Western and Malaysia

Assalamualaykum Alhamdulillah

So, i was washing the dishes then i got idea about what i wanna tell you guys.

As usual, i was waiting for any text from Z. But i got nothing. So i watched movies. I mean it, a lot of movies. I abandon my homeworks.

I thought about Westerns and Malaysia. What is so different? Well, there are a lots of differences. The weather, culture, and environment.

In tv, westerns usually take their children to sleep at night and always remind they children about how much they love them. Well, in Malaysia, we don't simply say, "mak sayang kamu (mum loves you) " as you walk out for school or whatever, the usual words are, "belajar elok-elok" (learn carefully).

Parenting is different because of backgrounds of the family. Some care, some act like they care and some like to care so much. Which one is great? I don't know. It depends on their skills and rules.

Usually the rich one will control their children, so, the kids either a social person or a mouse. Well, that happens globally, right?

Back to the differences. Culture! We have many religions and racists. In western, it either black and white or asian. While here, we have everything! Black, white, orange or whatever. Name it. And we learn to respect each other, well, that is what the government and schools are teaching since we are kids. I enjoy being surround by many types of people. I really do. But i hate it when some people like to be so racist! I mean, seriously! We are living in the same country with the same rules and regulations.

Being born as black or white or whatever is not our choice but being someone picky and racist is our choice. Which is not a good choice. Everyone demands to be tread equally but actually they want to have their own benefits. I mean, they just want benefits. Selfish.

Ok, back to the topic. Weather, in Malaysia, only sunlight or rain. We don't have summer, spring, snow or the other one. I forgot. Sorry. Maybe that's why tourist loves to visit Malaysia cause it is always hot. I mean not so hot but, still ok.

We don't have volcanos or tornados. Alhamdulillah. But sometime i wish for snow even i know it will be freaking freezing.

I was in England before snow and, honestly, it took me days to actually thinks that the temperature was not too cold. My roommate and I needed an extra heater for our room. How funny was that because it was about a month before snow, still a long way.

Toilet! In Malaysia, we have pipes and not tissues. Sometime we have both. When i was in England, i was freaking out because there was not water! But i managed to survive. I get used to tissues then. But, i still prefer to bring along an empty mineral bottle with me. I know it was embarrassing but i am just speaking the truth. You can imagine how shocked i was back there.

Our houses. The design is different. Maybe because of the weather. Because we only used heater for heating the water for shower not for the entire house. We don't experience snow and we don't have much earthquake. We seldom have it. So it is design simple. But base on culture, we have lots of design. For me, beside Malaysia, we can you find a 'kampung' house?

Well, i thinks, that is that. Yeah, maybe i will be posting about The Fault in Our Stars soon because i have watched it. :) See you guys soon.