Malaysia

The purpose of uploading the videos is to warn people of robbers, snatch thieves and any similar crime in Malaysia. 

JB seems to be having a hard time attracting service staff, judging by the advertisement for various position from branch manager (RM2,400) to part-time staff (RM5.50) while shopping at the mall in Malaysia.
 

Is their service legal? Any insurance coverage? Many of them are illegal (霸王车).

Looks interesting. Hopefully in the future, they will organise transportation to and from Singapore. I too am too scared to drive to Johor Bahru.

www.relax.com.sg/article/news/new-kids-themed-hotel-opens-in-jb

www.legoland.com.my/en/Hotel/Home/

Hi Oldman, 

Yes. You don't need to fill in any white card now. I just drove to Malaysia early this week without filling in white cards. 
But you need to have "Touch N Go" card - they don't accept cash for payment passing through the custom.  

Good luck and enjoy your trip

Touch and Go cards

Did not know that these cards expire after 1 year of non usage. Luckily at the first toll gantry, there is an office that one can go to revalidate the card. They charge RM15 for a new card but this is definitely worth it as I had over RM200 in the old card as I thought that this will be useful for my following trips. For this trip, I used up most of these as I don't want to put any more money into these cards given that they expire so soon. Better to put just enough money in these cards for the trip and no more. 

Malaysian SIM card

A great SIM card to get is Xpac from Celcom. Cost RM8.50 for the SIM card which comes with RM5 of credits. With this card, one can then buy the reloads from most convenience stores with values ranging from RM10 upwards. To get these SIM cards, one needs to register using our Singapore ID. Like a typical Singaporean, being kiasu, I bought 2 of these as registering for 2 is just as easy to register for 1! I only managed to get these cards much later in the trip as I arrived in Ipoh on Sat afternoon and the main Celcom store was closed until Mon. By the time I had it activated, it was time to go back to Singapore! But, for my next trip, I have a Malaysian SIM card that I can use anytime and more importantly, I can add value even from Singapore through the Starhub network as explained below. 

6 hours after registering, Celcom will send you an SMS and all you need to do then is to call any number and it will take you through an activation procedure. I think it just ask 2 simple questions that one has to key in. Then, one just calls *118# and one is greeted with a list of options. One option that I like is the ability to pay RM30 and one gets this handphone line for 1 full year ( I bought some recharge cards with numbers that one simply key in to recharge. This is one of the options listed after calling *118#). Now, I have a Malaysian handphone number that I can use anytime I go to Malaysia. 

I also used the option to add in unlimited broadband access for 1 day. Cost RM5. For 1 week, I think the cost is RM18. This then allowed me to have internet access in the car when we were driving from Ipoh to Singapore. However, the internet access is rather patchy and whenever we see a telco pylon, the signal is strongest. The internet access improved when one is in the KL to Singapore route. 

What is even more interesting is that one can continue to use internet access in Singapore. The login shows that the internet in Singapore is provided by Starhub. Hence, for Malaysians going to Singapore, this is a rather cheap option to get broadband internet access in Singapore. For Singaporeans too, this is also a great option.



The reload cards are easy to buy. No need to register. Just buy over the counter. Scratch the back of the card for the series of numbers and enter these numbers into one of the options provided by keying in *118#. However, do note that these reload cards also have expiry dates. Hence, don't buy too many. Once it is near expiry, best to put these values into the phone as values in the phone do not expire unless your line expires.