Carol Koh

Carol's one of the funnier Nuffies around. While her humour is not brash and crude like Pinky, she still pulls off something of her own class.

This is me, annoying the shit out of her while...I was shitting.

2 punnies!

Toiletries Shopping

Nicholas called me an aunty yesterday for what I discussing what I am about to write about.***

I was once sending someone home when I mentioned some fuel optimising strategies.

Take the below illustrated route for example, and my aim is to head from point A to B.


I described the advantages of taking route 1 over route 2

Route 1 has 3 braking/acceleration points, as opposed to Route 2 which has only 1 braking/acceleration point. This should save a fair bit of $$$ over time; and to top that off I have the right of way as I pass by the last junction before Point B.


Route 2



Downside is that I would need a stop at the traffic lights, but that is acceptable as the waiting time is negligible (only if you are familar with the location).

Said associate asked me why am I so calculative. Its not being calculative, its called stretching your dollar.***

My toothpaste and bar soap supplies were running low at home so I dropped by Cold Storage to resupply my stockpile.

In case some of you think I am being penny wise pound foolish by shopping at Cold Storage, I went there because I was in the area (travelling to Tesco = time + petrol; both of which are money)

Here are some general rules of purchasing most goods.

1. Big is cheap

1 tube of Darlie toothpaste, 250g costs me RM8.59, while a smaller one at 175g costs me RM6.59 (est).

Cost per volume is lower with larger packages.

2. Check for freebies


Purchased a packet of Dettol soap (found out that its abit too drying FML) in a 'Buy 3 Free 1' shrink wrap.

That's 25% off per bar; or a 33% gain. These items are very often displayed side by side with similar products with no attached freebies. Either item could be expired promotions, but are still available for sale as it is more cost effective to liquidate them rather than to repackage.

3. There are exceptions to rule #1.
Sometimes its good to take your calculator out.



1 bottle of Sunsilk 375ml costs RM12.99 (or RM12.69, I forgot), while a 700ml bottle costs RM26.99; bringing their cost per volume to RM34.64/litre RM38.55/litre respectively.



The upside was that the larger bottle had a pump, but pumps are a waste because we tend to squish too much out anyway. YOU ARE PAYING FOR THE FUCKING PUMP!

I went back to the office feeling better that I saved a few ringgit, especially with the shampoo.

For brainless stingeing, Carrefour often displays the cost per volume/weight information on their rack labels.

4. Recycle
Not exactly related to shopping but a habit that we all should have.

I tend to wear my soap down to really thin slices before getting a new one, and I usually stick it onto the newer bar.



If you don't stick it on you'll probably throw it away anyway right?***

Now on to something that is REALLY stingy but serves no achievements.

This is how I usually fill up my petrol. I'll wait till the tank is really really empty before I fill it up. I'll pass my RM70.00 and my Bonuslink, and tell the nice lady (or the ugly guy) at the counter and say "Pam tigabelas (or whatever), penuh thankyou"

I'll bear in mind the rounding adjectives and fill my car with that extra 2 cents (i.e. RM63.02, today's fill) to stinge on that bloody 2 cents.

Really serves no purpose but I do it just for my own satisfaction.

Rounding figures rock!

Coming soon: ah beng fuel saving techniques.

Horny Bastard

The Bitch is back from Australia. Met up with her for lunch a couple of weeks ago and she's still the same.

Cheeky Bugger

Anyone familiar with the roads of KL will know that the road beside Phoenix Plaza at Cheras is undergoing some form of road widening / construction / misc. project, and is in a terrible state, with abrupt elevation and direction changes.

Throw in bad patches of repairs into the mix and what could potentially happen is WRC-style jumps, or a badass accident.


So I was driving along that stretch and being the impatient driver I was, I attempted an overtaking maneuver of dubious legality, but pulled out last minute, stomping on the brakes (threshold of course; Yee Hou NEVER locks his tyres) to pull up a little over a metre behind the car in front of me.

"Hoi cheebye isn't that abit dangerous?" my friend yells at me. "Luckily your brakes are good"

I drop her home, relatively disheveled from the shock I gave her over the little stunt.

"Don't drive so fast ok?" I grunt.
"You let me know when you're home ok?" I grunt again.
"Drive carefully arr!!" "hnnggkkk"

A smile spreads over my face. "Actually what you should have said was 'luckily your braking skills are good' instead of 'luckily your brakes are good' heehee."

Spotted

Spotted a Lotus Esprit, rare indeed; while Elises are more common, I would prefer that to the heavy cumbersome Esprit.

Edited post title.