Thursday, May 10, 2012

Only in Malaysia

I just came back from Macau trip with Peter and his buddies. I had a great time visiting the land of casinos and nothing but casinos but that is for another post. During the trip, we met up with Peter's Hongkie friend Loah who was courteous enough to be our tour guide in Hong Kong and treated us to a scrumptious dim sum lunch. In return we entertained him with funny Malaysian cultures and stories. So today I'm gonna blog about funny stuffs which can only happen in Malaysia. 

1. Malaysian eat rice with chilli paste (according to my Iranian colleague) for breakfast. Yes, that's nasi lemak if you still didnt get it. 

2. Malaysia's road is full of bumps, which i can never understand why. Unless our government think that the people are stupid enough to not understand what yellow lines means so they made bumps to slow down the cars.

3. Halal signs are everywhere. On products label, restaurant signage, don't be surprise if one day someone come up with halal car or halal girlfriend. LOL 

4. You can only find "Lou Xu Fan 老鼠粉" in Malaysia (wait, does Singapore has it as well?). We have a great time describing to Loah how Lou Xu looks like - noodles which resembling mouse tail, LOL

5. A typical Malaysian knew at least 4 languages (Mandarin/ Tamil, English, Malay and one native dialects)! and we jumble up all the language when we talk. e.g. I cinta you. 

6. "Talk to the hand" sign is the most useful hand signal on the road. Malaysian drivers use it conveniently to "open-sesame" in whichever occasion. i.e. when they want to cut queue, or after cut queue, or after being honed, or when making illegal turns etc. 


7. Malaysian ends every sentences with "lah" or "what". e.g. " This way is faster lah!" or " This way is faster what!" 

8. You can only find milo in Malaysia. And let's not forget about Maggie mee, which is the only item  that remains impervious and ever present during the economic recession and culture confluence. 

9. Have car which sounds like pervert


10. Here comes the funniest one. "Burger protest". Only Malaysian setting up burger stall infront of other people house and give out 200 free burgers as an act of protest. 

Yeah, that's Malaysia TRULY Asia. lol

4 comments:

JeSS said...

Hi,I found Milo in australia too.and it tastes much nicer than the one in Malaysia.

Dorcas said...

sorry hor, ong su ming, lots of info wrong!! Aussie milo heaps better, we also got maggie, also got lau xu fern.
here's my 2 cents on only in malaysia:
you address people as boss, uncle or aunty when buying stuff.
and on my most recent trip home, i saw this- one mother carrying a baby ( look like newborn sized ) on her arm while sitting on the back of the motorcycle!! ONLY in malaysia!!

Atlantisian said...

hahahaha...
Am speaking from my limited knowledge when I'm visiting Hong Kong.

When can i see your baby?

Dorcas said...

jan, i'm coming back again! My brother getting married!! OMG, I'm getting OLD.