Do I Look Like A Malay?
While walking towards the concourse area at Mahkota Parade, a credit card salesman approached me. (Not again. -roll eyes-)
“Encik, kredit kad apa yang kamu guna?”
“Sir, what credit card do you use?”I stopped and looked at him.
“……”
“……”“我很像马来人么？”
“Do I look like a Malay?”And I walked away.
There was a LG KU990 Viewty roadshow going on at the main entrance of Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall and I was walking towards the mall.
The LG hot chick promoter approached me.
“Ini handphone model terbaru dari LG. Nak tengok?”
“This is the latest mobile phone from LG. Do you want to have a look?”I stared at her for a second or two.
“我很像马来人么？”
“Do I look like a Malay?”“哈哈！不好意思。有一点咯，你晒到很黑嘛！”
“Haha! I’m sorry. Actually, you do look like one as you are very dark.”“……”
“……”
And these weren’t the first time. I have many people / newly-met-work-related people asking me, “So, are you a Chinese or mixed?”.
Do I really look like a Malay?
P/S : By the way, the LG KU990 Viewty touch screen phone is really cool and I am seriously considering about it. My birthday is around the corner, anyone willing to spare some money?
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January 28th, 2008 00:04
if that’s the case, I think my dad look more like Indian coz he’s much darker than you haha
January 28th, 2008 00:47
don’t feel so sad. a lot of people thought i’m a malay too. especially when i took cab in kl. those chinese drivers always talk to me in malay. and i purposely answer in chinese. -______-”"
January 28th, 2008 01:07
Dun give excuses la. It’s just coz the promoter is hot!! Admit it jason!! wahhahahaha
No, you don’t look malay to me. =D
January 28th, 2008 01:09
O_O
Uh.. no?
January 28th, 2008 03:06
hai kawan, ape khabar. hahaha
January 28th, 2008 03:17
welcome to the club that so many people think you are otherwise than what you are lolz. Yay I have a member now!!! hehehe … one day, you will get people saying you are Thai or Jap :D :D :D yayy eee yaa eee yaa ooo
January 28th, 2008 03:43
Hie,
Don’t worry your not the only one.Studying in NZ and a lot of JPA students around someone once came and ask me,a Chinese,”you sudah sembahyang?!”that was around lunch time when the other JPA students were away from the campus doing their prayers and have not arrived in class yet. Then another incident, someone asked me if am a Muslim cause i look like one!
Also,don’t buy LG phone,cause reception very very bad!! Am using the black label series and am hating it!
January 28th, 2008 08:17
come, we go eat the midnight char siew rice… oops… sorry ah, you can eat or not? :P
January 28th, 2008 08:48
bagus la if look like malay, you can have opportunities
January 28th, 2008 09:49
you should tag along and reply in malay and when you are about to leave (final sentence), converse in chinese to stun them. you could see their 0.0 reaction when you are walking away. :P
January 28th, 2008 11:43
haha! ppl say i look like a japanese coz of my small eyes *_*
i’ve had sales girl walking up to me, greeting me arigato trying to sell me perfumes/beauty products!!
January 28th, 2008 12:03
It happens to me all the time….
January 28th, 2008 12:55
以前读书的时候，上网球课，黑得像火炭，被误以为是马来人。
后来在狮子岛，有时候在电梯里帮马来auntie按鈕，说几句话，难以相信华人会说马来话，也被误以为我是马来人。
随着年龄的增长，现在已经不在乎了～ 哈哈～
January 28th, 2008 13:52
NO YOU DON’T LOOK MALAY TO ME!!! Not even mix. apala they all…
and people also did ask me that question too.
Do you think i look malay too?
January 28th, 2008 15:14
My answer is short and simple. No. :P
January 28th, 2008 15:19
Is oklar…. Got ppl call me for uncle also…especially those sellsman. I think the “uncle words” is more worst then malay issit or my size make me look lika a uncle…lolz
January 28th, 2008 15:58
As much as I would say… yea you do look like one if you’re tanned a bit and under different lighting condition. Once I said thank you (domo) to a Japanese chick and she start blubbering in Japanese.
I resorted saying: “Nihon-go wakari masen”.
January 28th, 2008 16:32
I also have lots of that experience also la, that’s why I started to ask myself… What is wrong to be like a Malay in Malaysia? Proud to be Chinese ONLY?
January 28th, 2008 19:36
i think you still ok ba…i even worse than you lor…
January 28th, 2008 19:47
NO!!! Of course you DON’T look like a malay!
Trust me, I know how it feels like to be asked by ppl if I was malay. You see, according to most ppl, I have the “Malay” look -.- But now I’m soooo used to the question so I’ll either ignore it or pretend I’m one lol.
January 28th, 2008 21:56
i think those ppl must be blind. i think u look too chinese. lol
January 28th, 2008 23:54
Ohoh! Kalo kate ko ni baba, mungkin la ade skit kot… tapi macam melayu nie… hmmm patut diimbas dgn betoi betoi lg…
January 29th, 2008 00:20
Anthraxxxx : LOL. I wonder how dark he is.
Zthon : Haha! Well, you do have a bit of Malay look in you, especially the display picture in your MSN.
Blueapple : Yes, the LG sales girl was quite a hot chick herself. Ha!
Edo : No right? I wonder why they talked to me in Malay.
Sean : Khabar baik. Terima kasih.
Michy : Thai or Jap? LOL. That’s too much.
Angeline : Haha! And the fact that most JPA students are muslim aren’t helping either, right? Is it that bad? I tested the unit myself, was quite happy with it.
Mossie`Ol Chin : Boleh! Bila bila masa! :P
Big Hill : But I am not leh. Haha!
Chong : Haha! Don’t make fun of people. People can recognize once you speak Malay, the ascent part.
WQ : LOL. I wonder how small are your eyes.
Nicktay : Haha. Welcome to the club.
湘绣蜻蜓 : 我不是很在意，只是，很好奇。为什么？哈哈！
Esther : You also totally don’t look like Malay. Are they blind too?
Che-Cheh : Heh! You are right.
Fattien : A lot of people call me uncle too! :(
Jase : Hmm, but I was under bright sun light. Woah, you speak Japanese?
Wong : Haha! There’s nothing wrong being a Malay or Chinese in Malaysia. I am just curious only. However, I love my pork though. :P
Kim Fei : Example?
Jac : Haha! I think it must have happened to you a zillion times. Mine isn’t that often yet.
Xin : Yes, they are blind, thats what I think too.
Allison : Baba? T__T
January 29th, 2008 06:22
Racist remark?
Whats wrong if you look like a malay? Is it degrading you in any way?
By the way, dont jump to conclusion too quickly, sometimes the promoter does not know how to speak english, so hantam sajalah ask you in Malay.
No, you dont look like a Malay. Personally, you look like Chindian to me. But I know you are chinese.
January 29th, 2008 08:58
Noktah Hitam : Now, please don’t make this into a racist thing. I am just curious and amused that there are people who think that I look like a Malay when I myself think that I look pretty Chinese-ish. Chindian? o.0lll LOL.
January 29th, 2008 16:50
Sorry if it sounded like I was carrying the conversation on higher tone.
Seriouslah dude, you look like chindian!
Most of my chinese friends think I’m chindian, for the fact that I can understand cantonese. Anyway, looks is just a skin deep. What matters most is yourself inside.
January 29th, 2008 17:07
got ppl speak tamil to me then next second he realise he got me wrong so he change to speak malay to me..aren’t tis is worse than your case?anyhow i already get use to it..haha
January 30th, 2008 01:37
if it’s any consolation..clients think i’m Indian when I speak to them over the phone bcos my name sounds like Chandra. Ppl who meet me wonder if i’m mixed Peranakan or some gwailou cos i’m tanned and “hidung mancung”. but i’m pure chineseeee..or at least that’s to the best of my knowledge :S
January 30th, 2008 09:33
got money buy huge camera, why no money for phone?
January 30th, 2008 10:46
Noktah Hitam : Hehe. NO worries. Chindian. Haha! Seriously, I am still laughing over it.
Kim Fei : LOL. Your one really bad case.
Mailmelar : Haha! Yours is even better than my case. Indian, peranakan and mixed.
KY : That’s because all the money have been used to buy the big assed camera. :(
January 30th, 2008 20:05
You don’t look Malay in your photos. I love your camera, nice lenses :D A few times I’ve been asked if I was Korean - man, I don’t look Korean!
January 30th, 2008 23:18
Nick : Haha… Thanks. You do know what camera and lens I am using, right? Korean. >.< WTF.
January 31st, 2008 13:25
Lol, after watching tons of anime and Japanese movie, you tend to learn a thing or two…
February 2nd, 2008 23:13
you look like a guy, real guy who has soft spot for everything including short girls
February 3rd, 2008 00:31
Vincent : I know who you are. Haha!
April 15th, 2008 22:55
i’m using that phone now…
V.Cool~
April 15th, 2008 23:18
Ashlene : I wanted that phone badly. :(
July 21st, 2008 12:57
No..u dont look like a freakin malay after all,
in fact, you are much more handsome than those ugly malay guys.
Cannot blame the salesgirl la.maybe she is blind or rabun . at least look at the skin la..chinese got nicer skin what?so stupid la that gal…anyway,i think those salesperson are just trying to get lucky with u since Malays are easily to get con .I am proud of you for standing up for our own chinese identity and our beauty.Keep it up.
Poor you.it sure feel awful when people think you looks like a malay,rite?Don’t worry,if next time people think you are a malay..dont feel so degraded.just say it clearly that you are a chinese.
July 21st, 2008 13:17
Liberal : LOL. I don’t feel degraded for being labeled as looking like a Malay, just that it amuses me. Hehe.