10 things that surprised me about Malaysia as a foreigner

Here are 10 of the biggest surprises for me in #malaysia

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  1. What a wonderful video. Good to know that all the 10 + 1 surprises are a pleasant ones. Yes, save the best for last, the tantalizing Malaysian food from the diversed cultures.

  2. Malaysia, a Commonwealth member, was formerly a British Colony. English is taught as a second language alongside an official language of Bahasa Melayu as well as Mandarin and Tamil in vernacular schools. In contrast to Vietnam, which was colonised by France, and Indonesia, which was colonised by the Dutch, Thailand has never been colonised. Speaking their original tongues is therefore more common there. Some Western tourists may occasionally become confused and unable to tell the difference between locals like Malays, Chinese, and Indians and foreigners from nearby countries like those from Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, China, India, Bangladesh, Korea, Japan, and the Middle East because we look so similar. In addition to the local cuisine, which includes Malay, Chinese, and Indian dishes, visitors can also sample food from our neighbouring countries, such as Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam which are numerous here. This is due to the fact that Malaysia is truly Asia.

  3. Malaysia's medical tourism is one of the core tourism businesses that have overtaken many of our neighbouring countries in terms of cost and quality!

  4. Few years ago i speak with the american and our conversation talk about capsicum πŸ«‘ it is so embarrassed for me because he didn't understand what is that and i had to repeat frequently until he got the point which is red hot chilli pepper πŸ˜…πŸ˜‚πŸ˜Š . Now I'm questioning my level of english and very careful when choose of words.

  5. The highway operators should create a dedicated pets area complete with fences, just like the do at Interstate highways in the US. Pet owners are noble people for caring the god's creatures, even though myself not a pet guy.

  6. @8.05 new line to travelling is using speed train call ECRL East Cost RailLink . this proj still under development and expecting will rsume in year 2027

  7. Am muslim and i used to feed stray cats and dogs. Many of us feed them too. Our religion prohibits us from mistreating them and it's a sin. It's just that we need to obey to certain restrictions

  8. Malaysia has a lot of international schools which offer a variety of curriculum especially from UK curriculum even Malaysia certificate examination to Malaysia degree and master degree accepted by various universities especially in UK and US. Even in malaysia has a lot foreign university from Monash university from Australia to Reading Uni, Southampton Uni and Nottingham Uni from UK and not forgetting Xiamen Uni from China

  9. After independence in 1957, only after 1970 schools were taught in malay.But it changed back to english in 2000 alongside malay as medium of instructions.😊

  10. Ya, we speak rojak english, British english, american english. Malay, Chinese and indian will maki people in different language but we are joking each other actually. Foreigner sees malaysia people always happy and laughing and they said it fake. Rich and poor people can sit and eat in one table making jokes in mamak restaurants.

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