Today Malaysia is.... A slightly richer developing country, we are still experimenting and learning 'how to get rid of our third world mentalility', 'how to keep rivers and roads clean', 'how to live without corruptions', 'how to democracy', 'how to win the first ever Olympic Gold medal', 'how to eradicate poverty', etc.
Education Some said the national language is the most important and patriotic, some said English is the language for economy and knowledge, fight, fight, fight...
We have 3, 4, 5, 6 types of schools in Malaysia, each have own 'important language' to protect and promote, I don't want to listen to your opinion, you don't want mine. However we respect all schools (extreme sensitive) and we all speak all languages in our daily conversation, I happy, you happy.
Speaking so many languages is ok, fine, but a weird problem occured. Majority of us, in fact, cannot speak properly especially English, our broken language is extremely common and widespread.
Our habits Malaysian usually sit down and discuss 'eat & foods', first, we want to avoid sensitive topics, second, we find it easy and comfortable this way, third, our language weakness. It is too difficult for us to discuss topics that require language proficiency skills such as sciences, philosophy, aesthetic value, law, medical, literature, etc.
So, tourists, please discuss 'eat & foods' when you visit Malaysia. Topics that we constantly discuss are: eating, foods, English football, Mega sales, shopping, watching TV, gossip men women, how many kids you have, road accidents, etc....and I have some exciting tips of
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