a long overdue post

which was suppose to take place.. well, last year. sorry why, yarn? hahahaha

here's my 50+1 reason i *heart* malaysia

with conjunction with merdeka this month, i thought i should actually put it to action. so here it is..

feed me!
51. mamak - there's food 24 hrs
50. food are cheap - with some exceptions of the expensive restaurants
49. varieties - from indian to chinese to malay to mixed all 3 together
48. durians!! - durian bomb, durian tart, durian icecream, durian mooncake, durian itself!!
47. conventional - ever had your fantastic coconut drink in a plastic bag tied with raphia string at one corner and a straw, of cuz.

entertain me
46. our own fav - mia palencia, roger wang, reza salleh, sheila majid.. and it goes on and on, and they're really good! am proud of them.
there were also peeps like KRU, Nora, Innuendo.. still proud of them too
45. sepet - and gubra, and mukhsin.. and many more from yasmin ahmad that shows so much of the malaysia culture and authentiness
44. rainforest world music - something i'm yet to go but want to go. seems to be happening every year.. soon! i shall attempt to go for it!

43. our style - our own version of entertainment like this for this and this for this
42. performances - cultural performance every chance we can get to show it off

people
41. mixture - we've got all the culture under one roof and we can still talk to each other
40. language - a chinese can speak tamil, a tamil speaks mandarin.. why do you think most of the support centers are here?
39. slang - we have our own slang 'lah', 'wat', 'leh' and to east malaysians 'bah'
38. colourfulness - aside from our own majority - malays, chinese and indians, there's also so many other people around the globe
37. fooled - so nice to be able to fool others with asian looks and hide our age, our language ability, our skill.. ahh..

achievements
36. tallest twin tower - c'mon be proud about it!
35. sports - nicol david, lee chong wei, rashid sidek, foo kok keong, and my sista! well many more names of cuz
34. our own car brand - may not be the best but we have our own brand, our own car!
33. seeing it differently - we have world class peeps too like louis pang, kid chan, kenny sia
32. here! - we have managed to hold a few main events where leaders come together - Commenwealth, F1, OIC, NAM, etc..

culture
31. mixed - seen an indian in baju kurung, chinese in sari? come here la
30. celebration - we celebrate all the festivals together, seriously - its a holiday! we celebrate!
29. richness - go to Melacca and experience historical nyonya, east malaysia, kelantan, penang, etc..
28. fashion - seriously, the traditional has gone modern and yet, there is the essence of it
27. freedom - to worship our faith

shopping haven
26. 1Utama - one of those malls that has so so many shops in one place, and its still growing!
25. Sunway Pyramid - another megamall that even has an ice ring in the middle of the mall
24. Starhill, The Gardens - extremely highclass mall then when i go, i can only afford to go to the toilet.. and nice too!
23. RM5 per entry - to the highest class toilet in The Gardens. any sponsors?
22. Pekan Rabu - and like every morning market, night market, shopping is everywhere

da place
21. strategic - in between thailand (shopping haven) and singapore (update haven) and easy to travel to any other countries
20. homes - you still amazingly find wooden houses, urban to the most unexplainable expensive houses
19. beach - c'mon, almost every state is near to a beach! how convenient
18. montains - mount K, y'all.. and i'm planning to climb one of the tallest in SEA
17. still - dont feel the earth move, dont see any spinning winds or vulcanic mountains

my 2nd home - KL
16. city - that never sleeps, and so does the jam on the road
15. food - williams mamak! chilli pan mee!
14. driving - a good driving practice for anyone
13. contradictory - kg baru in the middle of the heart of the city. but if you want to see a malay lifestyle, its beautiful
12. potential - so much potential in the people here and the place.. simply amazing

my home - Alor Star
11. cheap cheap - food are extremely cheap. imagine a bowl of noodles for only RM1.50!
10. lingo - we have our own lingo like 'hang' means you, 'kupang' means syilings, 'depa' means them, 'panaih' means hot
9. paddy - kedah aka rice bowl of malaysia cuz there's paddy field almost everywhere and sunset there is .. ahhhh.....
8. parking - a guy walks up to you, with a piece of paper and each hour cost 30 cents..
7. lorong titi siam - if you say it fast enough and understand it in hokkien, you'll know how the name came about.

somethings dont change
6. da squat toilet - always get a glee from my cousins from aussie
5. old newspaper - siren screaming 'suratkhabar lama.. old newspaper.. old magazine.. old batteries'
4. pasar malam - 'night market', altho not much a fan of it but i realised its unique
3. travel - we still have cabs with no meters, trishaws, bicycles
2. wrapped up - some food are still wrapped up in newspapers like putumayam.. nice!!

of cuz..
1. my home.

happy merdeka peeps.

greater things are yet to come,
greater things are still to be done in this city!
- God Of This City, Chris Tomlin