U KNOW U'VE BEEN IN MALAYSIA TOO LONG WHEN...

Korang penah tak ade kawan foreigner atau datang dari negara lain. Pernah tak tanya diorang camne rasanya duduk kat Malaysia. Best ke boring ke? Kat bawah ni adalah senarai U KNOW U'VE BEEN IN MALAYSIA TOO LONG WHEN... yang aku jumpa kat satu forum. Diorang ni dah lama duduk kat Malaysia atau pernah duduk kat Malaysia. Kadang-kadang lawak gak diorang punye pendapat ni. Some part tu memang kita tak terfikir pun. Apapun layan..

1. You've got a variety of lah, mah, meh, lor etc. in your vocabulary and use them constantly
2. You pop in a shopping mall just because 'they have aircon in there.'
3. You're outraged when they increase the price of petrol from RM1.40 to RM1.50
4. You forgot why piracy is supposed to be bad when it's apparent how good it is.
5. You don't care about red lights any more...
6. You ask 'Can you help me?' when a police officer approaches you.
7. You moan about when Roti Canai comes for RM0.60 when it used to be just RM0.50.
8. There are more lanes of cars than there are actual car lanes, and you are one of the people, happily driving in the emergency lane...
9. You think there's nothing wrong with putting chili sauce on everything you eat.
10. Durian and belachan no longer stink to you.
11. You automatically take money out of your wallet to hand over when you're pulled
over by a policeman.
12. You talk about "pollution days" when your friends talk about "snow days".
13. Monsoons? unusual? never.
14. You've forgotten what a clear sky looks like.
15. You have a supply of breathing masks inside your store room. Damn those indonesians!
16. An entire road that only sells foot massages no longer seems strange to you
17. You have worked out the position of every ladyboy in KL, and can weave around them seamlessly without ever hearing "Hello, handsome man. You want boom-boom?"..
18. Malaysian bread no longer tastes strange.
19. A traffic jam where every car is pointing in a different direction no longer seems strange to you.
20. No longer bothers with zebra crossings, even at busy highways
21. Purple balls hanging from a 5 story christmas tree no longer look unusual.
22. Gardenia tastes "so good, you can even eat it on its own".
23. You say "I'm on my way" and really mean "I'm just getting into the shower." Upon arriving 20 minutes late, you blame it on the traffic.
24. In public bathrooms, the squatty toilets actually are more appealing to you than the western ones.
25. It's nothing unusual to pay for the meals of your friends, since they do it as well when it's "their turn".
26. Being reserved and polite is a sign of respect and good up-bringing (unlike in
Western culture).
27. You can clearly distinguish 3 different races - Malays, Chinese and Indians...(which in my view is not really a nice trait as we must accept and get along with everyone)
28. You find different places of worship in the same district normal, e.g. mosques,Buddhist temples, Hindu temples and even churches!
29. You can find Chinese letters almost everywhere next to Bahasa Malaysia...
30. You begin to cherish driving in Europe, thus no motorcycles surrounding you, traffic lamps which are actually obeyed, cordial drivers (well at least some of them, hehe) and having cars sticking to their lanes.
31. You begin missing your "maid" at your relative's house as there's no one to do your household for you!
32. Tea with milk (Teh tarik) is nothing strange to you
33. You automatically put your hand on your chest after shaking someone's hand (as in "salam" with someone)
34. You forget how to use fork and knive (cause you were too busy eating with your hands
35. The Trishaw drivers know you already by name
36. You pay a reasonable price for a taxi ride
37. You haven´t got a meal for a couple of days that was TOO spicy and the "kraft chili sauce" tastes just sweet
38. throwing toilet paper not into the toilet but into a trash can is absolutly normal for you
39. a shop in a mall selling only faked/copied dvds and cds is nothing special..not
for you..not for the police
40. If you travl by nightbus you are prepared to handle the freezing cold aircon and the enormous loudness of the movies
41. It's no longer strange to you taking your to-go teh/kopi in a plastic bag, carrying it with a band on your wrist and drinking it with a straw.
42. u start speaking manglish in other parts of the world n wonder why people don´t seem to understand u...go makan, lah...
43. It's normal to go to various "kenduris" in a small spam of time, even if it is just for the sake of the food! lol
44. You miss regular visits to friends and relatives!
45. You stop laughing about the "no spitting" signs in some restaurantes
46. A girl wearing a scarf but also tight pants and top seems no longer strange to you
47. ...beeing TOO long in Malaysia??? Impossible! I want to go back!!