Expat Experience

Nusa Bestari Highway going to LEGOLAND: Malaysia is a place where you can see a lot of beautiful things. This country offers a wide variety of food selections as well as places of interests for you to relax and unwind. But did you know that Malaysia is also one the few counties worldwide that has a lot of public holidays? Yes. It is.. This country has about 15 public holidays’ days in one year.   LEGOLAND: Finally we're here.  Anyway, speaking of public holidays, my director gave to me an invitation which is supposed to be for her to visit LEGOLAND Malaysia Resort for its 5th Year Anniversary Celebration.  My director is really nice. She cares for her staff. She even said to me, "bring your wife and your son, they will surely enjoy it." So I contact one of the team (Ms Owi) from LEGOLAND about this matter and to my surprise, she gave us a combo ticket to enter LEGOLAND Malaysia Resort Water Park and Theme Park. We went to LEGOLAND Malaysia Resort ...

Immigration Office at Setia Tropika (level 10) Based on the records on my current visa in Malaysia,  I was given a visa based on the passport number from my old passport. And since my old passport was punctured by my embassy when I got my new passport, it is now considered invalid. Hence, I went to the Immigration office at the Setia Tropika in Johor Bahru to process this matter. On that day, I actually has two transactions. First is to re-new m y Spouse Visa or Multiple Entry Visa  and the second one is to renew my Work Endorsement under the spouse visa programme. The documents we had submitted were the following: Borang IM. 12 document which will be provided by the Immigration office   Borang IM. 38 which will be provided by the Immigration office stating the details of the applicant's name and others   Photo copy of my new passport data page Photocopy of my old passport Visa data page   Photocopy (back and front) of my wife’s IC ...

I would like to share this experience of mine whereby I was in a dilemma on how to do things about my new passport as well as the transferring of my visa from my old passport to my new passport. This is actually new to me but I believe some knew about this matter already. I also believe that this is worth sharing for especially for those who have the same situation like me. Let me start this story… With our new passport, our embassy will eventually punctured our old passport. That’s the rule. Which means, once a passport is punctured, it is already considered invalid.  Just like what happened to me during the Immigration Check at CIQ in JB. We are supposed to travel to Singapore for a short holiday on that day, but the immigration officer told us that I need to transfer the visa endorsement from my old passport to my new passport.  Yes, I am allowed to exit Malaysia on that day, but the officer advised me that when I returned back to Malaysia, I will be in tr...

Source: Google My passport will actually be expiring next year 2018 and My Spouse Visa will be expiring on the 8 th of August 2017. And since my visa is expiring, I asked some spouses from my network about this scenario and they just told me to better renew my passport before I proceed to another renewal of Spouse Visa with Multiple Entry in Malaysia. So I went  up to Kuala Lumpur from Johor Bahru and submitted the necessary requirements to renew my Philippine Passport.  The requirements are just simple: Passport Application Form (FA Form 79) (2 pages) – you can download this to the website of the Embassy of the Philippines Kuala Lumpur Original passport Photocopy of your Philippine passport data page Photocopy of your Endorsement/ Visa in Malaysia Supporting Documents Applicants’ Birth Certificate Marriage Certificate (Authenticated by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs) Malaysian Spouse (IC)- Photocopy Consular Fee of RM255 The Appl...

FANPEKKA Flag. Photo by Zougart Peru As a staff from  a company that engaged in the sales and promotions of theme park within Johor Bahru, Malaysia and even in Singapore. I was given the chance to explore the beautiful FANPEKKA town  through the initiative of our assistance Manager (of course I don’t need to mention her name) . As part of the team, we were assisted by the supervisor of the Theme Park named as Cik Anira and the experience was really amazing. I love the interior design as well as the cleanliness inside the said theme park. Their staff were great. All of them were smiling and it excite me as a customer. On our trip, I am glad to share the following Q and A between me and her: So what about FANPEKKA? Its Tonttu.   Photo by Zougart Peru FANPEKKA is the town of Tonttu.  It originated in Finland. FANPEKKA AEON Mall Tebrau was established on the 27th of October 2016 and it was the first FANPEKKA theme park within Malaysia. Cik Ani...

KLCC Twin Tower . Photo By Zougart Peru If you are a working professional, couple, student, foreigner, tourist, or a local from Johor, Singapore, or from Kuala Lumpur,  I would like to share my travelling experience with the Express Bus Service of “Causeway Link - The Smiling Bus” during our short holiday in Kuala Lumpur during the Labour Day. First, I searched online about the ins and outs of Johor Bahru (JB)  as well as on how to go to Kuala Lumpur via public transport to visit my embassy and other places of interest like the iconic Petronas Tower or Twin Tower, Menara Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves, and a lot more. With my research findings, I found this Causeway Link portal where it has a variety of routes related to transport services within the diffrent districts of Johor,  Cross-Border Bus Service to Singapore, and Express Bus Services that goes to Melaka and even in Kuala Lumpur. Platform 16 within Larkin  Bus Terminal JB Booking my Travelling...

“Pasar Malam” was among the few Malay words I had encountered in my first three months of stay in Malaysia. “Pasar Malam” means Night Market. It is a time where a lot of people gathered together to sell and buy products basically on food, garments, and services as well.  As a foreigner under a spouse visa in this country, I need to adapt things that are essential for my longer stay here in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. I need to know and understand the basic events, public holidays, festivities, and other interesting facts of life in this place About Pasar Malam: I had to encounter this Pasar Malam outside part of KSL City Mall, Johor Bahru on my few months of stay in this place. I was told that this Pasar Malam was one of the longest night market in the city compared to other Tamans in JB. My wife and I had been in this place for quite few times. Of course the purpose was to buy food, fruits, and experience walking and looking new things which are new to me. This e...