Being Malaysian…
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ADD ON: It is amazing how some people forget that today, being 16th September, is Malaysia's birthday. Today in 1963, Malaysia was born to include Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore. Two years later, Singapore became independent. But the point is this: while 31st August is Independence Day, 16th September remains truly, Harijadi Malaysia.
I'm going to take a cue from Scalzi with his infamous 'Being Poor', but to avoid being accused of blatant plagiary, I'm going to change it a little.
Being Malaysian means you grew up singing that 'Bangun Pagi, Gosok Gigi' song as a kid.
Being Malaysian means that you had to enrol for Primary 1 when you were only 4 years old.
Being Malaysian means you grew up eating breakfasts of soda biscuits and milo panas.
Being Malaysian means you get to eat roti canai at any time of the day.
Being Malaysian means you can proudly declare that Assam Laksa, Char Kuey Teow and Bak Kut Teh are home-made products.
Being Malaysian means you celebrate your birthdays with a pre-ordered Secret Recipe cake.
Being Malaysian means everytime you go to Penang you come home with boxes of Tau Sar Pneah for friends and relatives.
Being Malaysian means that everytime a friend is going to get married you spend days thinking about how much to put into that red packet.
Being Malaysian means when you come to the Klang Valley you have reunions with old friends at Mid Valley Megamall, KLCC or Sunway Pyramid.
Being Malaysian means you have barbecue parties and try to make sure the parties end before 12, lest the neighbours complain.
Being Malaysian means you walk on the roads being afraid that two-men on a bike might come near you and snatch your beg away.
Being Malaysian means you walk in carpark also can get scared, cos you never know what will happen.
Being Malaysian means you have to think before you say anything, but I think this applies to being humans anywhere, anyway.
Being Malaysian means you have to learn how to tolerate everyone for his/her own differences.
Being Malaysian means you get to drive once you're in Form Five!
Being Malaysian means that when you swear you say kantoi, pukimak, tiuniamachauhai, fuck or knncb, all at the same time.
Being Malaysian means you know more than two languages and a few dialects in between.
Being Malaysian means you love Malaysia for all her eccentricities, yet hate her for all her flaws.
Being Malaysian means you care, and you want the best for her, even though your version of 'what's best' may be skewed… yeah we all do care.
Happy Birthday, Malaysia. I HEART YOU VERY MUCH!
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September 16, 2005 at 3:15 pm
Being Malaysian means that you know KFC is gonna be crowded at 3pm….
September 16, 2005 at 3:44 pm
Humbly disagree with – “BM means everytime a friend get married you spend days thinking how much to put into red packet.”
RM50-RM100. Lidat also need to spend days ar?
(Selamat Hari Merdeka, Malaysia)
September 16, 2005 at 3:46 pm
Being Malaysian means sometimes you just argue for the sake of argueing.
September 16, 2005 at 3:53 pm
Being Malaysian means u’ll be late.. btw u say “Happy Birthday, Malaysia.” wah.. abit late isn’t it?
September 16, 2005 at 4:16 pm
[...] ON:It is amazing how some people forget that today, being 16th September, is Malaysia’s birthday. Today in 1963, Malaysia was born toinclude Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore. Two years later, Singapore became independent. But the point is this: while 31st August is Independence Day, 16th September remains truly, Harijadi Malaysia. [...]
September 16, 2005 at 4:23 pm
How could I forget, when today is my birthday too!
September 16, 2005 at 4:42 pm
Being Malaysian means when your friends say “Let’s go for a drink” you know you’re going to have to go through a 750ml bottle of whiskey.
Being Malaysian means that you know at least one person with a gambling problem.
Being Malaysian means that you don’t blink when you hear that the government is corrupted.
Being Malaysian means you don’t voice out your opinions.
September 16, 2005 at 5:31 pm
aiks…
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… em that 
some people forget that today, being 16th September, is Malaysia’s birthday…
to be honest i dint even know that..
back to history textbooks 
:!:
September 16, 2005 at 6:52 pm
Being Malaysian is expecting long queues everywhere!
Being Malaysian is getting answers in a different language/dialect when you ask for something in English.
Happy Bday Malaysia!!
September 16, 2005 at 7:10 pm
Tau Sar Pneah halal meh?
actually how you pronounce Pneah?
P-NIA? or
Piah? with a silent ‘n’ or
Niah? with a silent ‘p’.
September 16, 2005 at 8:53 pm
being malaysian means going to the mosque on friday then seeing the same guy at night at a bar, downing a shot of whisky.
September 16, 2005 at 10:00 pm
Being Malaysian is: knowing to speak Malay, no matter how good or bad.
September 16, 2005 at 10:16 pm
The BF’s bday is today. Hahaha. Anyway, I read wad those lines with a big smile on my face
September 16, 2005 at 10:19 pm
Take ‘wad’ off the sentence..ahhaha…I hate making grammatical mistakes =P
September 16, 2005 at 10:37 pm
yay!
being malaysian is when you can proudly say KERANAMU MALAYSIA! haha. i love reading blogs when of Malaysians or just people who love malaysia. Today’s my mum’s birthday too.
September 16, 2005 at 11:07 pm
Being Malaysian means learning a language in school which you will never again use in life.
Being Malaysian means being a chinese when you’re not from China and Indian when you’re not from India.
I love Malaysia…Tanah Airku
September 17, 2005 at 12:12 am
Being Malaysian means that you kena rotan when your were young.
September 17, 2005 at 12:19 am
Being Malaysian means we can make fun of father/mother’s name in primary school..
September 17, 2005 at 2:03 am
Being Malaysia means you gotta keep an extra RM50-RM100 in your car in case of being tahan by our friendly law enforcer.
Being Malaysian means you avoid walking with your handbag in places other than Federal Highway Subang Jaya toll plaza.
Being Malaysian means we still need to queue up a long line in KLIA/Goverment places because they have 20++ check-in counters. Wait a minute, 20++ counters, not officers.
September 17, 2005 at 3:06 am
Being Malaysian means you can curse in more than 3 languages.
Being Malaysian means you get to laugh at people who can’t eat spicy food.
Being Malaysian means you bought Tora-Tora from the kedai runcit, only to throw away the chocolate and play with the crappy toy.
September 17, 2005 at 10:29 am
Being Malaysian means you can eat as many roti canai as you want! cos veli inexpensive!
being malaysian means whne you say you’ll be there 2 o clock you’ll actually be there 2.30
Being Malaysian means we like to eat durian, not like the rest of the world=p
Aww man.. i miss Malaysia now.. I WANNA GO HOME!
Amen to what you said minishorts
September 17, 2005 at 10:47 am
being malaysian means u’ll go mamak-ing with friends late at nite to catch up
September 17, 2005 at 10:53 am
being malaysian means whenever u ask or being asked where to go yamcha, you will answer or given answer “Anywhere you like lor,” but you will still complain or given complain whenever u suggest or being suggested a place to go….
I’m proud to be Malaysian!
September 17, 2005 at 12:31 pm
Zaxi: I think no lah 2 pm means you’ll be there 330 pm more like it.
September 17, 2005 at 5:45 pm
“It is amazing how some people forget that today, being 16th September, is Malaysia’s birthday.”
Ah, did you take that cue from here? Glad if it did!
September 20, 2005 at 11:19 am
being malaysian means you used to catch spiders and ikan puyu in the ‘desa’.