Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) is a must have for all Bumiputras in Malaysia. I always recommend my Malay friends, and clients married to Malays, to max out their ASB account ASAP. The reason? Units Trusts which are low risk, capital guaranteed, and only cost RM1 per unit are hard to come by. Especially those who [...]
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Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2009
KL will host the Standard Chartered Maraton on June 28th. Many people are exited about this run and the buzz is slowly building. The Early Bird booking finishes end of the week so I decided to dig a little deeper yesterday evening and see whether I was going to run this event or not.
First surprise, [...]
Selamat Hari Natal 2008!
Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas !
It is my first in Malaysia, and I have to say, Xmas under the tropic has a different feel to it. It has its good points, no jet lag, spending time at the pool…. But it simply does not replace a good, snowy, family Christmas back home.
To compensate, we [...]
Which Strategy for MM2H Investments
I recently started participating in a forum dedicated to Malaysia My Second Home: www.my2home.info. I first started interacting with Scott when I was working for Allo’ Expat and he always came up with great informative posts. He opened his forum to share his MM2H experience. At the time, a competitor to AE’s MM2H section, now [...]
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri
Today is a big day in Malaysia. Today is Hari Raya Aidilfitri!
It marks the end of the Ramaddan and is as big as Christmas back home.
Most Malaysians go back to their Kampung (village) to celebrate with their families and share Rendang and Lemang prepared over the past few days. I just came back from my [...]