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February 18, 2009 • 10:06 am 0

I Missed Being Malay

Coupla times, a few mainland Chinese girls came up to me, speaking Mandarin and I’d have to go, “Sorry, I don’t speak Chinese.”

I thought to myself, “Gosh, where do I belong here?”

Being the only Malay there meant that I didn’t have the comfort zone to get back in and mumble things no one else can make sense of. I realized how small the ‘rumpun’ Melayu really is.

And I missed speaking Malay, I really did. Read the rest of this entry »

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