Truly Bruneian

I dont know if i should be proud of this or otherwise. the list of really funny things that says wat some or most bruneians do.. hahahaha im some of these... read on.. the ones that are marked (x) are me. let me just comment on some.

1. You 'miss call' instead of calling or sending sms. - i used to do this when gnol n i were still dating. hahaha

2. You always say "kapih ku.. bila terima/keluargaji/overtime/elaun ah?"

3. You park your car as close as possible to your destination area.

4. You speak Malaysia if you meet Malaysian, speak Indonesia if you meet Indonesian.. and so on. (x) - the reason is its unconciously said. most of us do this koz when u hear a malaysian/indonesian speak their language, we're automatically swith to their slang.

5. You are asked to go to a "meeting" but actually you will only be "listening". (x) - i hate meetings anyway. it takes away my precious time that should be spent with my husband! haha

6. You go to someone's wedding, you give money using an envelope and put your name on it or if you think you don't give enough you usea blank envelope. - hahaha i asked gnol abt this "why do people put their names on the envelopes? it makes them look snobbish." gnol says "yea duh~"

7. Indo mee is your staple food and Ayamku is your fastfood.

8. The term 'balik kampung' is almost not applicable.. since you can 'balik kampung' everyday. (x) - i live in the kampong

9. Motorcyles and bicycles are not your transport, they are your sport. (x) - for good reasons. u shud see the roads in brunei. they're not motorcycle/bicycle friendly.

10. When you see local tv camera around you during the day, then at night you will watch local news... and hoping to see yourself on television.

11. You drive your car on wavy and potholed road. (x) - the road around kampong sucks u know.

12. You receive official news faster by mean of "mouth" than by"written". (x) - here in brunei, sound comes faster than lighting. haha

13. You like electronic products from Japan. - i dont "like", i follow whats said is good. in this case half (x).

14. If you have the chance to call a radio show and before you areasked to hang-up, you say 'boleh minta putarkan lagu?'

15. You are in BIG debts and refuse to pay the lenders and yet stilldrive a CLK and live in a mansion.

16. You wear baju kurung with large katoks and maniks all over.

17. You are loud and speak in melandih way.18. You and the whole family have the same car plate numbers.

19. You spend your $$$$$ on your wedding even though you are broke.

20. You become Akademi Fantasia fanatics.

21. You know most of the people here - "eh si anak si anu eh saudarasi blabla".

22. You drive to the shop next door even though the shop is only 100meters away (except maybe in Kampung Ayer). (x) - u found me guilty here.

23. Every year, since the 80s until last year, you don't want not tomiss HM's Birthday Titah (because you are hoping that HM will increaseyour salary).

24. When you want to get some service from the government agencies,you will find your saudara first.

25. If something goes wrong, you will say that one of the datos,pehins is your relative (or at least they know you).

26. You cannot live without Brudirect's HYS.

27. You give you children super long name.

28. You rush to a new shopping mall just to beat everybody else eventhough it's just another Hua Ho.

29. You wave your hand while driving to other drivers that you know. (x)

30. You are able to pay (or not) for one or two amahs who are mostlikely an Indonesian or a Filipino.

31. You are ok to be fat.

32. You are a busy body with other peoples' news, especially the bad ones, and you think your responsibility is to know and to spread it around.

33. Your friends get married on the same day and you don't know who to go to.

34. You like to stare at phones for 24 hours and chat on MSN.

35. You say "Mun paham bisai" (this needs no further explaination).

36. You have to wear 'cool' attire everywhere, even on holidays. - i dont get this

37. You add "BUI" on each sentence.

38. You think exercising, being hyper active, competition are forlittle kids.

39. You can't type or spell properly properly, example "hw r u? hy mynme s si org brnui"

40. You add "me & you" on your converstations with your girlmates.

41. You listen to Pelangi FM. - Pelangi FM sucks. the shows, djs are lame. (its my honest opinion, not hard feelings)

42. You think fake Von Dutch products are the best.

43. You are especially racist to Indian workers.

44. You would rather go to shopping malls than hanging out at parks,having a picnic with your friends. - i would rather go on a picnic out on the quiet beach with gnol

45. You have 'candas' in your house. (x) - for ambuyat... Yum!!~

46. You read this blogsite because all your friends are reading it and you don't want to be left behind.

47. You rush to get a $99 handphone not caring about the limitedfeatures coz you think anything cheap is a bargain.

48. You have two handphones - one for DST and the other for BMobile(for one month and then switch off one or the other).

49. You always try to runding the policemen who caught you speeding.