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Don’t do this at airport – DD Series #3

Don’t do this at airport 11. Don’t ignore excess baggage! 🧳 Airport excess baggage can be very expensive. Sometimes it can easily go above ₹1,500 per kg depending on the airline and route. Check your baggage allowance before leaving home. 12. Don’t miss the priority line. If you’re travelling with parents, children or have priority access, check whether a priority lane is available. It can save a lot of time. 13. Travelling with kids? Ask for help with hand luggage. ❤️ If you’re struggling with a child and multiple bags, don’t hesitate to politely ask airport staff for assistance. People are generally helpful. Mathai story ivide parayanam… 😄 14. “Water will definitely come on the flight” — don’t assume! 😂 Budget airlines like AirAsia and Batik Air may have different onboard service policies. Don’t simply assume everything is complimentary. Check what’s included before you fly. And yes… sometimes the landing and service can actually be pretty good! 😜 15. Don’t panic about emergency seats. If you’re assigned an emergency exit seat, listen carefully to the crew’s instructions. They have specific safety requirements for passengers sitting there. Ammamamarum achanmarum kelkkumbol pedi venda… instructions follow cheythal mathi. 16. Pre-book your flight food if you want it. 🍱 On some airlines, pre-booking meals can be cheaper than buying them onboard. Check the airline’s meal options while booking. 17. No printed ticket? Keep your phone alive! 🔋😂 If your boarding pass is only on your phone, don’t spend your last 5% battery taking selfies and making reels. Boarding pass first. Reel later! 🤣 18. Don’t keep sharp objects in your hand baggage. Check the airline/security rules before packing. Items that are restricted in cabin baggage can cause unnecessary delays at security. 19. Keep electronics easy to remove. 💻📱 During security screening, you may need to take certain electronic items out of your bag. Keep them together in an easily accessible pouch instead of burying everything at the bottom. 20. Airport food can be expensive! 💸 If you have lounge access, check whether your card or travel membership gives you access. Sometimes the lounge can be a better value than buying food separately at the airport.   ✈️ Final Airport Rule: Don’t panic. Don’t assume. Check the signs, listen to the staff, and keep your documents and phone ready. And most importantly… Airport-il smart aayi nadakku. Reel edukkan samayam undu… flight miss cheythal reel mathram baki! 😂✈️

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Don’t do this at airport – DD Series #2

Don’t Do This at Malaysian Airports ✈️🇲🇾 Things I learned from my own experience 1. “Airport water is not free!” 😜 Inside the airport, drinking water is available at free water dispensers. So don’t panic and buy a bottle immediately. “Nahi? Nahi paranja nahi!” 😂 2. Check your flight date properly! Flight at 00:20 means it’s technically the next day. If your flight says 12:20 AM on the 8th, you need to reach the airport on the 7th night. Otherwise… 8th date nokki irunnal pani kittum! 😂 3. KL Airport means KLIA 1 or KLIA 2 — check properly! Don’t just tell the driver, “Kuala Lumpur Airport.” Make sure you know whether you’re flying from KLIA Terminal 1 or Terminal 2. 4. Don’t depend on buying a SIM at the airport. Airport SIMs can be expensive. Compare options and, if possible, arrange your SIM/eSIM beforehand. 5. Don’t suddenly decide to use the toilet when food service starts! 😂 Especially on budget flights, the aisle can get blocked with the trolley. “Batik Air-il njanum monum stuck aayittundu!” 😅 Flight-il food service thudangiyal… Abu, aruthu! 😂 6. Don’t just stand staring at the counter. 👀 At Malaysian airports, counters can change quickly. Keep an eye on the screens. If a new counter opens, move quickly. 7. Don’t use your phone while going through immigration. Immigration is not the place for selfies, videos or scrolling. Keep your phone away and follow the officer’s instructions. 8. Parents/elderly travellers need proper guidance — not unnecessary fear. ❤️ Don’t scare them by saying, “Immigration-il ithu cheythal pani paalum!”At the same time, don’t leave them completely clueless. Explain things calmly: where to stand, when to look at the camera, when to remove glasses, etc. Awareness aanu vendathu, pedi alla. 9. Passport cover + coffee = risky combination. ☕😂 Passport is your most important travel document. Keep it safely inside your bag instead of casually placing it next to your coffee. 10. Don’t assume the centre seat is okay. 😐 If you have a choice, try for a window  seat. Long flights + centre seat = Lifetime Memory:)”

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Don’t Do This in Malaysia – Part 1

Don’t Do This in Malaysia – Part 1 10 Quick Tips from Our Malaysia Travel & Relocation Team Planning to visit or relocate to Malaysia? Here are 10 simple tips based on our personal experience. 1. Driving? Get an IDP 🚗 Don’t rely only on your Indian licence. Carry a valid International Driving Permit and drive carefully. 2. Buying Gold? Compare Prices 💰 Don’t buy immediately from shopping malls. Check out Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur for more options. This recommendation comes from my personal experience in the industry. 3. Try a Malaysian Street Burger 🍔 Skip the usual fast-food chains at least once. Try a local Ramly Burger—a must-have Malaysian street-food experience. 4. Airport Water Rule 💧 Avoid carrying liquids over 100 ml through security in your hand luggage. Carry an empty bottle and refill it after security. 5. Give Way While Driving 🚗 If another driver indicates to enter your lane, slow down and give way when safe. Don’t speed up to block them. 6. Let People Exit First 🚇 Metro, bus, lift, office—wherever you are, let people come out before you go in. Stand to the sides and keep the entrance clear. 7. Ordering Kopi or Teh? ☕ “Less sugar” can still be sweet because condensed milk already contains sugar. If needed, ask for fresh milk or specify your preference. For Milo, try no added sugar. 8. Keep Your Valuables With You 👜 At restaurants, don’t leave your phone, wallet, passport, or bag unattended—even for a minute. If you leave your seat, take them with you. 9. Don’t Travel Without Insurance 🏥 Travel or relocation insurance can protect you from unexpected medical and emergency expenses. A small premium can save you from a huge bill. 10. Don’t Honk Unnecessarily 📣 In Malaysia, the horn is mainly for warning and safety. Don’t honk just because traffic is slow or the light has turned green.   For More Info or Travel Assistance or Travel Package: Whatzapp: https://wa.me/919020331333

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Malayalam speaking competition in Malaysia

Malayalam speaking competition in Malaysia You will be wondering to see a Malayalam speaking competition that too in a country like Malaysia ?? Aren’t all those who went as expatriates proficient in Malayalam, do we need another competition? This will be the question that is on your mind right now. But this is a tough competition for the Keralites in Malaysia, let me tell you what. As Malaysian Malayalees, it’s not just expatriate Malayalees who came to Malaysia to work and do business. There is only one race in Malaysia. Malayalees who have been living in Malaysia for four or five generations, from their grandparents or great-grandparents. All the first generations was able to write and speak Malayalam well, but as each generation passed, they moved away from Malayalam. It was not out of dislike for Malayalam, but Malay, the main language of Malaysia and after that every Malayalee had the opportunity to speak Malayalam only after English and Tamil, which are spoken mostly by everyone in Malaysia. The Malayalees here did not get a chance to speak Malayalam same as we are not getting a chance to speak Hindi in our country. But when you look at the people who speak Malayalam well, who speak English well, who understand Tamil very well and along with this when they trying to learn to speak Malayalam, listen and know stories, it can be said that they love Malayalam a lot. That was the time when my friend Dr. Dinesh who is Malaysian citizen said that a Malayalam speaking competition called Ente Malayalam is being conducting in Malaysia and ask me to be a part of it. It was immediately shared everywhere, including our Facebook and WhatsApp group. Then the match went well. The video of the participants was posted on their YouTube channel. And invited me to put a review comment as well. Even though there was not at all a mandatory or useful thing to learn Malayalam, I was very happy to see people speaking in Malayalam in this competition with full of energy. And later they invited me as MC to the final of this competition. Where 8 finalist included. Anyway I joined them and happily and with full of joy. I remember in the past, even though as a joke I use to say that I wanted to be MC in Malaysia too. It happened through through the Malayalam program ‘Ente Malayalam’, which was really a sweet memory for me. However, I always believe that, any dream can be achieved if the intention is good. Right? Comment, opinion or add on information and don’t forget to share your this article to you dear ones❤️✌️🙏

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Father of House – House Husband

Father of House – House Husband Housewife – Like our Dharmajan Bolgatti saying in the movie, wife house or house wife is a common word we use to listen as well as talk. Taking care of household chores or most importantly the children’s chores and sitting at home seems to an easy task. Right? But I would rather say that as one of the robotic, pressurizing job ever – By a lazy man or househusband who stays at home for 6 months looking after his own child.😎 Those who have experienced something have the right to tell their experience, right?? And I am a person who always respects it and a person who likes to hear more real life experience story. So I am sharing my story too. A big job or position I unexpectedly got in Malaysia – househusband or housefather. Like housewives, there is no running around in the kitchen by getting up every morning. But life was fully in sitting around looking at our own son day and night. Each time sleeping and waking up. She was not able to breast feed like every working mother as because it’s time I’m out of work and his mother or my wife Jaswinni start working after 45 days from delivery. Then the milk should be pumped as everyone does and then given in bottles. The milk should also be kept in the freezer, as well as take it before junior gets hungry and slowly pour a little warm water in the normal water. Then put the bottle in it and let it cool. Then after 4-5 minutes will take and feed him. A routine in every 2 hours. After giving milk, will put him on my shoulder and slowly knocking off all the gas bubbles, then he will go back to sleep. But then we need to clear his bottles too. While getting this 1-2 hours gap, I tried to wash clothes and even sweep floor (at least our junior’s room). But another fact is that I can’t wash all the bottles. It should be at least 8-10 bottles till night. Those unwashed bottles all little will wash, when I can I will also do my best. But my main focus was on milk bottles, as it should be super clean each time after drinking milk to make sure apple small stomach won’t get hurt with any bacteria. So after drinking milk, faster I will wash his milk bottle for sure. Even though milk storage bottle cannot. There is another important reason why it is not possible to wash the milk storage bottles. When he is awake, I will sit with him and tell him the stories. Every day when she go to work at 5.40 in the morning, we both use to have 2-3 hours of storytelling and our own songs (video is given below). No matter what I say, he started replying in his own language. When I wake him up with a smile, a smile will appear on his face too. That’s enough to give us energy to make everything looks as beautiful as a dream. There was a lot of sleepless nights. I will never forget the day I woke up one morning and had to stay awake until 11am the next morning, more than 24hrs. I started singing and moaning tiredly. Even tears came out, but when I look at him, his smile gave me strength, make me super dad (that’s why I feel each lady is super mom). And sometime I will tell him, you are my blood, so nothing to wonder that you are awake 24hours and if you are not going to sleep, I won’t sleep too. (haha.. Sometime I changed my attitude from a father to a buddy) As I am not at all good in cooking, I even don’t know what to cook and eat in this short gaps. So use to drink Milo hot, which is what I see as Malaysia’s national drink 😉 lol. Eventually my food for the day shortened to one time that too once little cook after coming from office. I was looking to share as many jobs as possible because I saw she struggled a lot to manage house work after coming from office. It’s not as simple as that🙏. That too for a lazy guy like me to do house work. But still we had lack of time even if my full day and her half day fully spending for him, that too without a television or Wifi internet. It’s a truth that I haven’t follow my favorite hobbies/areas like cinema, sports, politics for a period of 8-9 months. When I discuss various topics especially with my friend josy, I was stuck in telling stories as for me past few months in these areas are completely blank. But we were happy for the care we able to give to our little one because all his things were going well. After all, family is family. This was an unforgettable and biggest experience in my life which even I added to my CV. Only respect to every woman who looks after the whole house with me, including my mother, wife and sisters. You all drive an event. 🙏 വേറെ ലെവൽ 🔥❤️👨‍👩‍👧 Watch Video📌 House husband – Father of Home 👇

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To The Top of KL Tower – Exp Malaysia Part 9

Most of the tourist considering that standing at 1381 feet high, top of the KL tower as a symbol of Malaysian visit. This is the next destination for us after our city tour.   Picture: Taken by Arun Mathew. It takes just 54 seconds to reach the top of the 360 ​​degree rotating tower. In addition to the observation deck, the tower also has the facility to stand on a room which is built completely in glass (ticket price is higher).* The nightmare experience had for my height phobia friends but others enjoyed to the core. I personally consider/suggest to get into top of KL tower rather than twin tower because when you are taking the photo from top of KL tower as shown below the attraction add on beauty as the awesome Petronas Twin Towers will be in background with glowing lights. In short, one of the best picture/memories you could have get for today’s trending Instagram and Facebook👍 MD Photo Spots:👇🏻Clicks for memories📸 Click your awesome memories not only for social media status but also as a treasure for your life❤️ Wherever you around in KL, you can see this 7th Largest tower in the world : Now just take a look at the top view in 60 seconds: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cec1MQHJU6H/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Knowledge gives us confidence. Knowledge is Power..📌 *Construction completed on 1st March 1995. *Total height including it’s antenna is 421 meters. *Around 50,000 cubic meters of concrete poured for continually 31hours which setup a new record in the world famous Malaysian construction industry. *360 degree revolving restaurant at the top of the tower. In order to avoid last minute rush for ticket, you should book in advance. Therefore, those who are not on the tour package should book in advance. For any enquiry or help, whatzapp us: +91 9020 331333 So after seeing the KL tower go back to your hotel and relax. Our journey will continue tomorrow morning. MD – Note the point:-📌 Travel:- Grab Online Taxi / Taxi Location: Jalan.P.Ramalee *Ticket Price:👇 Observation Deck – 73 MYR Sky Deck – 125 MYR Hi-Tea: 95MYR Special discount for senior citizen and kids. Nearby Attractions:-📌 Petronas Twin Tower Bukit Bintang Pasar Seni (China Town, Central Market) Shopping (WIP – Will update soon) Food Option – (WIP – Will update soon) Currency Exchange (WIP – Will update soon) Last but not least:📌 Don’t forget to spend sometime with a relaxed mindset to feel the beats of this place at least for 10 minutes ❤️

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Visa Free – Checklist for India to Malaysia Trip | Malaysia travel tips | Things to know before travel

UPDATE: Malaysia has announced visa-free entry for Indians until December 31, 2026. Let’s start – Trip With Malaysian Diary I’m launching my travel tips blog during, drawing from my experiences over the past few years, stories shared by my wife (Malaysian), information gathered through numerous visits to each place for an in-depth understanding of the culture and now, keeping up with the latest updates through my contacts. Let’s start our journey with some local music.. Before starting, let me share you the checklist for you to travel. Must follow this MD – Note The Point Checklist 1. Passport‌ with 6 months validity 2. Flight Tickets (to Malaysia and return) 3. Hotel booking confirmation for accommodation in Malaysia or else invitation letter with sponsor details (Letter with sponsor passport copy and visa copy along with tenancy agreement copy) 4. Fill-up MDAC (Malaysia Digital Arrival Card – three days prior to arrival) https://imigresen-online.imi.gov.my/mdac/main 5. Show money – For you to spend in Malaysia. (It’s vary for family and individual – Message me for more info.) For any clarification or tour assistance: Whatzapp +91 9020 331333 With all this at your disposal, there’s no need to worry about anything else. Everything and anything you might need is readily available in Malaysia. Tips To Fly: Rule #1: Ensure your hand carry is limited to 7kg as exceeding it by just one kilogram can cost around 1500 Rs. Always double-check the weight and confirm if you have any additional luggage, especially when flying with AirAsia, it includes hand carry only, additional luggage need to take separately. Rule #2: Keep in mind that hand carry allowances restrict liquids to containers of 100ml or less. *Rule #3: For those planning to have dinner in-flight, it’s advisable to pre-book to enjoy a 20% discount on the meals. Rule #4: If you possess a credit/debit card offering airport lounge access, take advantage of the free amenities, including unlimited food, drinks, and a comfortable resting place. Rule #5: Be mindful of your flight timing. For instance, if your AirAsia flight is on May 16 at 00:20, plan to be at the airport on the night of the 15th. Many people face issues with this timing, so exercise caution to avoid missing your flight. Sim:Consider purchasing a SIM card at the Malaysian airport, typically costing around 18-20 ringgit, offering internet and calls for a week. What is Malaysian Diaries…??? Passion: Instilling confidence in every ordinary person to soar high and assisting in creating your best memories in Malaysia, Singapore and India, tailored to your preferences. “As I start crafting this post, Malaysia’s world-renowned tourism has hit rock bottom all due to COVID-19 (April 2021 – but I’ll keep this post updated in the future). But rather than dwelling on today’s crisis, I eagerly anticipate the return of the good old days in the near future.” Our MD journey will continue – So, what are you waiting for..? Contact us for a customized & comfortable trip with a brotherhood feeling in Malaysia . Whatzapp us for any tour assistance. Click Below👇🏻 Chat on WhatsApp WhatsApp Only: +91 9020331333 Copy below link & thank me later Very useful travel tips for travelers – https://www.malaysiandiaries.com/tourist “Travel together to create memories” – Malaysian Diaries Don’t forget to “share” this article with your traveling partner with whom you wish to explore this place & also in social media to reach this cool post to your friends & family circle in order to motivate this “Super Cool Mathai” too. “If the intention is good, the goal will be achieved – Karma is boomerang” For any kind of help, travel assistance (back packing), feel free to ping me – Malaysian Diaries Mathai” ready to fly to your aid. With Minnal Mathai With Love – Team Malaysian Diaries Artist – Asad —> Marketing – Jo/Ge QA – Peeli —->> Brainstorming / Content – Jaswinni     Checkout Our Travel Guide Video – Me With My Junior Malaysian

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Captain on Road side..? A pandemic comeback story in Malaysia

Captain on Road side..? A pandemic comeback story in Malaysia   Picture: Captain before Pandemic and after Pandemic (Another firing example for all of us to stay positive)   What we are going to see and hear today is a real life experience, a lesson. There will be a lot of people around you who fell down in 2020 due to pandemic. As the proverb says, the higher we reach, greater will be the impact of the fall. Today, our character is a man who soared into the sky and fell. And then someone who flew even harder from that fall. Captain Azrin, who has been flying the Malindo for 20 years or the man who conquered the skies that we all dreamed of when we were young. If you speak in a pure local style, the person who led a luxurious life, why he is on the road now ??? This story begins with this question..! The captain lived a very smooth life with his career until March 2019. With the onset of the corona epidemic, employment and income ceased. It was postponed for months in the hope of being able to get into work immediately. True to his word, Necessity is the mother of invention, the captain found a new way to deal with the epidemic – Captain’s Corner. The captain flew confidently to his new runway with the support of his wife and wife and family, who loved to cook. The captain told the Malaysian Diaries that his wife was the reason for his success. Instead of saying, our captain showed it. Anyone can start a shop like this if you have cash. To the Negative people (in our local language – negativoli) who gonna question me this, I would like to tell you that this shop is just a shed, a sheer thatch shop. That too all the work is being undertaken by our captain itself from in charge of shop to cleaner and even sending his crew members (staff) safely at home. When he was dressed as the captain, he quickly attracted the attention of the people. The only question that came to my mind when I saw the captain doing all the work there. “We who living to show the way we live instead of what we are, can we do all this without a thing called ego ??? Can we live ???” If there are those who can, I will give them a big applause.👏👏👏 In the stories told to the world by 21 Malayalee reporters with 21 confident faces from 21 countries in the 21st century through Manorama News Channel, Captain Corner, which became the new name of the firing comeback in Malaysia, became known to the world through us. The story of this simple & powerful captain has become an inspiring story for anyone. Let’s add stories like this to help us overcome the obstacles of life in the days to come.   Manorama News Story Video Link: 👇   Full Story of Captain through Malaysian Diaries:👇

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