A Life Full of Scrap

What Makes A Malaysian A Malaysian

1. You can name all the players from your favourite English Premier League club, but ask you to name one football player from Malaysia , one name also cannot come out.

2. When StreamyX come, you complain StreamyX too slow. When Maxis Broadband come, you complain Maxis Broadband always disconnects. When WiMax come, you complain Wimax too expensive. In the end, you say StreamyX still the best lah.

3. When toll price increase, you complain. When petrol price increase, you complain. When you go Starbucks and buy RM10 coffee, NO COMPLAINTS.

4. When you cannot find parking in a shopping mall and have to walk very far, you complain. When you go inside the shopping mall and there's SALE , run from one end of 1Utama to the other also NO COMPLAINTS.

5. You are always late. And the excuse you give when you're late is always either: (a) traffic jam (b) no transport or (c) cannot find parking.

6. You have a parent who force you to take science stream in high school, study engineering in Uni, then when you graduate, they ask you to forget everything you learnt in Uni and do commerce.

7. You know someone who can specially develop an angmoh accent when speaking to a American / British / Australian.

8. You complain against the government in kopitiam; you talk loud loud. Leave anonymous comments on blogs, you also talk loud loud. Attend ceremah by DAP, you shout loud loud. Then when Opposition organise a protest and ask you to go, you don't want. Scared later kena tangkap by ISA.

9. Every year on the 30th April, you are one of the people queueing up last minute to submit your tax return at the IRB.

10. When you pay RM10 for something that costs RM1, you blame the Chinese.

11. When a government service is too slow, you blame the Malays.

12. When a building is not good and collapsed, you blame the Indians.

13. When a Chinese student won a scholarship, you say 'Wah! Very clever hor?' When a Malay student won a scholarship, you say 'Aiya! Of course lah! He Malay mah!'

14. When an angmoh stranger kiss you on the cheek to say hello, you are very happy. When a Malaysian guy kiss you on the cheek to say hello, you slap him.

MANGLISH VOCAB REFERENCE LIST:
Angmoh - White peeps I.e. Europeans
Wah! - WOW
Hor? / Mah! - pure manglish slang adapted from Hokkien & Mandarin slang
Kena tangkap (this is in Malay) - got caught
lah! - pure manglish slang adapted from Malay slang

We are after all the most beautiful & unique thing that could happened to the world where else can you find a country full of different races & culture just like the rainbow in the sky full of different colours.

LOVELY AIN'T IT? lolxxx