What "lah"?

Another hot and wet winter in Malaysia and I'm still here....it's been a whole year and a half since I got here and well....I apparently haven't stopped cribbing. So let me begin with some questions that have been puzzling me since I got here:

1. What's the deal with 90kmph and 110kmph speed limits? Is it just to confuse all humans who have their speedometers with readings that are in multiples of 20?
2. 90kmph speed limit ends here......1km later, 60kmph speed limit begins here....what about the grey zone? Are we legally allowed to confuse the cop who catches us speeding at 160 in that stretch?
3. Where are all the cows in the country?
4. Correction to question 3, where is all the fresh milk in this country?
5. Why is a steamboat called a steamboat when it is not steamed food but boiled food?
6. Why Touch N Go?
7. Why don't Touch N Go cards work?
7.5. Why don't Touch N Go cards work on the Smart Tag lane with an expensive 110RM Smart Tag?
8. Why do people refer to Ringgit as Dollars?
9. Why do women coming the wrong way of a One Way road sneer at a person driving the right way?
10. Is it okay to look into your bag while driving into a wall?
11. Can malay food be made without oil?
12. Am I African?
13. Am I Tamil?
14. Am I Arab?
15. Am I Malay?
16. Why are all the big holes on Malaysian roads always on the fast lane?
17. Why lah?
18. Why meh?
19. How do you define lah?
20. What are the funny devices with numbers inside a cab used for?
21. Why do you have a Police Booth in Bukit Bintang when you can't lodge complaints there?
22. Are all Indians Tamil Hindus who don't eat beef?
23. Why is the English language murdered in Malaysia?
24. Why does KTM have a tiny door for entry and exit?
25. Where are the trains on the KTM line? Do they go missing just before the KL Sentral station and appear just after?
26. Why does the LRT slow down at a station and speed off just as it sees you standing there?
27. Is parking on the main road legal between 12pm and 2pm on a Friday?
28. Why are all signboards immediately after an exit?
29. Why do all signboards say KLCC although it goes halfway around the city before it actually gets you there?
30. Why do people use Shell and Petronas fuel pumps as landmarks?


More questions to come...

PS: Facebook and Twitter has made me lazy

1 Response to "What "lah"?"

  1. Anonymous Says:
    Mon Dec 14, 02:51:00 PM

    I will try to answer some of your questions :) :

    4. Correction to question 3, where is all the fresh milk in this country?
    == There are small operators who deliver fresh milk, ask your Indian friends in malaysia.

    7.5. Why don't Touch N Go cards work on the Smart Tag lane with an expensive 110RM Smart Tag?
    If you pass through some very old sensor lane, you need to drive very very slowly...

    8. Why do people refer to Ringgit as Dollars?
    Many years ago, Ringgit didn't exist..

    9. Why do women coming the wrong way of a One Way road sneer at a person driving the right way?
    hehe... not just women.. :)

    11. Can malay food be made without oil?
    At least not in Malaysia.

    12. Am I African?
    13. Am I Tamil?
    14. Am I Arab?
    15. Am I Malay?
    These questions, I can't help. :)

    16. Why are all the big holes on Malaysian roads always on the fast lane?
    Probably because of the heavy vehicles drive on that lane? :)

    19. How do you define lah?
    Only after you have been here long enough..

    23. Why is the English language murdered in Malaysia?
    Not just in Malaysia... India? Singapore? It is not murdered, but localised. :)

    That is all for now...