OF UNIQUE MALAYSIANS.

UNIQUE MALAYSIANS SELAMAT PAGI, CHAU AN, KALAI VANAKAMAND VERY GOODMORNING, TO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS WE, ARE HERE TODAY TO ENLIGHTEN YOU WIYH OUR CHORALSPEAKING, UNIQUE MALAYSIANS WE,THE PEOPLE OF MALAYSIA, ARE MULTI-RACIAL, MULTI- CULTURAL, MULTIRELIGIOUS,MULTI THIS,MULTI THAT THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON IN SHORT, WE ARE A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT FACES. BUT,WE LIVEAS ONE. ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL. WE, MALAYSIANS SHOULD VERY THANKFUL THAT, WE HAVE SOOOO MANY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. DUE TO FESTIVAL LIKE HARI RAYA SELAMAT HARI RAYA` MAK MANA DUIT RAYA CHINESE NEW YEAR `ANG POW GIA LAI DEEPAVALI `MURUKU ENGAY CHRISTMAS `HO, HO, HO LOOK! SANTA CLAUS MERRY CHRISTMAS MALAYSIANS SEEM TO HAVE THAT GOES.. FESTIVALS+FOOD +FIREWORKS EEEEEEEEEE BOOOOOOOMMMMMMM OPEN HOUSES+RED, GREEN ,PURPLE ANG POWS WE GET MONEY,FREE FOOD MMMMMMMMMM! KETUPAT, LEMANG, CHICKEN CURRY, PUTTU MAYAM,COOKIES, CAKES, MURUKU. YOU SHOULD KNOW FASHION TODAY, FASHION YESTERDAY. DIFFERENT RACES , DIFFERENT DRESSINGS THE RICHNESS OF OUR CULTURE, OUR HERITAGE AND OURTRADITION. ARE HERE TO STAY. THE BEAUTIFUL BAJU KURUNG AND BAJU MELAYU, THE ELEGANT CHEONGSAM AND SAMFOO, THE GRACEFUL SAREE AND DOTHI, AND NOT FORGETTING THE SARAWAKIANS KELAMBI. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL COSTUMES,

FESTIVALS ARE FULL OF FUN. UNFORTUNATELY, ACCIDENT HAPPEN WHEN CARS ON THE ROAD CRASHINTO EACH OTHER, EEEEEEE BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!! THE ROADS GET JAMMED AND JAMMED AND JAMMED MALAYSIANS FALL INTO THREE CATEGORIESONE, THE HELPFUL ONES TWO, THE TYPICAL BUSY-BODIESTHREE, THOSE INDULGE IN THE POSTING OF PHOTOS ANDCOMMENTS ON THE NET OH! NO! BUT WAIT, HERE COMES THE LIST OF MALAYSIANS PRIDE AND GLORY, SAGA, SATRIA, WIRA, PERDANA, WAJA, KELISA,AND THE LATESTGEN DUA. SPACIOUS, CLASSY AND LUXURIOUS OR EVEN SMALLCOMPACT, CLASSY AND CRAMPED HEY FRIENDS! THEY SAID, TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NO MANBUT, THEY DOOO WAIT FOR MALAYSIANS.SEE?! HOW UNIQUE WE ARE? THE INVITATION CARD TO A WEDDING RECEPTION SAYS, 7.30SHARP BUT, THE DINNER `` BEUTIFULLY STARTS AT 8.30P.M ISN T IT TYPICAL MALAYSIAN STYLE ?` MY PO PO ONCE TOLD ME AAA. IF I DON T FINISH ALL THE FOOD ON MY PLATE, MY FUTURE HUSBAND WILL HAVE, AI YA! BIG-BIG PIMPLES ALL OVER HIS FACES `MY AMMA TOLD ME, NOT TO CUT MY NAILS AT NIGHT, AI YO YO! OR THE BOOGIEMAN WILL COME OUT AND GET ME` MY MAK SAID, GIRLS CANNOT SING IN THE KITCHEN UNLESS WE WANT TO MARRY AND OLD MANS UPERSTITIOUS! DIFFERENT BELIEFS! THEY INFLUENCE THE MALAYSIANS WAY OF LIFE MALAYSIANS INSTANTLY IDENTIFIED,ALL OVER THE WORLD. HOW(HIGH)HOW(LOW)

JUST LISTEN TO THE TYPICAL SPEECH PATTERNS ` WAH SO EXPENSIVELAH! ` YOU KNOWLAH, SHES ALWAYS LIKE THAT ONELAH!EVERYTHING ALSO: THISLAH. THATLAH. MINELAH.YOURSLAH.AIYYAH I DONT KNOWLAH EVERY SENTENCES WE UTTER,BOUND TO HAVE , A`LAH AT THE END NO! WE DONT INTEND TO JOIN THE NATIONAL CHOIR! OR TO BE FUTURE OPERA SINGERS! ITS JUST A HABIT ,THAT HAS ROOTED FIRMLY, IN OUR EVERYDAY SPEECH DO ALL THESE SOUND FAMILIAR? DONT THEY REMIND YOU OF YOU? ME ? US ? MALAYSIANS ? WE ARE PROUD TO BE MALAYSIANS PROUD OF OUR CULTURE, OUR HERITAGE AND OF COURSE, OUR PEOPLE. THROUGH THE YEARS, WE HAVE LEARNED TO TOLERATE, TO ACCEPT EACH OTHER, FOR WHO, AND WHAT WE ARE. WE ARE MALAYSIANS! AND MALAYSIANS WE WILL STAY! TERIMA KASIH, CHEA CHEA, NANDRI, THANK YOU