I want to get myself a Panasonic HDC-TM700K High Definition Camcorder. I can get it from B&H Photo Video Pro Audio which import from US. Or get it locally in Malaysia. The US version is 1920 x 1080p x 60fps while Malaysia version is 1920 x 1080p x 50fps. I prefer 60fps version. But Panasonic HDC-TM700K only provides US warranty and no international warranty like Canon. However, the US price is attractive at USD 863.80 (RM RM2779.28) including shipping fee which Malaysia is priced at RM3500. Around RM 700 different. And does it dutiable when imported back to Malaysia? I searched around Royal Malaysian Customs Department website and found these below…

Non-dutiable goods include:

• Fountain Pen.
• Cigarette Lighters (except of plastic).
• Printed books, newspapers, magazines and journals.
• Perfumes.
• Cosmetics (except face powder) and skin-care products like lipsticks, eye shadows, moisturizing cream, skin tonics.
• Manicure products like nail polisher and nail varnish.
• Carpets of jute.
• Portable radio equipped with recorder and sound reproducers (weighing not more than 10 kg., with handles / straps and AC/DC powered).
• Pocket watches, wrist watches and table / wall clocks.
• Photo cameras, camera flashbulbs, camera flashbulb equipments and film rolls.
• Cinematographic cameras, projectors, sound recorders and sound reproducers, for films of less than 16 mm width including cameras for double 8 mm film.
• Video cameras / television cameras
• Pocket calculators.
• Shillings / Gold bar.
• Computer.
• Fishing equipments (e.g. Fishing rods, Fish hooks etc.)
• Golf clubs (complete).
• Racquets (Tennis, Badminton and the like)
• All sorts of balls except golf balls.
• All musical instruments (excluding upright piano)
• Leather shoes
• Leather bags including wallets and leather hand bags
• Video tapes (empty or recorded)

Yeah… Video camera is one of the non-dutiable goods. Now back to the question ~ should I get US version without international warranty?

via: Royal Malaysian Customs Department

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There was a little bump on the stock market. There are financial issues at China, Europe and even US. Most of the world stock market had been up a lot since March 2009.

DOW last 1 year performance

FBM KLCI last 1 year performance

Lately bump caused most of the index erased previous months gain. DOW back to 10,000 level after dropped 7% from peak. And FBM KLCI was below 1250 after dropped 4.6% from highest point. Shanghai Composite Index dropped 9.7%…

DOW past 3 months performance

FBM KLCI past 3 months performance

And finally the stock that I use to monitor ~ Tanjong PLC. It is still above SMA 50. But going to break it soon if all the stock index still going down.

Tanjong PLC past 3 months performance

Back to the question… Is stock market going up or down? Or a far more correction is coming? Hmm… That’s the question that I cannot answer. Look like the stock market is going for side way. Riding the roller coaster.

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Hmm… Reading an article from CNNMoney about ~ The dollar’s slump is good news for corporate earnings. Is this correct?

Well, with lower dollar value, sales do increase as I will buy more stuff online from US too. Hey, it is cheaper. I bought my Garmin Nuvi 200W when USD 1 = RM 3.16. That’s really cheap indeed. But on the other hand, the labor cost on other countries will be higher for those multi national companies. They need to pay more when convert USD to local currency. Therefore, operating cost will be higher.

Can the sales revenue overcome the operating cost? That’s the question…

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Hmm… Before I started to write this post. I felt that this month earning will be less than previous month. Why? Because of Google AdSense. Google AdSense provides most of the Internet income. It dropped US$ 30 from previous highest level due to keywords pay rate was down. However, most of the other income sources increase. Make money online? Yes, I was busy with online stock trading lately. The earning is way better than these below but you need to take the risk when stock market goes down…

Internet income report for August 2009

Google AdSense – US$ 221.87 (RM 775.10)
ADSDAQ – US$ 62.26 (RM 217.50)
Nuffnang – US$ 42.86 (RM 148.48)
Infolinks – US$ 24.92 (RM 87.05)

Grand Total: US$ 351.91 (RM 1228.13)

I tried Innity Performance Network last month. Was not happy with the 2 weeks earning and support response. So I took the code down. After that, I received some ad campaign emails from Innity Media. Therefore, I put back the code back on 31 August. By the time I wrote, I discovered that the Innity backup ad function is not working. Hmm… Are you using Innity Performance Network? Do you face the same issue as I do?

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Yes! Google AdSense broke USD 250 level. Another historical record high of USD 251.86. I like this kind of income source ~ passive income. All you need to do is writing article on your blogs, you can schedule the posts too. No time constraint like office work from 0800 to 1730. However, not everyone can make money online. Time is needed and the correct way of doing so is the most important. You will end up with nothing if you don’t know the correct path and waste lot of energy.

Internet income report for July 2009

Google AdSense – US$ 251.86 (RM 878.61)
ADSDAQ – US$ 59.58 (RM 207.84)
Nuffnang – US$ 32.87 (RM 114.68)
Infolinks – US$ 18.96 (RM 66.14)

Grand Total: US$ 363.27 (RM 1267.27)

Only the strong will survive. Every advertising company earning is increasing. But Nuffnang earning does not match to increasing traffic. I am thinking of dumping Nuffnang from the list. And will use existing Nuffnang ad placements (top header, before comment and sidebar) for direct advertiser. These locations are good and should bring more income to me if I sell them directly. What do you think?

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