All about Singapore Malaysia Travel and Finance: February 2012

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Hilton Hotel, Kuala Lumpur (KL Sentral)

The 35 floors, KL Hilton is the state of art Hotel building which is just located next to Kuala Lumpur Hotel. The Hilton Hotel is adjoining with the Le Meridien Hotel which makes up the twin tower hotel blocks. The pricing is still within “affordable” to most of the visitors in view of the facilities being offered such as in room Plasma/LCD TV and well designed layout / renovation.

The Hilton and Le Meridien Hotel

The Hilton customer service is great, in reflect to the slogan “This is our commitment to you: If you’re not satisfied with your stay, let us know and we’ll make it right”.

Some of the amenities which captured from the Hilton Hotel, Kuala Lumpur as below:

- Swimming Pool

- Fitness Center

- Business Center

- High Speed Internet Connection

- Meeting rooms

- Wheelchair accessible

- Wireless

- Onsite Dining (restaurants and bars)

The Business Center

The Pool view

The restaurant

The guest can choose the types of guest rooms which suit your pocket, the below descriptions is taken from the Hilton Hotel website

Suite

Spoil yourself in this contemporary 86m²/926sq.ft suite, with separate living room, working and dining areas. Curl up on the sofa and enjoy the DVD player and home theater system or surf the web with high-speed internet access. Relax in the marble bathroom with rain shower and inset TV.

Deluxe Room

Soak up the style of this contemporary 44m²/473sq.ft room with plasma TV. The bright and airy room has floor-to-ceiling windows. Work in comfort at the desk with ergonomic chair or surf the web with high-speed internet access. Relax in the marble bathroom with rainshower, inset TV and fluffy bathrobe.

Deluxe Room Plus

Indulge yourself in the extra space of this modern 53m²/570sq.ft room with plasma TV. The bright and airy room has floor-to-ceiling windows. Get to work at the desk with ergonomic chair and check your emails with high-speed internet access. Pamper yourself in the marble bathroom with rainshower and inset TV.

Executive Room

Work is easy in this contemporary 44m².473sq.ft room, offering Executive Lounge access with free breakfast and refreshments. Work in comfort at the desk with ergonomic chair, check your emails with high-speed internet access or enjoy the plasma TV. Refresh in the marble bathroom with rainshower and inset TV.

Executive Room Plus

Business is a pleasure in this contemporary 53m²/570sq.ft room, offering Executive Lounge access with free breakfast and refreshments. Get to work at the desk with ergonomic chair, keep in touch with high-speed internet access or enjoy the plasma TV. Relax in the marble bathroom with rainshower and inset TV.

Location and Direction to Hilton Hotel Kuala Lumpur

Map Of Hilton Hotel Kuala Lumpur (KL Sentral)

The Hilton Kuala Lumpur is located next to the KL Sentral Station (XKL) which can be easily accessible using the public transportation such as

Taxi

Limousines and taxis can be arranged either from the Hilton Kuala Lumpur hotel or at the airport to make the 46-mile journey. Upon request a hotel airport representative will be on hand to direct you to the awaiting limousine or taxi.

Train

KLIA Express trains go to Kuala Lumpur Sentral station from the airport in 28 minutes. The train runs every 15 minutes during rush hours (5am-9am and 5pm-12am) and 20 minutes at other times (9am-5pm).

Bus – From LCCT (Airasia)

The shuttle bus runs between Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station and the low cost carrier terminal {LCCT} of Kuala Lumpur International Airport. At RM9 one way, it offers passengers an affordable and comfortable journey to the airport. The bus runs every 30 minutes and operates from 7.15am from LCCT and from 3.00am from KL Sentral Station.

Contacts
Hilton Kuala Lumpur Hotel
3 Jalan Stesen Sentral, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
Phone: 03-2264 2264

Note: Some of the information and pictures are taken from the owner site

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

Tips to fast Adsense approval

Have my Google Adsense account approved finally on the month of December 2011, after numerous of re-submission attempts. Generally, it’s not difficult to get your Adsense account approves based on steps below:

a) Make sure that you have at least few unique articles published on your website, which has at least 200
words on it. I would suggest that for the beginners, you may start using blog platform which usually free
as kick start to get the feel.

b) Apply for a Gmail email account for the Adsense application. Also recommended to apply a new Gmail
account for Adsense account management only if you already have one. Bottom line, the personal
particulars MUST be correct

c) Adsense did not allow any adult or sensitive contents published on the site that you’re asking for.
Recommended that the contents selected to suit all level of readers

d) If your application got rejected for the first time. Hold for a month and re-submit again, at the mean time
try your level best to enhance the contents / site design / layout and again contents. Do Not rush into re-
submission, as you may get rejected again

e) Although advisable to use the free platform such as Blogspot (sample site : luvmyland.blogspot.com), you
may also consider to apply for your own domain name or also know as top domain (e.g.
www.mycashcabinet.com) for easy approval. If you have sufficient amount of unique contents with a great
site design
Finally, be honest with the information provided for the Google Adsense account application. I’m sure you will have your account approved soon. Hope to contribute more to this site.

Happy earning people!!

(Note: I’m not a Google employee and the information given above is purely based on the personal experience)

Sunday, 26 February 2012

How to protect Adsense account

After all the hard work done to secure your Adsense account and start earning

However, this not the happy ending and it’s the start of the nightmare. I have heard from many people that their Adsense account got disabled and banned from the program. Based on the research done, please see the simplified rules on maintaining your Adsense account

Always DO

a) Read the program policies and Term & Conditions

DO NOT

a) DO NOT click your own ads, Google hate this

b) DO NOT ask your friends, family or anybody to click on the ads.

c) DO NOT join the ‘click gangs’ to create invalid clicks

d) DO NOT display ads on the adult or sensitive content sites

Finally DO NOT tries anything silly, as the BIG BROTHER has all the power tools to track you down!!

Sunday, 19 February 2012

Sepang F1 International Circuit

Map of Sepang Circuit

The Sepang International Circuit is home of Malaysia's motorsports, is one of the best and largest facilities of its kind in the world. The Sepang circuit is the only race track in the world that provides double frontage grandstand area that accommodates 130, 000 (130K) spectators at any race time.

The Sepang circuit is 5.54 KM long and designed by German designer, since the launch in March 1999, the circuit had hosts many international motorsports events such as

Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix (F1)
Malaysia Merdeka Endurance Race
Malaysia Super Series
Sepang 1000KM Endurance Race
Sepang Drag Battle
A1 Grand Prix
Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix

How to get there?

Sepang Circuit is accessible by buses (Skybus from Sentral - Please check availability, as usually only on race day), taxis and ERL to KLIA (then switch to taxis)

Location Map of Sepang Circuit

I would suggest visitors to visit the Sepang International circuit either on the arrival or departure day, as this place is just next to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), or approximately 60 km south of the capital city Kuala Lumpur. You can do many activities at the Sepang circuit such as following (Note: Please check the official site for booking details, special arrangement, ticket price and etc)

Circuit Tour (Tour Agenda)

- Welcome and a brief introduction of Sepang International Circuit at the Welcome Centre.

- A Walk through the Mall Area and catch the view from the Main Grandstand and the iconic Hibiscus

Tower.

- Experience the behind-the-scene of what makes a race successful at the Paddock Building (Paddock

Clubs, Perdana Suites, Media Centre, Race Control and Winners' Podium)

- A Visit to the National Automobile Museum.

- A free goodie bag as a token and a chance to buy more souvenirs at the Sepang Merchandise shop.

Go Kart at Sepang International Circuit

Try your driving skills at the Sepang International Kart Circuit is located within the Sepang International Circuit (SIC) like a F1 superstar

Driving Experience on Track

Visitors are allowed to bring in you own 'race' car into the Sepang F1 Circuit. Race like crazy on the well designed track.

Water Zorbing - Coming Soon

Friday, 17 February 2012

Tips for Investing in Penny Stocks

Investing in penny stocks provides traders with the opportunity to dramatically increase their profits, however, it also provides an equal opportunity to lose your trading capital quickly. These 5 tips will help you lower the risk of one of the riskiest investment vehicles.

Penny Stocks are a penny for a reason.

While we all dream about investing in the next Microsoft or the next Home Depot, the truth is, the odds of you finding that once in a decade success story are slim. These companies are either starting out and purchased a shell company because it was cheaper than an IPO, or they simply do not have a business plan compelling enough to justify investment banker's money for an IPO. This doesn't make them a bad investment, but it should make you be realistic about the kind of company that you are investing in.

Trading Volumes

Look for a consistent high volume of shares being traded. Looking at the average volume can be misleading. If ABC trades 1 million shares today, and doesn't trade for the rest of the week, the daily average will appear to be 200 000 shares. In order to get in and out at an acceptable rate of return, you need consistent volume. Also look at the number of trades per day. Is it 1 insider selling or buying? Liquidity should be the first thing to look at. If there is no volume, you will end up holding "dead money", where the only way of selling shares is to dump at the bid, which will put more selling pressure, resulting in an even lower sell price.

Does the company know how to make a profit?

While its not unusual to see a start up company run at a loss, its important to look at why they are losing money. Is it manageable? Will they have to seek further financing (resulting in dilution of your shares) or will they have to seek a joint partnership that favors the other company?

If your company knows how to make a profit, the company can use that money to grow their business, which increases shareholder value. You have to do some research to find these companies, but when you do, you lower the risk of a loss of your capital, and increase the odds of a much higher return.

Have an entry and exit plan - and stick to it.

Penny stocks are volitile. They will quickly move up, and move down just as quickly. Remember, if you buy a stock at $0.10 and sell it at $0.12, that represents a 20% return on your investment. A 2 cent decline leaves you with a 20% loss. Many stocks trade in this range on a daily basis. If your investment capital is $10 000, a 20% loss is a $2000 loss. Do this 5 times and you're out of money. Keep your stops close. If you get stopped out, move on to the next opportunity. The market is telling you something, and whether you want to admit it or not, its usually best to listen.

If your plan was to sell at $0.12 and it jumps to $0.13, either take the 30% gain, or better still, place your stop at $0.12. Lock in your profits while not capping the upside potential.

How did you find out about the stock?

Most people find out about penny stocks through a mailing list. There are many excellent penny stock newsletters, however, there are just as many who are pumping and dumping. They, along with insiders, will load up on shares, then begin to pump the company to unsuspecting newsletter subscribers. These subscribers buy while insiders are selling. Guess who wins here.

Not all newsletters are bad. Having worked in the industry for the last 8 years, I have seen my share of unscrupulous companies and promoters. Some are paid in shares, sometimes in restricted shares (an agreement whereby the shares cannot be sold for a predetermined period of time), others in cash.

How to spot the good companies from the bad? Simply subscribe, and track the investments. Was there a legitimate opportunity to make money? Do they have a track record of providing subscribers with great opportunities? You'll start to notice quickly if you have subscribed to a good newsletter or not.

One other tip I would offer to you is not to invest more than 20% of your overall portfolio in penny stocks. You are investing to make money and preserve capital to fight another battle. If you put too much of your capital at risk, you increase the odds of losing your capital. If that 20% grows, you'll have more than enough money to make a healthy rate of return. Penny stocks are risky to begin with, why put your money more at risk?

Sunday, 12 February 2012

Club Med Resort, Cherating

Club Med Cherating, Kuatan, Malaysia is located along the dazzling coastline. The Club Med resort is strategically situated between South China Sean and a tropical jungle. What a paradise that cannot be described with words.

The staffs or known as GOs are really friendly making the entire holiday as smooth as silk. Club Med is highly recommended for family with children, there are many programs tailored for you and you children with an amazing entertainment program. Don’t forget to take part the programs and making new friends.

Here to share with you some of the information about Club Meb, Cherating for your reference.
(Note: Information taken from Club Med Website. Please contact Club Med for details if needed)

Getting There
Round trip of flight ticket from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to Kuantan Airport (domestic flight), and advisable to check for connecting flight (as needed)

Accommodation
The 297 rooms are divided between 15 three-storey buildings. Built in the local style, on stilts, with access via a stairway, all the buildings are made of teak. Room types available as below

- Deluxe Seaside Room
- Deluxe Seaside Connecting
- Superior Room
- Superior Connecting Room
- Wheel Chair Accessible Club Room

Bars & Restaurants
Club Meb serves the best local and international cuisines. It’s recommended to plan your trip and try all the restaurants at Club Med, Chereating. The some restaurants available as below

- Mutiara
Around the swimming pool, this restaurant serves international cuisines

- Monkey Bar
Near the sail, this bar facing the China Sea welcomes you during the day.

Activities and what to do
- Flying Trapeze School and circus activities
- Sailing School
- Sport activities such as Bocce Ball , Children pool , Lounge and Festive evenings , Swimming pool, Table
tennis
- Initiation group lessons such as Aquafitness , Archery , Brach Adventures , Wall climbing , Yoga All level,
Rainforest Walk Group lessons for all levels : Flying Trapeze School and circus activities , Sailing School
Open Access : Badmington , Basketball , Beach volleyball , Club Med Gym® Cardio training and Weight
room , Kayak , Soccer , Squash , Tennis , Volleyball

Also don’t forget to plan your trip during the visit out of Club Med (self arrange transportation) to the nearby attraction. You can do your shopping for sea products from the villagers, with a very cheap price compared to the city.

Friday, 10 February 2012

3 Steps To Profitable Stock Picking

Stock picking is a very complicated process and investors have different approaches. However, it is wise to follow general steps to minimize the risk of the investments. This article will outline these basic steps for picking high performance stocks.

Step 1. Decide on the time frame and the general strategy of the investment. This step is very important because it will dictate the type of stocks you buy.

Suppose you decide to be a long term investor, you would want to find stocks that have sustainable competitive advantages along with stable growth. The key for finding these stocks is by looking at the historical performance of each stock over the past decades and do a simple business S.W.O.T. (Strength-weakness-opportunity-threat) analysis on the company.

If you decide to be a short term investor, you would like to adhere to one of the following strategies:

a. Momentum Trading. This strategy is to look for stocks that increase in both price and volume over the recent past. Most technical analyses support this trading strategy. My advice on this strategy is to look for stocks that have demonstrated stable and smooth rises in their prices. The idea is that when the stocks are not volatile, you can simply ride the up-trend until the trend breaks.

b. Contrarian Strategy. This strategy is to look for over-reactions in the stock market. Researches show that stock market is not always efficient, which means prices do not always accurately represent the values of the stocks. When a company announces a bad news, people panic and price often drops below the stock's fair value. To decide whether a stock over-reacted to a news, you should look at the possibility of recovery from the impact of the bad news. For example, if the stock drops 20% after the company loses a legal case that has no permanent damage to the business's brand and product, you can be confident that the market over-reacted. My advice on this strategy is to find a list of stocks that have recent drops in prices, analyze the potential for a reversal (through candlestick analysis). If the stocks demonstrate candlestick reversal patterns, I will go through the recent news to analyze the causes of the recent price drops to determine the existence of over-sold opportunities.

Step 2. Conduct researches that give you a selection of stocks that is consistent to your investment time frame and strategy. There are numerous stock screeners on the web that can help you find stocks according to your needs.

Step 3. Once you have a list of stocks to buy, you would need to diversify them in a way that gives the greatest reward/risk ratio. One way to do this is conduct a Markowitz analysis for your portfolio. The analysis will give you the proportions of money you should allocate to each stock. This step is crucial because diversification is one of the free-lunches in the investment world.

These three steps should get you started in your quest to consistently make money in the stock market. They will deepen your knowledge about the financial markets, and would provide a sense of confidence that helps you to make better trading decisions.

Monday, 6 February 2012

KLCC Twin Towers

The 88-story Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC) soars to a dizzying height of 452 meters above the Kuala Lumpur City skyline. Your trip to Malaysia will be considered incomplete, if you did not visit the KLCC twin towers which is the landmark to Malaysian. Some of the placed to visit within KLCC as following

KLCC SkyBridge
The towers are connected by a sky-bridge allowing the visitors to have "great views" of Kuala Lumpur. Visitors can obtain a daily free passes for the visit. Please contact the KLCC Management for for details before visiting. Some of the interesting information in relation to SkyBridge as below

Height of Skybridge: 170 meters above ground at Levels 41 and 42
Length: 57 meters across
Visiting Hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM daily except Mondays and public holidays

Suria KLCC Shopping Gallery
Suria KLCC Shopping Gallery is one of the most exclusive shopping center in Malaysia. The anchor tenants including Isetan, Parkson Grands and Marks & Spencer's. There also a most advanced cinemas located inside the shopping mall.

Petronas Philharmonic Hall
Petronas Philharmonic hall is the home to Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra team. The hall is located between at Ground floor, between the two towers.

Getting There
KLCC is accessible via public transportation such as buses, taxis and LRT within the Kuala Lumpur city center. There are many Hotels surrounding the KLCC area which very near to many facilitation.

Hotels near to KLCC
Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur (5 stars)
Crowne Plaza City Centre Kuala Lumpur (5 stars)
Traders Hotel Kuala Lumpur (5 stars)
Ascott Kuala Lumpur (5 stars)
Impiana KLCC Hotel (4 stars)
Novotel Kuala Lumpur City Centre (4 stars)

Friday, 3 February 2012

Golden Rules for Stock Trading Success

Your stock trading rules are your money. When you follow your rules you make money. However if you break your own stock trading rules the most likely outcome is that you will lose money.

Once you have a reliable set of stock trading rules it is important to keep them in mind. Here is one discipline that can reap rewards. Read these rules before your day starts and also read the rules when your day ends.

Rule 1: I must follow my rules

Naturally if you develop a set of rules they are to be followed. It is human nature to want to vary or break rules and it takes discipline to continue to act in accordance with the established rules.

Rule 2: I will never risk more than 3% of my total portfolio on any one stock trade

There are many old traders. There are many bold traders. But there are never any old bold traders. Protecting your capital base is fundamental to successful stock market trading over time.

Rule 3: I will cut my losses at 5% to 15% when I am wrong without question

Some traders have an even lower tolerance for loss. The key point here is to have set points (stop loss) within the limits of your tolerance for loss. Stay informed about the performance of you stock and stick to your stop loss point.

Rule 4: Never set price targets

This is a style that will allow me to get the most out of rising stocks. Simply let the profits run. Realistically, I can never pick tops. Never feel a stock has risen too high too quickly. Be willing to give back a good percentage of profits in the hope of much bigger profits.

The big money is made from trading the really BIG moves that I can occasionally catch.

Rule 5: Master one style

Keep learning and getting better at this one method of trading. Never jump from one trading style to another. Master one style rather than become average at implementing several styles.

Rule 6: Let price and volume be my guides

Never listen to any opinion about the stock market or individual stocks you are considering trading or are already trading. Everything is reflected in the price and volume.

Rule 7: Take all valid signals that show up

Don't make excuses. If an entry signal shows up you have no excuse not to take it.

Rule 8: Never trade from intra-day data

There is always stock price variation within the course of any trading day. Relying on this data for momentum trading can lead to some wrong decisions.

Rule 9: Take time out

Successful stock trading isn't solely about trading. It's also about emotional strength and physical fitness. Reduce the stress every day by taking time off the computer and working on other areas. A stressful trader will not make it in the long term.

Rule 10: Be an above average trader

In order to succeed in the stock market you don't need to do anything exceptional. You simply need to not do what the average trader does. The average trader is inconsistent and undisciplined. Ask yourself every day, "Did I follow my method today?" If your answer is no then you are in trouble and it's time to recommit yourself to your stock trading rules.

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