Item: Milk Tea, 500ml
Brand: Pokka
Price: MYR 7.50 (MYR 5.50 after discount)
Date of Purchase/Survey: 04/05/2026
Place of Sale: FamilyMart, Bukit Damansara, KL

PriceWatch: Petrol in Malaysia (2)

Item: RON95 petrol
Brand: any
Price: MYR 2.05 / liter
Date of Purchase/Survey: 27/01/2022
Place of Sale: any petrol station in Malaysia

Eleven years ago it was MYR 1.90/liter; it's barely moved in the intervening years thanks to Government subsidies, but that has to be an unsustainable practice.

PriceWatch: Himalaya Shampoo

Item: Shampoo, 400ml, Protein Shampoo for Normal Hair
Brand: Himalaya
Price: MYR 22.90
Date of Purchase/Survey: 01/05/2011
Place of Sale: MidValley MegaMall, KL

Organic-based product, not tested on animals.

PriceWatch: Petrol in Malaysia

Item: RON95 petrol
Brand: any
Price: MYR 1.90 / liter
Date of Purchase/Survey: 27/02/2011
Place of Sale: any petrol station in Malaysia

Despite the fluctuations in world oil prices brought on by the recent events in the Middle East, the Malaysian Government is maintaining the subsidized price of RON95 petrol in the country at RM1.90 per liter. For now.

PriceWatch: Parking, KL

Item: Parking
Price: MYR 9.00 / entry
Date of Purchase/Survey: 29/01/2011
Place of Sale: Menara TA One, Jalan P Ramlee, KL

Parking in the centre of KL sure is expensive. Right next to the office it’s RM9.00 per entry, even on weekends. There was a time when it was less during the weekends. RM7.00 per entry I thought. Maybe that was on a Sunday though. So if I’m only going to be in the office for a 3-4 hours or less, it might be worthwhile to park at Suria KLCC instead.

P.S. Yes, the PriceWatch format may not fit so well for a service such as parking, but you can make sense of it.

PriceWatch: Lipton Green Tea

Item: (Lemon) Green Tea, 500ml

Brand: Lipton

Price: MYR 2.40

Date of Purchase/Survey: 26/07/2010

Place of Sale: Foodcourt, Lvl 8, Menara TA One

Assuming that there aren’t any other pricing variations between a tuck shop found in a commercial building, and a bakery found in a shopping mall, there’s a 30 sen premium for the Pokka bottled lemon tea.  Basically, you’re paying 12.5% more for Pokka compared to Lipton.  Hmm.  Makes you think.  And A’isyah prefers the Pokka.  Hehe.

PriceWatch: Pokka Lemon Tea

Item: Lemon Tea, 500ml

Brand: Pokka

Price: MYR 2.70

Date of Purchase/Survey: 24/07/2010

Place of Sale: BreadTalk, MidValley Megamall

Cough medicine

Item: Cough linctus, 100ml
Brand: Himalaya (Diakof)
Price: MYR 13.90
Date of Purchase/Survey: 21/04/2010
Place of Sale: MidValley Megamall (Watsons)

I really like Himalaya products. All herbal, all natural.

Video tape

Yup, still buying them. I’ve got an old Panasonic NV-GS35 camcorder. It’s a pretty decent video camera, bought at a PCFair in 2006.

This is a PriceWatch entry, so I’m just entering details here.

Item: Mini DV video tape, 60 min, pack of 3
Brand: Panasonic
Price: MYR 45.00
Date of Purchase/Survey: 02/10/2009
Place of Sale: MidValley Megamall
Comparison: Dubai, 03/05/2007 (pretty much the same price)

Merging PriceWatch

I had another blog, which I set up to track prices of stuff in Dubai. It was just for reference purposes, but I didn't use it that much. I'm not in Dubai right now, of course, but I think the idea behind PriceWatch might still be useful.

Anyway, I've merged that blog to here, and deleted that blog, since it won't be (just) Dubai prices I'll track.

Laundry detergent

Item: Laundry detergent, 4kg
Brand: OMO
Price: AED 23.90
Date of Purchase/Survey: 19/12/2007
Place of Sale: Carrefour, Mall of the Emirates

Powdered milk

Item: Powdered milk, Milupa 3, 900g
Brand: Milupa
Price: AED 42.50
Date of Purchase/Survey: 19/12/2007
Place of Sale: Carrefour, Mall of the Emirates

Powdered milk

Item: Powdered milk, Milupa 3, 400g
Brand: Milupa
Price: AED 18.25
Date of Purchase/Survey: 06/06/2007
Place of Sale: Carrefour, Mall of the Emirates

A fair amount of savings compared to Spinneys.

Rice

Item: Basmati Rice, 10kg
Brand: Lehar
Price: AED 39.50
Date of Purchase/Survey: 06/06/2007
Place of Sale: Carrefour, Mall of the Emirates

Rice

Item: Basmati Rice, 5kg
Brand: Mughal
Price: AED 17.50
Date of Purchase/Survey: 15/05/2007
Place of Sale: Carrefour, Mall of the Emirates

Rice

Item: Basmati Rice, 5kg
Brand: Green Valley
Price: AED 17.20
Date of Purchase/Survey: 15/05/2007
Place of Sale: Carrefour, Mall of the Emirates

Chicken

Item: Chicken wings, 900g
Brand: Sadia
Price: AED 11.00
Date of Purchase/Survey: 14/05/2007
Place of Sale: Spinneys, Umm Suqeim

Chicken

Item: Chicken breast, 450g
Brand: Sadia
Price: AED 10.50
Date of Purchase/Survey: 14/05/2007
Place of Sale: Spinneys, Umm Suqeim

Paper towels

Item: Paper towels, pack of 4
Brand: Home Choice
Price: AED 8.25
Date of Purchase/Survey: 10/05/2007
Place of Sale: Spinneys, Umm Suqeim

Toothpaste

Item: Toothpaste, 125ml
Brand: Colgate (Maximum Cavity Protection, Extra Mint)
Price: AED 4.75
Date of Purchase/Survey: 07/05/2007
Place of Sale: Spinneys, Umm Suqeim