What Do I Like About Malaysia

This stuff were made back when I'm in 2006....

Enjoy.

What do I like about Malaysia? What do I like about Malaysia? Many people will comment about the harmony living between the multiracial citizens in Malaysia etc. But for myself, I have my own reason.

1. Petronas Twin Tower

The highest , I mean the highest twin tower in the world . Now, who can beat that ?!

2. The food

In Malaysia, you can found many variation type of food especially during the Food Festival or during the fasting month . And who says Malaysians are always starving when there are food everywhere? Maybe because of our tamak haloba?

3. Kuala Lumpur

The most alive city in the world (for us Malaysians of course). 24 hours of our life a day is still not enough to explore the joy , sorrow and the dullness of its people and buildings especially the clubs , pubs and the rumah urut .

4. Cucur pisang

What is the thing that is hotter than The Pussycat Dolls? It’s our very own cucur pisang ! The soft texture and the warmth of these delicacies will make you to eat it again and again. Some say, it is best for you to eat it during the evening or hujan panas.

5. Mamak stall

Are you starving or thirsty? No need to worry. Mamak stall is coming. The most cheapest way to spend your money on food rather to go to fancy a restaurant and order the same thing that the mamak stall offered.

6. Roti Canai and Teh Tarik

The most common and popular food and drinks of all time. Never eat and drink it? Huh, telling you are a Malaysian to us `eh ?

7. Chow Kit Road

You want a Prada handbag? Vercase clothes? Latest handphones ? But you don’t have enough money? Just go to Chow Kit Road and you can buy the things that you desire at a very affordable price! Nice `eh?!

8. Manglish

The most simple, easy to use , modest and popular Malaysian-Made English language of all time . Populared by PCK Ptd. Ltd. best in Singapore and J.B. And some said Batam . Aiyooo…. come on lah , calling yourself a Malaysian by using Queen’s English `ah ? Wei , even Simon (pronounce as Sea-Mon) our Belgium friend speak this type of English when he stayed with us you know !

9. The Last-Minute-Attitude

Malaysians is very popular for the Last-Minute-Attitude. Just flashback to the time when the dateline of submitting the tax forms has arrived or if you don’t remember that , remember the queue until to the road when we want to make our MyKad . Still don’t want to remember!? Okay, last reminder. Remember when the exam is a week ahead? Then you want to learn……. Told you to learn earlier!

10. Mega Sale Carnival

The day when our father pockets being emptied by our beloved mother , the day when you want to see a catfight at shopping mall , the day when you see a tough traffic jams during the weekend , the day…. You know what I’m talking about. In short sentence, the Mega Sale is where we used our money to generate Malaysia’s economy (sarcastic indeed huh.)

11. Malaysian Driver

Recalled by our friend Simon; Malaysian driver is the most uncivilized, the most mean, the most creative and the most hypocrite driver in the world; our identity as a kind, courteous and generous Malaysian can be easily changed when we drive at Malaysian road. The sound of the car’s horn during traffic jam , people overtake you without giving a signal , make two lane roads becomes four lanes and curses is the common thing that we see everyday .

12. Durian

Referred as the most stinks fruit of all time by foreigners (except from South East Asia). Just because it smells bad (for the foreigners), that doesn’t mean its taste bad! And my dear Malaysians, if you also thinking the same way, just get out from this country! Even our VVVIP (Prime Minister etc.) eat durian. Even Ananda Krishnan (the richest man in Malaysia) eats durian. Even our Belgium friend, Simon, eat durian. Just give a malu face to our country only by saying, “I don’t eat durian, it stinks”.

13. Ah Long (Malaysian Loan Shark)

No money? Desperate to borrow it but your name being blacklist by our local bank? No need to worry, Ah Long mari (is coming)! No need J form and no need for a guarantor. Just put your ten little fingers on the line and it will be chop off one by one if you don’t pay them along with the high interest rate. Remember, to borrow from an Ah Long, you need to have a daredevil spirit because once you borrow from them; you will be hunt until your graveyard. And it is only because you didn’t finish pay the bunga (interest), you and your family will have a miserable life. Yes, Ah Long can be mean too. And when I say mean, it’s MEAN and I mean it!

14. Public Toilet

It is the last place in the world that you want to go. I reckon everybody agree with me about that. I mean our public toilet have been rated the most disgusting public toilet among the developed countries by foreigners and tourist. No wonder there aren’t any investor who wants to invest a Build-Up-Public-Toilet project. Even the gross image of these place being play in our head every time we saw one. And the best thing about public toilet, it’s the only government amenities that have its own theme song, “Tandas berkualiti, hidup berkualiti”. Plus, a necktie minister cut the ribbon to launch it just to make it look great & official. I mean, how stupid that is!?

15. Ministers & YBs

Since I’m a Sarawakian, I always seen YB trough land of mud, being suck by leaches, swim trough one or two river filled with crocodiles and having their skin being burnt by the sunray for one mission; to visit their Dewan Undangan Negeri or parliament in the rural area. Same goes to the ministers along with their coat and tie, standing under the hot sun just to lay a brick to declare the beginning of a project. And even though the YBs and the ministers always argue in the parliament, they still friendly to each other. No heart feelings. Even the minister (Kementerian Kerja Raya [he…he…he…]) always being bomb by atomic questions, he still keep their cool.

16. Malaysian Time

Tooking a quote from a foreigner, “once a Malaysian, always a Malaysian”. Majority of Malaysians will not arrive on time. If you say 9 a.m, they will arrive at 9.30 a.m. If you say 12 o’clock sharp, they will come at 1 o’clock sharp. The most popular excuse is “traffic jamlah...”. I bet you averagely a Malaysian use that type of excuses 25% of their lifespan. Just think if our salary come out two days late than the schedule, surely the bank will say, “the server is in traffic jam mah..”

But because of these things, that is why I loved Malaysia so much. Malaysia, I love you!