The Wench's Vent: Saya Bajet Hot. Seriously.

Friday 6 November 2009

I won't approve people I don't know on Facebook. I don't believe in "Ala, Fb kan gunanya utk tambah kawan?" or such related whatnots. I have over 500 friends already, yg tu pun tak terjaga. So thanks, but no thanks.

Many of my girlfriends from school are married, or are warming up to it. So they went on to their next phase of life - congratulations, babes. Ich hab leider den Zug verpasst. :) Just reflecting on my few years back is a real pain in the S, and to think that I have five more years to go before graduating? Sometimes being too ambitious is a right downfall.

To prevent my lemaks from accumulating under my lovely lovely goose feather blanket, I went to the city today, alone. As I wandered aimlessly about, an old lady politely let me go up the escalator before her (ironic, isn't it, in Malaysia we always let the elders go first. Here, age is NOTHING). I stood on the steps, thinking about nothing when the lady tapped me on the shoulder. She said, "You have such beautiful hair, why don't you take your scarf off and let it show?" And I was thinking, "Makcik ni penah dtg rumah aku ke, mane dia nmpk rambut cantik?" I stuttered a bit, and answered, "No, no, well, it's also cold now, and it always rains, so its quite practical to wear a scarf," and grinned je lah, ape lagi nk buat. Then she said "Aww, that's a pity, one should be allowed to show that one is pretty," but thank God escalators are not one kilometre long, and I ventured left as soon as I reached the top. She said something else, I do not care to hear as I am making an escape, and so I (being typically German) called out "Thanks!" and didn't look back.

I started to hope I have something Malaysian to wear on me as I go around. Not the flag, please, it's too much resemblance to the American. Just to avoid answering for the umpteenth time "No, I'm not from Indonesia, but Malaysia." In Berlin, someone even called out - "Ni hao!"

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