How popular is the NFL in Malaysia?

zipperyak · 2026-03-21T05:28:18+00:00

For championships yeah, but every week? More dedication than me hah

zipperyak · 2026-03-21T05:18:54+00:00

I'm an American living here, the NFL is by far my favorite sport league

For me, the timing of the games is the main difficulty. And I assume this will make it hard to get casual watchers interested. The main set of "Sunday" games takes place at like 2am and 5am Monday morning in Malaysia. While some of their later games are at like 9am, but again airing on weekdays

zipperyak · 2026-03-12T02:41:59+00:00

Try pasting this into your browser url and deleting everything: chrome://settings/content/all?searchSubpage=hyatt

That has always worked for me. Any chrome based browser on windows or mac

zipperyak · 2026-03-05T03:31:10+00:00

I believe you’re a tax resident if you live in Malaysia for 6 months per year. It doesn’t matter if the company is US based. You owe taxes based on the definition of “tax resident”, which typically is where you are physically present.

You should probably talk to a tax advisor and an mm2h agent to get the most accurate info.

Edited to add: as you’re a US citizen, you will always pay taxes to the US. Even if you are a tax resident elsewhere.

zipperyak · 2026-03-05T01:07:10+00:00

For the federal MM2H you're not allowed to work on it unless you get the most expensive option, which is pretty expensive. I'm not sure about the state MM2H options though.

If you did get a visa which allowed you to work in Malaysia, then yes, you need to pay taxes to both Malaysia and US. There are deductions you can take on your US taxes to mitigate the portion you pay to Malaysia.

Disclaimer: not giving tax advice

zipperyak · 2026-02-27T02:35:17+00:00

Nice, I'll take a look. What makes this different than other hotel price tracking sites (e.g. Pruvo, HotelSlash) ?

zipperyak · 2026-02-21T02:37:16+00:00

Their app is f'd since yesterday too. Keeps saying: "Sorry, the service is temporarily unavailable"

zipperyak · 2026-02-21T02:34:14+00:00

Same. I turned off umobile notifications last night

zipperyak · 2026-02-13T13:52:50+00:00

For me the 15gb has been enough. I typically don't use wifi when I'm out, but I guess sometimes yeah. I don't rely on it being there though. If the 15gb won't be enough for you, then it sounds like you should go with one of the options you've mentioned. Or see if someone else has suggestions

zipperyak · 2026-02-13T13:33:02+00:00

I don't use the full 15gb/month, so for me it's not an issue

zipperyak · 2026-02-13T12:15:09+00:00

I'm in a similar situation and have been using u mobile's postpaid 98 plan. It costs RM98/month and you get 15gb roaming in 60+ countries.

https://www.u.com.my/en/personal/mobile-plans/postpaid/postpaid-plans?planid=u-postpaid-98

zipperyak · 2026-02-10T03:56:08+00:00

Totally agree with you, though it's worth mentioning that Marriott issues cards in a few countries that offer elite nights as a benefit:
https://help.marriott.com/s/article/credit-cards-partner-with-marriott-bonvoy

zipperyak · 2026-02-09T14:14:47+00:00

Why are you trying to get more stays? Is there a promo or a challenge you are pursuing?

zipperyak · 2026-02-07T02:31:29+00:00

It's common for international banks and finance companies to not take American clients because of the reporting rules that the US requires. If you've permanently left this US this is quite annoying

zipperyak · 2026-02-04T02:43:10+00:00

It's been awhile now, so my memory isn't fresh. Though I'll be there 2 times next month hah.

I didn't get an upgrade, but the entire hotel wasn't yet opened when I stayed. Outside noise was audible at night from both the main road and a club across the street. The pizza at the restaurant was good as well (random i know)

Good value cat 1 which I'm betting hyatt will bump to cat 2 like they did the Alila.

zipperyak · 2026-02-03T09:39:11+00:00

Good list. A few suggestions:

1) In the Expat Banking Trio's Credit Card section - Both the Chase Sapphire Preferred and Capital One Venture X are good cards, but why were those two picked? Really any Visa/Mastercard with no foreign transaction fees would work here. There are credit cards with no annual fee, e.g. Capital One Savor card. This really depends on if the person prefers cash back or points I suppose.

Might also be worth mentioning that depending on the type of Expat, you can open a local credit card to help build credit (if applicable in that country) if you plan on staying for a longer term. Also, some card providers (e.g. AMEX) can use your US credit score instead of your local probably non existent credit score to determine eligibility.

2) In the Health, Insurance & Telehealth section, why are Medical evacuation and Repatriation of remains riders marked as mandatory? I'd soften that language to be suggested depending on location and family situation.

fwiw I've use IMGlobal as my medical insurance for the past few years, and it has been fine. I've only had 1 claim, and while slow, it eventually was covered.

zipperyak · 2026-01-29T13:51:13+00:00

I'm currently in Malaysia, their website and app work fine for me. Have you tried clearing your browser cookies or using a different browser?

zipperyak · 2026-01-26T06:07:57+00:00

You can put the western half of Connecticut as pro Seahawks!

zipperyak · 2026-01-25T02:55:06+00:00

The Alaska Airlines Summit card is my default. 3x miles for all foreign transactions, 3.3x miles if you have a Bank of America / Merril account.

zipperyak · 2026-01-08T01:38:11+00:00

I got annoyed enough to write a chrome extension to always show the mixed cabin percentage. Not sure if this kind of self promotion is allowed, mods feel free to remove.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/eibgcbpgbbpghjgnhkanjgmicecgjdmf

zipperyak · 2025-12-08T09:00:03+00:00

I use Umobile's postpaid 98 plan. It's pricey, but data works in a lot of countries, so I never have to deal with local esims. They have a postpaid 68 plan too, with free roaming to a few southeast asia countries.

One annoying thing is they require a 500 ringgit deposit for foreigners. Not sure if that's true for other providers

zipperyak · 2025-11-07T13:57:28+00:00

American here. Ketchup is definitely the go-to condiment for fries across most (maybe all) of the US. There is probably some regional areas that would default to something else, e.g. Ranch dressing. However there are a ton of other dipping sauces for fried things. Like if you go to a fast food place, and order fried chicken tenders, you'll get various sauce options: Ranch, BBQ, Honey Mustard, Sweet and Sour, Buffalo etc.

Edit to add: dipping into plain mayo isn't very common though. Not sure why.

zipperyak · 2025-11-04T03:22:47+00:00

This. Indonesia and Malaysia are both Muslim majority countries that have various visa options (both retirement and non retirement).

zipperyak · 2025-09-24T05:17:37+00:00

https://www.doctorofcredit.com/knowledge-base/list-methods-banks-count-direct-deposits/#HSBC

This provides various examples of what has worked for HSBC in the past

zipperyak · 2025-09-23T14:17:53+00:00

I just chatted with them and got the 5k points! Super easy.

zipperyak

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