A while back, I was walking at Midvalley Jusco looking for home things. As I type that, I felt like I am feeling old, where before this shopping meant shoes and clothes and bags and not pots and curtains and baking stuffs.
I walked past a salesperson with a new trainee by her side and heard her said
* "Kalau kakak yang macam ni, yang pakai tudung ni, ni Melayu." She pointed at me. And I also thought ' Kakakkkkkkkkk'.
** "Haa, tulis tu..." She motioned to the new trainee to write this important point in the notepad that the trainee is holding.
I wondered what he would really write down in his notepad, if it would be something like 'scarf', 'not so dark skin' = Malay.
I wondered what he would make of my husband who have slant eyes, curly hair, fair skin = Chinese? Even though he's not.
I wonder if we are so easily defined in a few points.
I wondered too if he is Nepalese judging for his slightly dark skin, wavy hair and obvious ignorance of Malaysia race and culture.
Malay to English translation
* If the woman looks like this and wear scarves, she is a Malay
** Haa, write it down.
** Haa, write it down.
Comments
Heh. My husband selalu kena camtuh gak...
Layan kan je lain kali.
Serr
Macam dalam buku sekolah pon, tunjuk 3 main race with apparent features, macam tu la aku rase bile dgr dialog tu. Hehe.
Mesti ko teringin je nak cakap "heloo.. tanyelah directly kat aku sendiri"