Aizuddin from Photo Kiddos, a talented children photographer who wanted to setup a photography studio.
Desmond (me) from Malaysia Most Wanted Food venturing into Malaysia Travel; to easily find hidden gems of good travel places within Malaysia.
Jia from Worthy Book, bringing discount coupons to mobile devices; and probably a very good salesperson who persevere well.
Guess who won?
After viewing the full video, I do have to admit my pitching skill sucks. I could argue that some judges misunderstood my idea, or the judgement of market saturation is unfounded, or it's like selling a bat to a golfer (view my post-mortem). But still, I fail to deliver a solid pitch, and I sure didn't look convincing nor confident; but that doesn't mean the product sucks, or we are not moving in the wrong direction. I believe we are in the right market, doing things we are passionate about, solving a good problem; we have a solid team, a decent product and good traction (IMHO, haha), though we could always do better.
I guess I am more a executioner that a seller; then again, if I wanted to ask someone to give me some money, I better come up with a more convincing pitch. A lesson well learned.
Until the next time, we shall continue to do what we do best: to build better product for you, be it food, travel, property prices or price checker.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
MalaysiaMW Food Tagline/Slogan Contest for T-shirt
After launching Malaysia Most Wanted FOOD almost 5 years ago (December 2006, time flies), we decide to print some really cool and comfy T-shirts as a thank you gesture for all the food bloggers who had made MalaysiaMW Food what it is today. Without you, there shall not be a MalaysiaMW Food.
What does a really cool T-shirt need? It needs a really cool and catchy tagline/slogan/phrase. Rather than making that up by ourselves, we thought it would be in the spirit of MalaysiaMW that we let the foodies decide what they would like to show-off on their T-shirt.
The rules are pretty simple:
The contest starts on 18 October 2011 (Tuesday), 1PM and ends on 19 Nov 2011, 7PM (my novice Feng Shui date picking skill says these are the ONG dates). The winners will be announced within 7 days after the closing date (we shall contact you on Facebook); and we will transfer the cash prize (YES, you need a bank account) within 7 days. You will get the T-shirt once we printed it, which might take a while.
The Slogan Winner will get RM 100. If he/she happens to be the Facebook Winner as well, then the total prize money is RM 100 + RM 50 = RM 150. Slogan Winner and Facebook Likes Winner could be 2 separate people. If it sounds confusing, just join anyway; you will get something if you win :).
If you have any questions or doubt, leave a comment.
Start sending us the cool and catchy tagline/slogan/phrase for the MalaysiaMW Foodie T-shirt.
What does a really cool T-shirt need? It needs a really cool and catchy tagline/slogan/phrase. Rather than making that up by ourselves, we thought it would be in the spirit of MalaysiaMW that we let the foodies decide what they would like to show-off on their T-shirt.
- Suggest a cool and catchy tagline/slogan/phrase (no graphic skill required, just a creative slogan) related to Malaysia, Foodie, Food, Restaurant, Guide, Blogger, Malaysia Most Wanted, Yum Yum, Awesomeness, etc. Make it fun, make it awesome, break the rules (e.g. My avatar can beat up your avatar)!
- Post your comment on our Facebook wall. There is no requirement on word use.
- Optional: You can suggest how the design should look like to match your tagline, or even submit a design if you wish.
- The Slogan Winner (chosen by MalaysiaMW, decision is final) with the most awesome catchy tagline/slogan/phrase will walk away with RM 100 in cash.
- The tagline/slogan/phrase with the most Facebook likes (Facebook Winner) will get RM 50 in cash.
- Winners will be given a T-Shirt as well.
- Requirement: You must reside in Malaysia OR have a bank account in Malaysia.
The contest starts on 18 October 2011 (Tuesday), 1PM and ends on 19 Nov 2011, 7PM (my novice Feng Shui date picking skill says these are the ONG dates). The winners will be announced within 7 days after the closing date (we shall contact you on Facebook); and we will transfer the cash prize (YES, you need a bank account) within 7 days. You will get the T-shirt once we printed it, which might take a while.
The Slogan Winner will get RM 100. If he/she happens to be the Facebook Winner as well, then the total prize money is RM 100 + RM 50 = RM 150. Slogan Winner and Facebook Likes Winner could be 2 separate people. If it sounds confusing, just join anyway; you will get something if you win :).
If you have any questions or doubt, leave a comment.
Start sending us the cool and catchy tagline/slogan/phrase for the MalaysiaMW Foodie T-shirt.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Coming Soon: MalaysiaMW Food 2.0
A better food hunting experience,
by the Malaysian Foodies, for the Malaysian Foodies.
- sorry for the long wait, soon .. very soon ...
Friday, September 30, 2011
Invited: Best of Malaysia Awards 2011
MalaysiaMW was invited to a swanky cocktail party to witness the Best of Malaysia Awards 2011 organized by Expatriate Lifestyle (Malaysia’s number one expatriate magazine). The party is held View, GTower, Kuala Lumpur, a superb roof-top (balcony to be exact) bar with the view KLCC Tower, filled with beautiful people with superb dresses (and suits).
What is the award about? It’s a travel award, where expatriate votes for their favorite Hotels, Resorts & Spas (10 weeks of voting in 16 categories). Wanted to know which is the best place in Malaysia to pamper ourselves? Ladies and Gentlemen, now we know …
Matt Bellotti, who is also Editorial Director for Expatriate Lifestyle was very excited about the awards, he said, “These awards are now in their sixth year and are the only award of their kind. The Best Of Malaysia is a celebration of tourism and hospitality experiences in Malaysia, which surely rank among the very best in the world. These awards were voted for by expatriates who never cease to impress me with their knowledge and opinions of the best places to see, stay, eat and enjoy. The field of winning properties this year is stronger than ever.”
Wall of Fame
What is the award about? It’s a travel award, where expatriate votes for their favorite Hotels, Resorts & Spas (10 weeks of voting in 16 categories). Wanted to know which is the best place in Malaysia to pamper ourselves? Ladies and Gentlemen, now we know …
Winners from Pangkor Island Tiger Rock
(L-R): Alvin Khoo (Traders Hotel, KL), Daisy Rani (Shangri-la Hotel and Resorts), Julian Wipper (Shangri-la KL), Linges Warren (Traders Hotel, KL)
- BEST CITY HOTEL: MANDARIN ORIENTAL HOTEL KUALA LUMPUR
- BEST BUSINESS HOTEL: HILTON KUALA LUMPUR
- BEST WEEKEND BREAK: THE RITZ-CARLTON, KUALA LUMPUR
- BEST ROMANTIC STAY: FOUR SEASONS REOSRT LANGKAWI
- BEST FAMILY STAY: GOLDEN SANDS RESORT BY SHANGRI-LA, PENANG
- BEST BOUTIQUE HOTEL: PANGKOR ISLAND TIGER ROCK
- BEST BEACH RESORT: SHANGRI-LA RASA SAYANG, PENANG
- BEST SPA RESORT: PANGKOR LAUT RESORT
- BEST ECO-RESORT: PANGKOR ISLAND TIGER ROCK
- BEST ATTRACTION: PAVILION KL
- BEST AUTHENTIC MALAYSIAN EXPERIENCE: GEORGE TOWN, PENANG
- BEST CITY SPA: SPA VILLAGE, RITZ-CARLTON KUALA LUMPUR
- BEST RESORT FOR REST & RECREATION: SHANGRI-LA TANJUNG ARU RESORT & SPA, KOTA KINABALU
- BEST HOTEL RESTAURANT: PREGO, THE WESTIN KUALA LUMPUR
- BEST HOTEL BAR: SKYBAR, TRADERS HOTEL KUALA LUMPUR
- BEST SERVICE AWARD: SHANGRI-LA RASA SAYANG, PENANG
- BEST BEACH RESORT: SHANGRI-LA RASA SAYANG, PENANG
- BEST SPA RESORT: PANGKOR LAUT RESORT
Best Romantic Stay
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Make the Pitch: Malaysia Most Wanted booted (ouch!)
Very recently, we decided it’s the right time to get some funding on a reality TV show (Malaysia’s version of Dragon’s Den). Why? I would like to test if the ideas of Malaysia Most Wanted would hold, and whether I can present a convincing case. Since I get a face-to-face time with some potential investors, I hope to get some valuable feedbacks. Hopefully we would get some exposure for our brand (and get more people to be aware of it, and use it), secure some funding to accelerate our growth, and perhaps get some help in the Sales & Marketing department. Our pitch focus on expanding MMW into Travel, and monetization of MMW Food.
The 1st round went quite smoothly, as one of the judges was quite impressed with our achievement in the Food & Restaurants segment, though there are concerns that we would not make enough money (our revenue is not very promising at the moment, as no one is responsible for sale). They get to thinker with our website on the iPhone and Blackberry (because the video won't play on MacBook), and trying to find their favorite local restaurants (luckily one of the judges’ favorite, Bawang Merah is in the list). So we are safe!
On Round 2, we face Round 1’s judges’ bosses (the CEOs). We need to submit a business proposal (which we are notified 1 day before, OMG!), and realize on the spot that we can’t do a PowerPoint presentation (the assumption is the judges already seen our previous slides and business proposal). Anyway, PowerPoint presentation on TV show looks boring, so we need the more dramatic verbal exchange.
I decided to keep my introduction short, since I assume they read the proposal and seen the previous PowerPoint. Perhaps it’s a bad move, as I could sense at least one the judges seem confused of what we are doing (perhaps she thought I am creating a blog and writing my own reviews based on my personal taste). For those who don’t understand MMW, it is a collaboration platform where users could submit recommendations, ratings, pictures and comments on their favorite restaurants. So it’s community driven, and the community decides and votes for the best.
The worst is yet to come, as I realize later in the show that the main VC (the guy with influence and experience) already has prejudice about the segment we are going into: it’s saturated with low profit margin. So Travel is too competitive, and there is no money to be made (or not enough money). On the global scope, we might have TripAdvisor as the leader (and other names don’t event popup in our mind). In Malaysia, we have static government endorsed travel websites like Tourism Malaysia and Virtual Malaysia, and Cuti-cuti focus on promoting travel packages rather than promoting places of interest. Do we have a really good (at least TripAdvisor-grade) travel website in Malaysia, where we can like really cool places like The Dusun or Sungai Klah Hotspring (and many more we are unaware of)? We don’t, and that’s why I wanted to build one. I guess my argument didn’t shake the “saturated” thought off the judges. Besides, company like KAYAK (USD 835 Million evaluation), TripAdvisors (USD 82 Million Revenue per Quarter) and even China's lvmama 驴妈妈 are closing multi-millions dollar round of funding. Do we want to wait for Foreign companies to dominate entire of Malaysia's websphere?
Actually I was pretty confident after the pitching (before the judges give me their piece of mind), but I was so wrong. First of all, one of the judges still think I write reviews (I hope the rest get the idea), and they still believed the market is saturated and we are not unique (even though we have proven to be the best in the Malaysia Food & Restaurant segment), and they don’t believe we have the capabilities to make Malaysia Travel another success. My heart just sank, WTF! Before we build MMW Food, perhaps no one would believe us. Now we have built MMW Food with reasonable success, and you don’t believe we can do it with MMW Travel. How many times do I have to prove myselves? The Venture Capitalists are not very adventurous, aren't they? I thought of putting in another final word, but I didn’t. I don’t want to beg you if you don’t believe in our idea and capability. I take it we are not on the same boat, and it would probably be hard for us to work together if we don't share the same belief and vision.
I think the judges don’t believe that number 1 Food & Restaurants guide in Malaysia is a valuable asset (or they don’t think I can monetize it, which might be true, since I am still “unproven”). Then again, I got reminded that Cradle have an “unofficial policy” not to invest in something “normal a.k.a saturated”, they prefer some really niche, unique or with buzz (MMW is definitely not their cup of tea, but sadly no other judges back us as well). Another thought is that the judges don’t use online websites to look for food and travel (they can’t relate well because they are not the target users); they get their recommendation from friends, and ask travel agency to arrange their travel.
Perhaps my presentations lacks emotions, all seems to focus on facts and figures (perhaps nervous and not straight to the point, and probably didn't clear the confusion as well). Clearly I fail to convey my ideas strongly, and fail to convince that we create cool and useful stuffs. The guy from PhotoKiddos was worried after his pitch because he got shot on this business plan, and I told him human are emotional beings, and the big cute smiling child photos on the stage might do some magic. And I was right, haha. Anyway, I like his photos and could be his potential customer (though not necessary means I would like to invest in his business).
What have I learned? This is tricky, as I seems pretty defensive and still believes strongly in my own ideas. The main reasons I do MMW Food and Travel is because there are no decent products out there that meet my needs, and my sole purpose is to create something useful and people would enjoy using it (and it helps them). Perhaps there are not much monetary values in it to make millions, but it should not be difficult to feed one mouth (or a few). You probably can doubt my capability to make money, but I am offended when you doubt my capability to build a successful web platform. Then again, it gave me more motivation to prove that I am right: I will develop the most useful travel website in Malaysia within 2 years. Hopefully I am not an arrogant and ignorant bastard, as I have no way of knowing (unless more people told me so). Anyway, this is probably my 3rd failed VC funding attempt in relation with Cradle, perhaps I am destined to walk the no funding required path. "Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results." - Albert Einstens
MMW Food might not met 100% of my expectations yet; as there is a bunch for really cool features I would work on to make it more useful and cool. It would be cool to do use User & Content Profiling, to understand if the user prefers Western or Asian, Spicy or Mild, Halal or non-Halal, and match the relevant results with their preferences. As for the content, we like to know if the restaurant is romantic or child-friendly, good for supper or dinner, modern or classic, etc. At the same time, we would create community guides, where community expert recommends their favorite restaurants. If Jack prefer Western food particularly Italian, then those with the same taste as Jack would follow his guide (if the Jack’s guide have more followers, he might become a celebrity). We might have another person’s guide which focus on Indian and Spicy Food, etc. All sounds cool and fun to me, and I hope you will like it as well.
Lastly, I hope you would like what MalaysiaMostWanted is doing, and enjoy its services (we are hoping MMW could make our life slightly better, slightly easier). Do let us if you you like us (we could use some love), and give us feedbacks to help us improve.
PS: watch the show starting on NTV7 starting from 12 October 2011, and tell me how badly I did.
The 1st round went quite smoothly, as one of the judges was quite impressed with our achievement in the Food & Restaurants segment, though there are concerns that we would not make enough money (our revenue is not very promising at the moment, as no one is responsible for sale). They get to thinker with our website on the iPhone and Blackberry (because the video won't play on MacBook), and trying to find their favorite local restaurants (luckily one of the judges’ favorite, Bawang Merah is in the list). So we are safe!
On Round 2, we face Round 1’s judges’ bosses (the CEOs). We need to submit a business proposal (which we are notified 1 day before, OMG!), and realize on the spot that we can’t do a PowerPoint presentation (the assumption is the judges already seen our previous slides and business proposal). Anyway, PowerPoint presentation on TV show looks boring, so we need the more dramatic verbal exchange.
I decided to keep my introduction short, since I assume they read the proposal and seen the previous PowerPoint. Perhaps it’s a bad move, as I could sense at least one the judges seem confused of what we are doing (perhaps she thought I am creating a blog and writing my own reviews based on my personal taste). For those who don’t understand MMW, it is a collaboration platform where users could submit recommendations, ratings, pictures and comments on their favorite restaurants. So it’s community driven, and the community decides and votes for the best.
Actually I was pretty confident after the pitching (before the judges give me their piece of mind), but I was so wrong. First of all, one of the judges still think I write reviews (I hope the rest get the idea), and they still believed the market is saturated and we are not unique (even though we have proven to be the best in the Malaysia Food & Restaurant segment), and they don’t believe we have the capabilities to make Malaysia Travel another success. My heart just sank, WTF! Before we build MMW Food, perhaps no one would believe us. Now we have built MMW Food with reasonable success, and you don’t believe we can do it with MMW Travel. How many times do I have to prove myselves? The Venture Capitalists are not very adventurous, aren't they? I thought of putting in another final word, but I didn’t. I don’t want to beg you if you don’t believe in our idea and capability. I take it we are not on the same boat, and it would probably be hard for us to work together if we don't share the same belief and vision.
I think the judges don’t believe that number 1 Food & Restaurants guide in Malaysia is a valuable asset (or they don’t think I can monetize it, which might be true, since I am still “unproven”). Then again, I got reminded that Cradle have an “unofficial policy” not to invest in something “normal a.k.a saturated”, they prefer some really niche, unique or with buzz (MMW is definitely not their cup of tea, but sadly no other judges back us as well). Another thought is that the judges don’t use online websites to look for food and travel (they can’t relate well because they are not the target users); they get their recommendation from friends, and ask travel agency to arrange their travel.
Perhaps my presentations lacks emotions, all seems to focus on facts and figures (perhaps nervous and not straight to the point, and probably didn't clear the confusion as well). Clearly I fail to convey my ideas strongly, and fail to convince that we create cool and useful stuffs. The guy from PhotoKiddos was worried after his pitch because he got shot on this business plan, and I told him human are emotional beings, and the big cute smiling child photos on the stage might do some magic. And I was right, haha. Anyway, I like his photos and could be his potential customer (though not necessary means I would like to invest in his business).
What have I learned? This is tricky, as I seems pretty defensive and still believes strongly in my own ideas. The main reasons I do MMW Food and Travel is because there are no decent products out there that meet my needs, and my sole purpose is to create something useful and people would enjoy using it (and it helps them). Perhaps there are not much monetary values in it to make millions, but it should not be difficult to feed one mouth (or a few). You probably can doubt my capability to make money, but I am offended when you doubt my capability to build a successful web platform. Then again, it gave me more motivation to prove that I am right: I will develop the most useful travel website in Malaysia within 2 years. Hopefully I am not an arrogant and ignorant bastard, as I have no way of knowing (unless more people told me so). Anyway, this is probably my 3rd failed VC funding attempt in relation with Cradle, perhaps I am destined to walk the no funding required path. "Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results." - Albert Einstens
MMW Food might not met 100% of my expectations yet; as there is a bunch for really cool features I would work on to make it more useful and cool. It would be cool to do use User & Content Profiling, to understand if the user prefers Western or Asian, Spicy or Mild, Halal or non-Halal, and match the relevant results with their preferences. As for the content, we like to know if the restaurant is romantic or child-friendly, good for supper or dinner, modern or classic, etc. At the same time, we would create community guides, where community expert recommends their favorite restaurants. If Jack prefer Western food particularly Italian, then those with the same taste as Jack would follow his guide (if the Jack’s guide have more followers, he might become a celebrity). We might have another person’s guide which focus on Indian and Spicy Food, etc. All sounds cool and fun to me, and I hope you will like it as well.
Lastly, I hope you would like what MalaysiaMostWanted is doing, and enjoy its services (we are hoping MMW could make our life slightly better, slightly easier). Do let us if you you like us (we could use some love), and give us feedbacks to help us improve.
PS: watch the show starting on NTV7 starting from 12 October 2011, and tell me how badly I did.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Bazaar Ramadan (Buka Puasa) Locations
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.
Bazaar Ramadan (Buka Puasa) in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
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 |
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