being a malaysianMay 22, 2008 10:40 pm
Haven’t been home since CNY. Watching this video does make me feel better 
Check out Malaysian Artistes for Unity
Malaysia is not the Malaysia as portrayed by ST - where we live in backward kampungs, short of sugar, flour, rice and run towards lorries which provide aid. We are not in some political riot all the time.
Excerpt from the canteen today:
sze: Honestly, one of the biggest insults I’ve gotten in my 6 years in Singapore is the classic "You don’t speak like a Malaysian" line. Wahlau, what does a Malaysian sound like?
colleague-who-shall-not-be-named: But you really don’t speak like a Malaysian what.
Does ST really portray Malaysia like that?
Anyway, to be honest, there is a slight difference in accent between Singaporeans and Malaysians, and it’s not meant as an insult. It’s not like the Malaysian accent is backward or ‘kampung’, the intonations are just different, kinda like the difference between American English spoken on the East Coast and West Coast. I have a Malaysian coursemate and his Malaysian accent is really quite strong, so that’s why I can say this from experience. Most of the time it is not discernible though.
Comment by AA — May 23, 2008 @ 1:35 pm