On the economic front, things aren't looking too good either, what with lower economic growth in the last quarter, rising transport costs, oil prices at a high, the promise of inflation, etc...
However, the price of my favourite moisturising hand soap from Guardian has come down!
Sometime after last year's GST increase, the $1.95 hand soap became $2.50 or something, which, by my calculations, is more than a 3% hike. Maybe they have some special calculators there which calculate differently? Anyhow, like any other calculating tai-tai or non-tai-tai, I turned to rival hand soaps. After paying $1.95 for years, it was kind of hard thinking '$2.50', ha ha. Now, perhaps there were large enough numbers of people like myself who could not stomach anything more than $1.95 (hence contributing to a severe decrease in sales of the hand soap). Just last week, I saw that the hand soap is now 'on sale' at $1.95 (original price). Yipee... time to stock up on hand soap...
Much has been said about the middle class crunch. As I consider myself a crunched middle classer, who happened also to decide to stay at home at a time like this, I agree with most of what has been said. However, I still think that the worst off are still, well, the worst off, i.e. those at the bottom of the rung.
There are silver linings for me, such as as when hand soap goes on sale. However, some people can't even afford to think about hand soap...
However, the price of my favourite moisturising hand soap from Guardian has come down!
Sometime after last year's GST increase, the $1.95 hand soap became $2.50 or something, which, by my calculations, is more than a 3% hike. Maybe they have some special calculators there which calculate differently? Anyhow, like any other calculating tai-tai or non-tai-tai, I turned to rival hand soaps. After paying $1.95 for years, it was kind of hard thinking '$2.50', ha ha. Now, perhaps there were large enough numbers of people like myself who could not stomach anything more than $1.95 (hence contributing to a severe decrease in sales of the hand soap). Just last week, I saw that the hand soap is now 'on sale' at $1.95 (original price). Yipee... time to stock up on hand soap...
Much has been said about the middle class crunch. As I consider myself a crunched middle classer, who happened also to decide to stay at home at a time like this, I agree with most of what has been said. However, I still think that the worst off are still, well, the worst off, i.e. those at the bottom of the rung.
There are silver linings for me, such as as when hand soap goes on sale. However, some people can't even afford to think about hand soap...
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