Yup, things are definitely increasing now. A couple of days ago we hear that gas prices are going to increase starting June 2nd, and the electricity prices are going to increase in July. Tonight, while eating dinner at the aunt's house, we hear that actually, the gas prices are going to increase starting at 12 am tonight. The increase is around 3.9 (for 92) NT, but this isn't the end. Oh no, the next increase in gas prices is going to be in July (yay! a one month delay! oh wait, no, it's one month earlier ...=.=).

Watching the news right now, it seems like no one （well, except those who decided to raise the damn price) knew about this sudden increase because the chief of economic affairs had stated that the rise in price was going to occur in June. Everyone was preparing for that June increase. However, people didn't even hear about this new increase until they got off work today, even the gas stations themselves. Where the hell did this gas increase come from? Dropped from the "heavens," and because what they say is "truth," everyone just has to deal with it.

If this is the way the new government is going to be doing things, then our country is in for one big ... fun ... four (eight? God forbid) years. Lack of communication within the government officials and entities? Who knows, but this, this really isn't the way they want to start off their governance, pissing people off with the sudden gas increase. People getting off work, tired, and just wanting to go home to relax and eat dinner suddenly hear about this price increase, and now they have to go and fill up their tanks. This causes gas stations to explode with people, but they're not ready for it because they didn't think it would be happening today. They thought they still had a month to stock up and deal with people who want to get the gas before the price increase.

Well, at least, Yah! INCREASE! He certainly kept his word on something.

Anyway, so because we heard the gas prices were increasing at 12am, we decided to fill up my cousin's motorcycle. Got some nice pictures of the motorcycles lining up to get gas. Thankfully the station we went to was alright in terms of the line. On our way home, we saw another station with 10x more people - not just motorcycles, but cars too. It was crazy! There were even cops out making sure people lined up and didn't get in the way of other traffic. Geez!

I wonder how many angry people are out there tonight.

(Sorry if this post is jumping all over the place and not flowing ... watching the news while trying to think is far more difficult than I expected :P Will edit it later, maybe)

Further Reading:
Taipei Times