She
writes:
Dear Grand-daughter, The other day I went up to our local Christian
book store and saw a "Honk if you love Jesus" bumper sticker.

I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting.

So, I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.

Boy, am I glad I did, what an uplifting experience that followed.

I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good he is, and I didn't notice that the light had changed.

It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he
hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed...

I found that lots of people love Jesus! While I was sitting there, the guy behind
started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of his window
and screamed,

' For the love of God! ' ' Go! Go! Go! Jesus Christ, GO!'

What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus!
Everyone started honking! I just leaned out my window and started waving and smiling
at all those loving people.

I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love!
There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach.

I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger
stuck up in the air. I asked my young teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant.

He said it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.

Well, I have never met anyone from Hawaii , so I leaned out the window and gave him the
good luck sign right back. My grandson burst out laughing.

Why even he was enjoying this religious experience!!

A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment

that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me.

I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended,

but this is when I noticed the light had changed.

So, I waved at all my brothers and sisters grinning, and drove on through the
intersection. I noticed that I was the only car that got through
the intersection before the light changed again and felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared.

So I slowed the car down, leaned out the window and gave them all
the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away.

Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!!

Will
write again soon,

Love, Grandma

New Car on the way...

Me & my wife have been aiming for a new car for quite some time although my current 8 years old Iswara Aeroback is still performing up to expectation :) Still traveling almost monthly to my mother-in-law house in Sitiawan without any problem.


So, the decision of upgrading the car is not because the existing car is having problem but we think that it's about time to change :). So, if you all come to this post & interested to purchase a 2nd hand car, feel free to email me :)

Talk about car selection, we are targeting for Japan made car. Although we never drive a foreign made car (Malaysia Boleh!) before but as a common & regular Malaysian, we frequently heard about the comparison result between local & foreign made car. Choosing non-local made car will make your pocket’s hole grow wider, thanks to the hefty import tax imposed.

There are few rules of thumb when deciding your affordability & sustainability prior any car purchase:
1. See how much you have in your bank account J for down payment. Assuming X
2. See how much you can afford to pay for Hire & Purchase Loan installment
*Loan Calculator: http://www.meshio.com/car-loan-calculator/
*Road Tax Infor based on cc: http://www.meshio.com/malaysia-road-tax-rate-and-road-tax-calculator/

Then of course you have to set aside~RM3-5K for your glass to be tinted, accessories such as shades (Not the one you put on your face L :) ), stereo system maybe?

Recently, I am surveying on the best interest rate available for Hire & Purchase deal in various Banks...but the standard answer I get is 3.4% for 6-9 years loan while 3.25% for <5years>.

I am still seatching for the lowest rate as my car will only available by Sept'09...plenty of time to still search around...Let me know if you have better kang tau....heheh..