Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Memories of Malaysia

You know, there are a lot of things to like about Kuala Lumpur. Now that I'm back in Singapore I've been thinking of the things I miss back in Malaysia.

In Malaysia you can buy chewing gum right over the counter at the store! Wait, that's not amazing, what IS amazing is that you CAN'T purchase chewing gum in Singapore! We just went on a chewing frenzy in Kuala Lumpur! My jaw aches just thinking about it.

Malaysia was a British colony, so you can see vestiges of British-ness here and there. Many old colonial buildings are around and they still practice strange English customs, like driving on the wrong side of the street.

The Malay language has also incorporated new English words by just writing them funnEHticlee, as you can see by the work "ticket" in this photo:

Other examples are the word "taxi" which is spelled "teksi" and the word "bus" which is spelled "bas". Can you find the two examples of English words that have been Bahasa Malaysia-ed in this photo?

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