Recession and Depression

We've recently gone through the worst time of our lifetime (especially those born after 1979). This is the 3rd recession that ive gone through but this may be the worst that ive ever felt.

Honored to have been through a recession comparable to the 1927 great depression. Sad that this has to happen.

I reckon the problems arising from this recession that is closer and more what really concern us about is our job security and our own safety.

Job security aside as this is really something out of our control.

Safety of our surrounding may be more of what we can have a say in.

With all the job cuts across the globe, many of our workers in foreign land may be forced to retreat to our shore, thus skewing our population higher. This, will translate to higher supply of manpower and the already tense workforce demand will be put to more rigorous test.

Guess we have to admit that the number of jobs out there is less than sufficient for those being retrenched overseas.

When people has no more means to put food on the table legally, i can understand the term desperate times calls for desperate measures.

Flextronic, Chartered and many other power houses in manufacturing line has been brought to their knees due to slower demand in their goods and service. Companies will not be able to maintain the same number of workforce while allowing productivity to slump and still incur the cost of payroll will choose to either cut a portion of the pay, or entirely by retrenching the excess headcounts.

Many Johorians has been cut in that respect.

This is not a good sign. When all alternatives has been depleted, easy money is the only way out. Crime will go up.

Places that many has deem safe, such as Singapore with their respectable effort to maintain the low crime rate, has not been safe so far. It has been reported that many crimes are on the rise there.

At home, it can only be worst.

Credit has to be given to our police for increasing the number of patrols around my area, but this is definitely not enough.

I hope each day that this can pass and we all can go back to the time when every body has food to eat, jobs to attend to and crime rates managable.

Good Luck.

CIQ vs Woodlands

CIQ
Many big humps
WC
Too many humps!!

CIQ
Counters are very narrow for car
WC
Road became narrow because of cars

CIQ
Look at your face to clear passport
WC
Get out of car, open your door, look at your face, call your name, take your finger prints.. what else?

CIQ
5pm – 7pm : Structure of roads causes jam sometimes.
WC
5pm – 7pm : Confirm jam

CIQ
Cars cut queue because you can never see traffic controller there.
WC
Cars cut queue because traffic controller always see only.

CIQ
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WC
Cannot comment cause action will be taken.