Some of the Gas Malaysia information that might interest you :-

• GAS Malaysia IPO oversubscribed 21.64 times
• Attracted 44,561 applications
• 581.4 million shares applied
• Institutional price fixed at RM2.20
• Retails Offering price is fixed at RM2.20
• 25.68 million shares allocated to the public
• 12.86 million shares to bumiputera while 12.86 million shares were allocated for Malaysian Public category
• Gas Malaysia will be listed on the main market on 11th June 2012
• Stock name on Bursa Malaysia will be “GASMSIA”

Allotment summary for Bumiputera portion

Allotment summary for Public portion

All the best to all applicants and may the force be with you. Hope I will get some from my applications as well. Although chances are slim but I am keeping my fingers cross for this matter.

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Gas Malaysia IPO is finally here. I have waited for Gas Malaysia IPO for quite sometime already and now the time has come. Here are some of the basic details that you need to know about Gas Malaysia IPO :-

• Opening date will be on 18/5/2012 while the closing date will be on 25/5/2012
• The issue price will be at RM2.20 per share
• Gas Malaysia will be listed on June 11, 2012
• Gas Malaysia is the sole licensed distributor of natural gas in Peninsular Malaysia
• 30.525 million shares will be offered to the general public

Personally, I will be applying a minimum of 15000 shares but won’t be easy to obtain. Nonetheless, will me luck and all the best for those applying for Gas Malaysia IPO.

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One of the hot sites for property in Malaysia is Mudah.my as it is a place to promote your property for free. There are a few reasons why I don’t encourage people to purchase property from Mudah.my is because :-

Too many agents

There are too many agents or brokers in Mudah.my

Overvalued

Most prices stated on Mudah are overvalued. The prices are stated by agents/brokers and not the seller themselves. With this, the prices shown there are always higher than the normal market price. Please ask for discount when you purchase a property from an agent/broker

Dishonest people

To close a sale, those agents/brokers will tell you many not true facts to ensure you purchase the property. Beware!

Lousy Properties

Most properties are not from good locations and also in not a good shape. Make sure you check thoroughly when you want to purchase a property advertise in Mudah.

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Buy prepaid card

When travelling, always bring an extra hand phone. Do not accept or call to anybody (unless emergency) while you are oversea. Purchase a prepaid Sim card immediately and activate it on your spare hand phone. Calls rate are cheaper with the prepaid of the country that you are travelling instead of using roaming services.

Plan your trip

Always plan your trip if you are going on a free and easy holiday. With this, you can save time and also money on your transportation fare.

Always bargain

Whenever purchase any services or items, always ask for a discount. You will be surprise on how much of discount they can give to you. When I was in Bangkok, the Tuk Tuk driver asked for 300 Baht but we manage to discount to 120 Baht for the ride.

Tuk Tuk

Ask before you board

Always ask whenever you board a transport. My buddy once got conned in Vietnam. He and his wife were told that their trip from the airport to their hotel is $20 but when they reach the taxi driver asked for $40 as he said it was $20 per head.

Prepare enough small change

When travelling always prepare enough small change as you might not get back the expected change for the items or services that you purchase.

This are some of the tips that I can share personally after my travels. If you have anymore save money tips when travelling please comment.

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I own a UOB Preferred Platinum Card. I made the effort to call UOB 24 hours Call Centre with the contact number of +603-26128121 and spoke to an customer service personal with the name Carmen.

On the phone I requested for a UOB One Card as it is a credit card that provide rebates for all my daily purchases everywhere, every time.

The reasons you should get this UOB One Card is as follows:-

• Petrol @ Cash Rebate 5% (Up to RM 600 per month)
• Cinema @ Cash Rebate 5% with GSC
• Groceries @ Cash Rebate 2% with Tesco, Carrefour, Giant, Cold Storage & Pasa Raya Jaya Grocer (Up to RM 1,500 per month)
• Pharmaceutical @ Cash Rebate 2% with Guardian, Watsons & Caring Pharmacy
• Telecommunications @ Cash Rebate 2% with all major providers
• Other purchases @ Cash Rebate 0.3% with all other merchants

With such good offer, I could roughly estimate that I can save roughly RM60 per month with a total yearly savings of roughly around RM700. I am waiting for UOB’s respond whether my application is successful or not. Wish me all the best and if you are looking for a cash rebate credit card, UOB One Card might just be the one.

For more details, visit UOB One Card.

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Was given an Infinium magazine at the Maybank Private Banking centre although I am not a private banking customer yet. Many might ask what is Private Banking? Maybank Private Banking is an exclusive service provided to higher networth customers to conduct their banking transactions in a comfortable area.

Some banks call it Premier Banking while Maybank calls it Private Banking. It is a very conducive place to do your banking transactions and there isn’t any queue. You will be served and well taken care of by their staffs.

Many will be thinking what is KampungBoy doing at such a place? The reasons is that I do send many loans applications from my companies to this particular Maybank branch. That is the reason why I can enter the Private Banking area. will be hoping that I will be a private banking customer in the near future.

Anyway, Infinium is a magazine for the customers of private banking. Their very first issue really caught my attention with billionaires like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet & Li Ka-shing being philanthropists.

Their article on Euro dilemma that involves the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain) is also good together with their article of “Going Green and Gold” where green technology is picking up globally and the glitter of gold will shine without fading.

There are many more interesting articles in the Infinium (Infinity + Continuum) but I wouldn’t be going into details on all their articles. Get yourself a copy of Infinium at your nearest Private Banking branch. Not sure whether you can get it if you are not a Private Banking customer but if you want the magazine, be a Private Banking Customer then! ^^

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I already have Standard Chartered platinum credit card when I applied for it a few months ago. They have this promotion for customers where Standard Chartered is giving away free money up to RM288 if your application for their platinum credit card is successful.

How to get the free RM288?

Upon approval of credit card, you will get RM238
Another RM50 will be given if you submit the required income documents within 48 hours from credit card application
RM238 will be credited within 30days from card approval date
RM50 will be credited within 45 days with income documents within 48 hours

Everybody should take this opportunity to sign up for this card as this promotion is as good as taking free money worth up to RM288

After getting the free money, you can opt to cancel the card immediately. I am sure one can spend RM288 in a month by just putting petrol.

Although I haven’t cancelled my card but you can do it if you want to. If not, you will need to pay RM50 for credit card tax after one year. Another advantage of Standard Chartered credit card is that you can waive the credit card tax if you swipe your card 4 times in a month where they charge you the tax. I did that for this year but i am not sure whether they will still have this service next year.

Waste no time and head to the nearest Standard Chartered bank to get hold of the platinum credit card. I really like Standard Chartered’s motto which is “Here For Good”. For more information you can Click Here.

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I was looking high and low for this receipt as I wanted to share it with you all here. I got this receipt like one and the half years ago and I couldn’t believe it when the store keeper opened the above receipt for me.

I was out with a customer and I paid the bill so that I can take this receipt back to office and claim from my company. After looking at the receipt, I LOL and decided not to claim the bill.

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How to reload Touch n Go using credit card? My friends told me that petrol station accepting credit card payments for Touch n Go are getting lesser. Most petrol stations does not accept reload with credit card because the amount they earn is not enough to cover credit card merchant charges.

Senheng and SenQ can help you with your Touch n Go reload using credit card. There will be 55 selected Senheng and SenQ outlets nationwide with this service.

Reloading Touch n Go at SenQ using credit card will incur RM0.50 (service charge) per transaction, regardless of the reload amount. The minimum reload amount will be RM50.00

Click here to check the Senheng and SenQ outlets that support reloading Touch n Go using credit card.

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Behold, the 5 simple ATM security tips for you to follow :-

• Immediately change your pin number that the bank provide to you and memorize your new pin number
• Never share or disclose your pin number to anyone including the bank staffs
• Do not keep your ATM card and pin reference together
• Do not choose numbers related to your personal details as your pin numbers
• Do not choose a pin combination which is easy retrieve

Hope these 5 simple steps can help all of you out there in handling your ATM card with more love and care!

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