A review on my Favourite Expense Tracker App

Track your Daily Expenses with Spending Tracker App for Android

I began tracking my expenses a few years ago. My salary was increasing yearly with the yearly increment as well as promotions. But I was facing the same situation at the end of every month. The balance by the end of each was the same as before my increment. Even though there was no change in my monthly fixed expenses. After tracking my daily expenses, I discovered what was eating my money. My little coffee breaks at the little coffee shop nearby. It was taking a big chunk of my personal income combined with my lunch breaks there. It was not a necessary expense. As the company where I was working, provided breakfast and lunch free of charge. I still track my daily expenses at the moment. As there might be some unnecessary expenses in.
I used to use a notebook, but it always got lost. After switching to android operating system phone, I tried many expense tracking apps. Recently I found an excellent known as "Spending Tracker". This app is simple to use.
The first page is "Spending". Here you can get an overview of your expenses by categories and also your balance. There are also two buttons that you can input your expenses and income.

When you press the expense button, you will move to this screen. Here you can put in your expenses in categories and also add a note to it. Simple.

The 2nd page will be the "Transaction" page. Here you will see all your transaction starting the recent expense. They have even add a filter button, here you'll be able to select the category you want to see. And you will see each transaction in each category. You can also add your own category. I  have 4 categories for each associated with my kids as well as wife.

The third page is the "Categories" page. Here you can see all your categories.

This app is so easy too use and is helpful if you need to track where all your money went.

You can get from the Google Play Store. For more information, click here Spending Tracker @ Google Playstore

Restaurant Promotion Idea #38 – Fun and Unique Restaurant Challenges

Besides creating signature dishes or beverages. You can also create fun as well as unique challenges. This will make your restaurant stand out above your competition.

Many may have watched Adam Richman on "Man vs Food". Adam goes around The United States searching for unique and outrageous restaurant challenges. The challenges vary from eating the largest burger or pizza, eating the highest number of oysters or chicken wings at a specific time. The winner will receive a restaurant souvenir along with their picture on the wall. Do something like that to create awareness for your restaurant.

In Malaysia we have this dessert known as "ABC" or in Malay "Ais Batu Campur". Its made from shaved ice with lots of sweet ingredients as well as toppings. So what we did when I was to this tiny resort in Cherating, Malaysia.  We sold this particular dessert in a large bowl. The bowl was really really huge.  So when we placed the shaved ice into it, you will get a large colourful snow cone. The person who ate the entire bowl will get it free of charge. Most people were not after the free dessert, they ordered just for the fun of it. In my two years there only one person managed to finish the dessert.  Yet it was a "WOW" factor whenever we brought it out. We even weaved through the crowded restaurant so others can see this jumbo dessert.  Make use of the social media to promote this together with pictures of winners.

Watch "Man vs Food" and you will have an idea what I mean. You will stand out as the restaurant with the largest burger or pizza. Customers will share on the social media their crazy antics, they experienced at your restaurant.

Here are some "Man vs Food" to get you started.

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Restaurant Review – Kedai Kopi Pak Lang, Port Dickson

Kedai Kopi Pak Lang - Halal Chinese Coffee Shop in PD

In our 2 years in Port Dickson, we only just drive pass this kopitiam called Kedai Kopi Pak Lang. Thinking that it is a Chinese Coffee Shop, therefore not halal. Don't be mislead by the sign board. All the food here is Halal, the restaurant is run by Aunty Ain - a Chinese Muslim.

One day looking for a place to have breakfast, our regular breakfast venues were all closed. Maybe they were all still in the Raya mood. So we just took a chance to check if this place was halal. We were were met by the owner, a friendly Muslim Chinese lady. So we were assured that is was halal.

 The concept of this place is of a typical old Chinese coffee shop. Not the commercialized kopitiam like Kluang Cafe or Pak Hailam. From the menu, we found the food served were mainly Chinese dishes.

For breakfast they have the normal nasi lemak bungkus on the table, roti bakar, boiled eggs. They even have western dishes like French toast. But the nasi lemak bungkus at the table caught our attention. The rice was nice but we didn't quite like the sambal there, we were used to our sweet tasting sambal. This was something different. Ordered the roti bakar which was the best. Nicely brown with a thick slab of butter and kaya. As usual a local coffee for me. For my wife was sirap. The bill came up to RM9.60. We had two nasi lemak bungkus, one sirap, one coffee, roti bakar and an omelette for my son.

 We will be going back there for some Chinese Food for lunch. There was quite a number of good reviews on their Chinese Food in some popular Travel Forums.

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Kedai Kopi Pak Lang is open 7am till 6 pm for breakfast, lunch and tea.





Kedai Kopi Pak Lang

Jalan Raja Aman Shah
Kampung Bahasa Kapor

71000 Port Dickson
Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

         



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Restaurant Review - Laksa Karim at Kuala Kangsar

Laksa Karim Stall at Kuala Kangsar Town

Kuala Kangsar folks love their laksa. You will see a laksa stall, shop or even a food truck at just about any corner around the town and even the outskirts. The Medan Selera by the riverside has more than ten stalls selling laksa and cendol. And its normally very full in the afternoons.
Being a resident of the Royal Town of Perak, my wife must visit her favourite laksa stall which is located by the side of a bakery, just infront of the Kuala Kangsar jetty.
So as always before we left her kampung, after the Hari Raya holidays. We stopped by Kuala Kangsar town for laksa.
For those that is not sure what is Laksa Kuala Kangsar is here's some info about it from Wikipedia.
"Kuala Kangsar Laksa (Malay: Laksa Kuala Kangsar), made of wheat flour (usually hand made). The soup is rather lighter than the common laksa taste and so much different from Ipoh Laksa in shape, taste and smell. The local municipal council even built a complex called "Kompleks Cendol dan Laksa" near the river bank of the Perak River. It is the main attraction for tourists in Kuala Kangsar." Source :- Laksa @ Wikipedia
The Laksa Karim stall is located on the road leading to the jetty. Its just by the side of the Gemilang Bakery. Its a small stall with limited tables. So when we reach there, there were no seats available. Therefore we headed over to the Medan Cendol dan Laksa MPKK for cendol. Our favourite place for cendol is stall no 12 named Cendol Haji Talib. Next to it is the Laksa Taufik, their laksa is also quite nice. A bowl of cendol is great especially for a hot day.

Medan Cendol dan Laksa Kuala Kangsar

Cendol Haji Talib

A bowl of Yummy Refreshing Cendol will cost you

Here's some info for those who are not sure what cendol is.
"Cendol /ˈtʃɛndɒl/ is a traditional dessert originating from Southeast Asia which is popular in Indonesia,[1] Malaysia,[2] Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Burma. The dessert's basic ingredients are coconut milk, jelly noodles made from rice flour with green food coloring (usually derived from the pandan leaf), shaved ice and palm sugar. Other ingredients such as red beans, glutinous rice, grass jelly, creamed corn, might also be included. " Source :- Cendol @ Wikipedia
After that we headed for the Laksa Karim Stall, where had what else Laksa Kuale. My wife loves her's with lots of chili padi. The laksa gravy here doesn't have the fishy taste which is good for a fussy eater like me. And it goes down well with a iced cold glass of cincau.

 

A bowl of hot Laksa Kuale with a hard boiled egg only cost

Where Laksa Karim is located.
   


 They are really upgrading the Royal Town. There's a new complex just across from the jetty for the Labu Sayong industry. The train station is even more comfortable and beautiful. Its one of the stop for the electric train from KL Sentral. Its less that 3 hours from Kuala Lumpur.

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The New Train Station at night

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