This weekend is the last weekend before Hari Raya, which means it's the last weekend for Bazaar Ramadan. We compiled a list of popular Ramadan Bazaars, go hit on the Ayam Percik, Nasi Dagang, Murtabak, Popiah Basah, Roti Jala before you have to wait another year before you could see such glorious food!
Bazaar Ramadan (Buka Puasa) in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Price Checker: Keep track of Grocery Price (and Computer Peripherals)
While strolling through Tesco to perform Grocery shopping, I always wonder if the Promotion is really a steal, or did the price went up or gone down for a specific item. For a newbie shopper like me, I don’t know anything about the prices, and I wanted to know if I could be a smart shopper like the "Aunties", by leveraging on technology.
Thus born the idea of Malaysia Price Checker, where we keep track of the prices of grocery, and everyone can contribute to build a better system. Now I can know what’s the expected market price for Mister Potato, or which place sold the cheapest SD Card.
Bear with us as we quietly launch the service about 2 months ago, having archived over 1000+ items; do feel free to use the platform, contribute prices if possible, and give feedbacks if you feel there are rooms for improvement (we have a whole list of work in progress).
One day, I shall be better than the aunties in price comparison :)
Thus born the idea of Malaysia Price Checker, where we keep track of the prices of grocery, and everyone can contribute to build a better system. Now I can know what’s the expected market price for Mister Potato, or which place sold the cheapest SD Card.
Bear with us as we quietly launch the service about 2 months ago, having archived over 1000+ items; do feel free to use the platform, contribute prices if possible, and give feedbacks if you feel there are rooms for improvement (we have a whole list of work in progress).
One day, I shall be better than the aunties in price comparison :)
Retiring MMW Map
MMW Map was built at a time where Google Map doesn’t have a map of Malaysia (only Satellite Images), finding places or POIs around Malaysia is difficult and we wanted to become like Wikimapia.
As times goes by, it had been difficult for us to handle the large volume of increasing and rapid changing POIs. Sad to say that we have limited resources in hand, thus it is difficult for us to bring MMW Map to the next level (it had been orphaned without supervision for quite a while now). We have plan to morph MMW Map into MMW Places, where we focus on specific POIs like Post Office, ATMs, Petrol Station so that we can keep track of useful things around us rather than keeping track of everything (which Google Maps seems to do a reasonably good job nowadays). Sadly, other projects have taken precedence.
Until further notice: Goodbye MMW Map, you had served well.
PS: we shall keep MMW Map in passive mode for a few months before taking it offline.
PS: we shall keep MMW Map in passive mode for a few months before taking it offline.
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Save our Children's Education
Most of us know that our education system is “broken” (Even the US Education system is failing: Waiting for Superman), yet we are not sure of the better alternatives. Should we send our kids to Montessori School? Is International School really better? How about school for special kids? Is there transparency in the teaching methods and programs? How about project-based learning? Can we change the education paradigm (which doesn’t fit the needs and style of today’s children) according to Sir Ken Robinson’s analysis? All of us wanted a change, but we don’t know where to start.
I stumbled upon an article talking about DonorChoose, where teachers post small projects which they like to do with their students, and the public can choose to donate in any amount (minimum is USD 1) in their favorite projects and causes. There might be a class to form a music band, or teaching English to rural children. We can donate to projects in our hometown, or any topics which interest us or matter to us.
I think education is important, but it’s not functioning as I expect it to be. I wanted more open learning, where students are encourage taking on special projects and taking up more hobbies. I wanted them to start a rock band, kick start a small business, build a game, help the community, create arts, active in sports, etc.
Though I don’t have the education background (I did teach computer class to children for 4 years, where I felt my contribution and impact is extremely limited), but I believe there are people out there with more passion and capability than I am as a teacher.
I (or rather Malaysia Most Wanted) would like to contribute in terms of technological skills to develop something like DonorChoose, where we can get people passionate about education and start doing something about it. I can’t do this alone, as a great piece of software without passionate people driving it would be utterly useless.
If you have an idea, with passion and time to improve the education of children in Malaysia, and you need a collaboration platform (like DonorChoose) to spread your idea and gather support: contact us, as we would like to help.
I stumbled upon an article talking about DonorChoose, where teachers post small projects which they like to do with their students, and the public can choose to donate in any amount (minimum is USD 1) in their favorite projects and causes. There might be a class to form a music band, or teaching English to rural children. We can donate to projects in our hometown, or any topics which interest us or matter to us.
I think education is important, but it’s not functioning as I expect it to be. I wanted more open learning, where students are encourage taking on special projects and taking up more hobbies. I wanted them to start a rock band, kick start a small business, build a game, help the community, create arts, active in sports, etc.
Though I don’t have the education background (I did teach computer class to children for 4 years, where I felt my contribution and impact is extremely limited), but I believe there are people out there with more passion and capability than I am as a teacher.
I (or rather Malaysia Most Wanted) would like to contribute in terms of technological skills to develop something like DonorChoose, where we can get people passionate about education and start doing something about it. I can’t do this alone, as a great piece of software without passionate people driving it would be utterly useless.
If you have an idea, with passion and time to improve the education of children in Malaysia, and you need a collaboration platform (like DonorChoose) to spread your idea and gather support: contact us, as we would like to help.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Malaysia Most Wanted: Home-based Data Entry Job v2.0
Malaysia Most Wanted Price would like to recruit you as home based data entry personnel, so that you could make some pocket money while working in your pajamas from home :)
Basic Requirements
Job Scope
Pay
You can work from anytime and anywhere (as long as you have a Computer and Broadband). Students, Housewives and the Less Privileged are encouraged to apply.
Interested Candidates do email your resume (tell us about yourself and your background) to info (at) malaysiamostwanted [dot] com
Basic Requirements
- A Responsible Person (DO NOT proceed if you have doubt).
- Basic Computer and Internet Skill (No Programming or Technical Skill required)
- Decent English Reading and Writing Skill
- Have a computer with Internet access (Broadband recommended)
- Have access to a digital camera (at least 3MP)
- Perform monthly or weekly grocery shopping
- Preferably those shopping around KL/Klang Valley, JB and Penang.
Job Scope
- Take photograph of purchased groceries.
- Perform data entry about the product's information, such as Name, Price, Ingredients, Manufacturer, etc. View Example.
- Detailed guidelines shall be provided upon shortlisting
Pay
- You are paid between RM 1-2 for each new product entry
- There is a RM 10 bonus for every 50 new products entered (valid for the 1st 100 products)
- Payment shall be made within 7 days upon your request for payment
You can work from anytime and anywhere (as long as you have a Computer and Broadband). Students, Housewives and the Less Privileged are encouraged to apply.
Interested Candidates do email your resume (tell us about yourself and your background) to info (at) malaysiamostwanted [dot] com
Friday, June 03, 2011
Property Prices for Ampang and Petaling Jaya (Damansara)
Our latest batch of Property Prices for Ampang and Petaling Jaya (Damansara). Check out the prices for
- Ampang (Central)
- Ara Damansara
- Damansara Damai
- Damansara Kim
- Damansara Perdana
- Kota Damansara
- Mutiara Damansara
- Sunway Damansara
- Tropicana
Top 10 Searches for Malaysia Property Prices
We had launch Malaysia Property Price Analysis for areas such as Ampang, Bangsar, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Mont Kiara – Hartamas, Petaling Jaya, Puchong, Shah Alam and Subang Jaya, and we would like to know which areas are Malaysia Property Buyer and most interested with.
For the past 3 months (01 Mar – 31 May 2011), below are the top 10 locations
- Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya
- Bandar Puchong Jaya, Puchong
- Taman Aman Putra (Terrace) @ Puchong
- Persiaran Puchong Jaya Selatan, Bandar Puchong Jaya (Apartment - Sutramas Apartment) @ Puchong
- Bandar Puteri, Puchong
- Jalan Tk 4, Taman Kinrara (Apartment - Suria Apartment) @ Puchong
- Jalan Merbuk, Bandar Puchong Jaya (Apartment - Sri Cempaka Apartment) @ Puchong
- Jalan Wawasan 2, Taman Wawasan (Apartment - Akasia Apartment) @ Puchong
- Bandar Sungai Long, Cheras
- Jalan Pu 8, Taman Puchong Utama (Terrace)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
MMW Foodie 2.0 Android App
MMW Foodie 2.0 is launched, allowing Foodie to sign-up and start liking their favorite eateries (and comment is enabled as well). The User Interface is more polished as well, and allowing fast alphabetically scrolling (and filtering) when browsing by category. Of course, we have our usual minor tweaking and bug fixing.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Valentine Restaurant Search
Every year we will have a surge of searching for food on Valentine day itself (Malaysians are certainly very last minute people, aren't we?). Anyway way, there are quite a number of people who start looking a week ahead, as you can see clearly in the graph.
So, what places are they searching for? (it's good reference for birthday, anniversary, or the next Valentine). The top 5 places goes to:
- Shogun, Japanese Buffet @ One Utama, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
- Saisaki Japanese Buffet @ Wisma UOA II, Jalan Pinang, Kuala Lumpur
- Tamarind Springs @ Taman TAR, Ampang, Selangor
- Look Out Point @ Kompleks Pelancongan Menara Tinjau, Jalan Ampang-Hulu Langat, Ampang, Selangor
- The Cave @ SS2, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Malaysia still like their Japanese buffet, as this had been the trend for the last 5 years. Tamarind Springs is coming up strong as a decent competitor. Look Out Point offer nice night view, but the quality of food is questionable. As of The Cave, I'm afraid it is no longer there (or under renovation?).
Other noticeable "romantic" venue includes
- Nadeje Patisserie Cafe, Mille Crepe @ Taman Melaka Raya, Melaka
- Sky Bar @ Traders Hotel @ Traders Hotel, , Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Kuala Lumpur
- Fullhouse Lifestyle Store & Cafe @ Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, Kuala Lumpur
- New Paris Restaurant @ SS2, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
- Fullhouse, Lifestyle Store and Cafe @ Nui Ze Xui, Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
- Bumbu Bali @ Bandar Puteri Puchong, Puchong, Selangor
- Jaya Palace Restaurant @ Petaling Jaya, Selangor
- Tamarind Hill @ Ampang, Selangor
- Hajime Japanese Restaurant @ Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur
- Marco Polo Restaurant (富临门) @ Wisma Lim Foo Yong, Jalan Raja Chulan, Kuala Lumpur
- Vincenzo Ristorante Italiano, Italy Food @ One Bangsar, Jalan Ara, Bangsar Baru, Kuala Lumpur
Nadeje Patisserie Cafe is definitely the clear winner in Melaka, as they serve absolutely delicious Milk Crepe (western layer cakes) made by a Japanese lady. It's a surprise to me that quite a number of "traditional" Chinese restaurants pop up, but I guess there are still a big market for this group of food lovers. Besides that, we have bar in the sky, lifestyle cafe, Balinese food, Japanese, Italian, and what not.
Until the next food field study, enjoy!
MMW Foodie Android App
We packed in some pretty nifty features to aid food hunter on the go. MMW Foodie will search for nearby restaurants automatically, or you can choose to perform a search by keywords. Not sure what to look for? You can always browse by cuisine, location and food. We even have a special listing of Romantic places, most liked, most popular and most viewed.
We'll packed in more features for you to add comments and photos, suggest new places and "like" very soon. Enjoy MMW Foodie!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Malaysia Property Prices and Statistics: Cheras
Recently, we just added a large pool of statistics for Cheras area, which is our most exhaustive attempt so far. We clean up quite a handful of previous erroneous data, and make the analysis and statistics slightly more accurate.
Feel free to browse the Malaysia Property Market for Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley
- Cheras - Bandar Sri Permaisuri, Bandar Sungai Long, Bandar Tun Hussien Onn, Taman Connaught, Taman Cheras (Yulek), Taman Maluri
- Puchong - Bandar Puteri, Bandar Kinrara, Bandar Puchong Jaya, Taman Wawasan
- Subang Jaya - Putra Heights, Usj 1
- Bangsar - Bukit Bandaraya,
- Shah Alam - Bukit Jelutung, Kota Kemuning, Setia Alam
- Petaling Jaya - Bandar Utama, Kelana Jaya, Kota Damansara, Mutiara Damansara, Sunway Damansara
- Kuala Lumpur - Mont Kiara, Taman Sri Hartamas
Do visit us before making the investment of your life :)
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Check Malaysia Property Price
You can now check for property prices in Puchong, Subang Jaya, Bangsar, Kelana Jaya, Kota Damansara, Sunway Damansara, etc
We shall include Bandar Utama and Mon't Kiara pretty soon :)
Malaysia Most Wanted Microblogging
Forgive us for the lack of update on this blog, as we make small announcement and updates through MMW Facebook and MMW Twitter. Do subscribe to them to get the latest updates.
We'll continue to post major product upgrade and release through this blog.
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Why restaurants should advertise with Malaysia Most Wanted Food?
Why restaurants should advertise with Malaysia Most Wanted Food?
- We are the No. 1 Online Food & Restaurant Guide in Malaysia in terms of web traffics (more than 100,000 visitors per month), as more and more people (especially the younger generation) is using the Internet to search for places to makan.
- We offer free and really affordable advertisement package for as low as RM 300 per year, as we understand the struggle of restaurant owners
- We offer real value for money, as every ringgit you spent could reach 360 potential customers in a month (much effective and environmental friendly than other means of advertising).
No Budget
If you do not have a budget, do feel free to use our free listing. Bear in mind you have to fight for customers' attention with another 5000++ restaurants, and some of them are already extremely popular. You can do more by providing delicious-looking photo and map, or promote you websites through any social media such as blogs, twitter or Facebook (it won’t be easy, but it’s FREE)Tight Budget
If you have a really tight budget, you can advertise for RM 300 for a year (it can’t get any better than this) – the catch is this advertising slot/location will be shared among maximum of 50 ads (did I mentioned that the ad will appear on 95% of all our pages). I don’t think there are better deals out there with could offer similar traffics with such low price, though you can still check out Google AdWord which could cater for a flexible budget. Our package is definitely more value for money compared to fliers or magazine ad, besides longer advertising period (such as a year) have far better effects than short term ones.
If you have a really tight budget, you can advertise for RM 300 for a year (it can’t get any better than this) – the catch is this advertising slot/location will be shared among maximum of 50 ads (did I mentioned that the ad will appear on 95% of all our pages). I don’t think there are better deals out there with could offer similar traffics with such low price, though you can still check out Google AdWord which could cater for a flexible budget. Our package is definitely more value for money compared to fliers or magazine ad, besides longer advertising period (such as a year) have far better effects than short term ones.
Fixed Monthly Budget
It’s most effective if you have monthly advertising budget of at least RM 300, then you can get a much bigger and exclusive ad slot/location every month. This slot is offered on first come first serve basis, and there are only 2 permanent ad slot/location available at the moment (the other cost RM 600 per month with bigger size and a much attention grabbing location).
It’s most effective if you have monthly advertising budget of at least RM 300, then you can get a much bigger and exclusive ad slot/location every month. This slot is offered on first come first serve basis, and there are only 2 permanent ad slot/location available at the moment (the other cost RM 600 per month with bigger size and a much attention grabbing location).
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MMW Food & Restaurants offer web banner advertising at strategic locations at our websites. Do feel free to learn more on how you can advertise on the largest Online Food & Restaurant Guide in Malaysia with minimum cost.
Top 10 Food & Restaurants Website in Malaysia
In order to get a better understanding of the most popular food & restaurants websites in Malaysia, we have to feed a list of well known foodie websites (research by googling) into Google AdPlanner; which could give us an independent 3rd party results on their actual visitors and pageview (it's not 100% accurate, but it does give a good estimation).
Earlier version of Google AdPlanner does not support sub domains (domains which does not starts with www), thus the result is more general and many bloggers have to be left out. The latest version is slightly more accommodating and accurate, though it does show MMW Food & Restaurants having less visitors than it actually does (based on data from Google Analytics). But then again, if this shortfall happens to us, it probably happens to others as well; so I assume the comparison within Google AdPlanner should work well.
We did a review of The State of Malaysia Food Websites on May 09 (we utilise our primaty domain malaysiamostwanted.com, which include web traffics for food, property, event and map as well), thus we are doing another round of comparison focusing on http://food.malaysiamostwanted.com/ only.
Below is the Google AdPlanner results on Top 10 Food & Restaurants Website in Malaysia (based on monthly visitors)
| No | Website | Visitors | Pageviews |
| 1 | 63K | 200K | |
| 2 | 39K | 390K | |
| 3 | 27K | 110K | |
| 4 | 22K | 84K | |
| 5 | 20K | 69K | |
| 6 | 18K | 86K | |
| 7 | 18K | 350K | |
| 8 | 17K | 69K | |
| 9 | 15K | 47K | |
| 10 | 15K | 32K |
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
MMW Property Price Analysis Update
A minor update pack for Malaysia Property Price Analysis
- Extend Puchong Property Price Data from Dec 08 - Sep 09
- Analyse Property prices by sub-areas such as Bandar Puteri, Tawan Wawasan, Bandar Puchong Jaya, etc
- Current statistics of Subang Jaya and Puchong is generated based on 5,968 unique records
- Map and Exact Location is provided for more than 300+ areas, sub-areas, streets and buildings.
- Better algorithm to filter out errorness data and "exceptional" data, such as Corner, EndLot, Penthouse and Fully Furnished unit
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Romantic and Valentine Restaurant Guides
It's the V-Month again, just that this time oranges and red packets are added to spice things up for us to celebrate Chinese New Year cum Valentine.
Rather than doing our yearly valentine recommendations again, we shall pulished a list of best picks restaurants for valentine and romantic dinners based on our "comprehensive" research plus statistical analysis.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to Best Picks for Romantic Dinner (or just plain good food) and Valentine.
Rather than doing our yearly valentine recommendations again, we shall pulished a list of best picks restaurants for valentine and romantic dinners based on our "comprehensive" research plus statistical analysis.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to Best Picks for Romantic Dinner (or just plain good food) and Valentine.
Malaysia Property Prices Analysis BETA 2.0
Malaysia Property Prices Analysis BETA 2.0 is out. We provide free historical price records and comparisons on Puchong and Subang Jaya area (more area coming soon).
Some of the new Enhancements in BETA 2.0 include
We have uploaded data until July 2009 for both Puchong and Subang Jaya, and we gradually update it with latest data in the coming weeks. Look out for the most powerful and compressive property price analysis in Malaysia, as we will role out more features in the coming weeks.
Some of the new Enhancements in BETA 2.0 include
- Addition of Subang Jaya area (besides Puchong)
- Addition of PSF (Price per Square Feet) comparison charts for Terrace, Bungalow, Semi-D, Apartment, Condominium, All High-rise Residential and Shop-Office (click on the Chart to view a bigger and more detail comparison)
- Property Type Group-based Summary and Detail Analysis on Street and Building. (e.g. In Bandar Puteri, we have Aseana Puteri and Casa Puteri for Condominium; and Terrace we have Puteri 10, 11, 12 and etc)
- Enhance PSF estimation with more data and a more powerful analytical engine.
We have uploaded data until July 2009 for both Puchong and Subang Jaya, and we gradually update it with latest data in the coming weeks. Look out for the most powerful and compressive property price analysis in Malaysia, as we will role out more features in the coming weeks.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Broswer Compatibility: IE8, Firefox 3.5 and Chrome 4
Our previous browser compatibility strategy support Internet Explorer 6 and Firefox 3 is a bit outdated, and it’s time to relook into the current browsers’ trend in order to introduce a more intuitive user interaction by leveraging on the power of more advance browser.
Based on Google Analytics’ report on visitor’s Browser, Malaysia Most Wanted will gradually support the Top 3 most popular browser: Internet Explorer (51%), Firefox (34%) and Chrome (8%). Though Apple’s Safari share of 4% is quite significant as well, but we do not have the necessary resources to do so at the moment (and we are hoping support for Chrome will do some good for Safari, since they utilize the same browsing Engine, WebKit).
Among different versions of Internet Explorer, IE7 (37%) is the most popular followed by IE8 (34%) and IE6 (28%). We shall focus on supporting IE8, since the adaptation rate of IE8 will pick up very soon and IE6 is too old (and too buggy).
As for Firefox, we shall focus on Firefox 3.5 (62%). The market share of Firefox 3 (25%) will continue to fall.
Chrome 4 (6%) market share is still very little is due to the recent release which was only 1 day ago. We are sure that Chrome’s automatic update will upgrade the current Chrome 3 (88%) very soon, thus we will emphasize on supporting Chrome 4.
It’s almost impossible to support all browsers (sorry to Opera) and all versions (goodbye to IE6), but we will continue to make sure future enhancement will support Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3.5 and Chrome 4.
Based on Google Analytics’ report on visitor’s Browser, Malaysia Most Wanted will gradually support the Top 3 most popular browser: Internet Explorer (51%), Firefox (34%) and Chrome (8%). Though Apple’s Safari share of 4% is quite significant as well, but we do not have the necessary resources to do so at the moment (and we are hoping support for Chrome will do some good for Safari, since they utilize the same browsing Engine, WebKit).
Among different versions of Internet Explorer, IE7 (37%) is the most popular followed by IE8 (34%) and IE6 (28%). We shall focus on supporting IE8, since the adaptation rate of IE8 will pick up very soon and IE6 is too old (and too buggy).
As for Firefox, we shall focus on Firefox 3.5 (62%). The market share of Firefox 3 (25%) will continue to fall.
Chrome 4 (6%) market share is still very little is due to the recent release which was only 1 day ago. We are sure that Chrome’s automatic update will upgrade the current Chrome 3 (88%) very soon, thus we will emphasize on supporting Chrome 4.
It’s almost impossible to support all browsers (sorry to Opera) and all versions (goodbye to IE6), but we will continue to make sure future enhancement will support Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3.5 and Chrome 4.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
MalaysiaMostWanted.com Server Migration
Malaysia Most Wanted websites will go offline (not accessible) on 9th January 2009 (saturday), 12AM until 9AM due to server migration.
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