In the UK

Reached Heathrow at 3.oopm London time, and i was excited enough to reach the Great Britain, lined up at the clearing for student line and that was when i realised i missed Malaysia. The staff at the counter was not as friendly, the people were not really bothered and the way they address people gave me a shock, "oi, would you get outta there maite" I had an immediate reflection of what it will be like in Malaysia, the malaysian staff woulkd definitely say " Im sorry you are not allowed to be in here sir," Funny how we start appreciating things when we dont have themn or far away from them.
How much i appreciate Malaysian food, people and especially the weather. Yes the weather! Its extremely cold and how much i hate the rain.It rains but it never stops. How annoying is that. This post is going to be about Malaysia in the eye of englishmen here in the UK.

For a start my landlords thinks that we Malaysian live on tree.He was surprised when i told him most Malaysians use their hand to eat, he wondered if the food would spill all around us if we used our hands. He even came to the assumption that we have never seen fork and spoon. More than 50 years of independence I am proud of how my country has evolved from a third world country to a developing nation where we have national structure and buildings and landscape that has been well known globaly. I have seen the picture of the Malaysian Petronas Twin Tower in a few magazines here in the UK, and these people admire the structure but what they are not aware if is that that structure is located in Malaysia. People here know Thailand, Singapore but not Malaysia. When i show them pictures of Twin Tower and the beautiful Putrajaya... they are definitely amazed and they definitely would want to visit the country.
Apart from the structure the diversity of the culture that we have in our country seem to really attract their interest and attention, English people here are awed at how such diversity can be found in a small country like malaysia and the language advantage that we have is simply incredible. A greece student told me that the Malaysians can literally communicate with any part of the world due to the advantage in language. I never thought i did have that much fun telling another person about my country.

I was waiting for my inferiority complex to vanish before i post this post... and yes they have vanished.. students in Malaysia are very much better experienced and have a wholesome education compare to those in UK. Admiration for our not so perfect education has increased but only in a minimal level. Well for starters students from Malaysian have more to put on their CV'c compared to the locals here. Well maybe i am only referring to a certain level of student from Malaysia, nevertheless i am still proud.

Finally the moment i set foot on Malaysia i want roti canai and teh tarik =)