What is Malaysian habit that most of the people from other country dont know..?

Question

I found fact that some Malaysian eat rice with their hand.
It interesting coz I have never seen this habit, but only in Malaysia.

Answer 1

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when there's an accident on the road, other motorists will slow down to watch, including those on the opposite lanes and this can cause heavy traffic congestion on both lanes

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not only in malaysia people using hands but you can find them in Indonesia, india, bangladesh too but this not a habit, it's just one of many methods of eating

Answer 2

that we drink water from durian's shell (what do you call it again...)

Answer 3

malaysian from different races hang out at mamak/restaurant happily

Answer 4

malaysian men love their car more than their wives/gf.
malaysian women show off their designer clothes/bag and so on.. that's why they are slim

Answer 5

Talking about eating with ONE hand, do you know they can only eat with one 'standard' hand?

The other hand is for ......
(please ask around and you will get another interesting habit!)

Answer 6

Malaysian like to ask about the cost of things you wear or own.
e.g. If they see you wear a nice watch they'll say:"That's a nice watch, how much did you buy it for?"

Malaysian like to add "lah" at the end of their sentence.
e.g. "OKlah", "go-lah", "Don't lah", "Please lah"... etc... normally to emphasize something.

Malaysian like to park their car everywhere that is convenient, irregardless whether it's a parking space or not.

Malaysian like to take off their shoes when entering their home, and they expect their guest to do the same. Not really unique though, as the Japanese do that also.

I bet there're more but it's so "normal" to us that we didn't realize that they were unique in Malaysia.

Answer 7

Malaysians care about food a lot. When they meet each other they say "Dah makan belum?" (Have you eaten yet?).

Answer 8

there are many habits too be mentioned.
you need to come here & see it yourself.
if you want, i can show you around. just email me

Answer 9

Who cares, it is another country and culture, every one is different. I bet you have seen it before in every take away place, restaurants in any country!!! look at the little kiddies eating their food, they tend to use their hands occasionally.

Answer 10

malaysian people also dont like "war" it's habit too...

Answer 11

the habit you mentioned of course it is also indonesian habit on the way traditional people eat.

i reckon a thing malaysian always do: they underestimate indonesian and put indonesian inferior on their sight to them.

let me put name this as their unknown habit.

Answer 12

ppl like to call waiter/waitress by sucking their lips and making the 'cuiiiit' sound

Answer 13

Malaysian boys/men will whistle when they see a lady walking by...it will sound something like 'feeeweeet'...

Answer 14

haiya....

Malaysian time :P

famous habit ma.. dude, pkol 5pm I datang okay?

waited until 6 pm.... bayang also cannot see...

Answer 15

Before coming to YAM, I didn't know that Malaysia was predominately a Muslim country.

And I ain't stupid. I've even spent 2 years in Asia!

Answer 16

I second Bo$$'s answer to that...

By the way, Malaysians like picking their noses while being stuck in the traffic. Hehehe...

Answer 17

I 'third' Bo$$ and Teddy. Most of the time you thought there was a long trailer collapsed on the road that caused the heavy traffic jammed only to find out 1 hour later that they were motorists slowing down to 'look look' at the kancil, and the kancil not even 'on the road'.

Answer 18

erm..
malaysia have a many-many people at here..
melayu,cina,india and more..
so we have many style and habit...
because our father and mother is like same with us since was born...and our father and mother teach back what must there will teach at the small kids...

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sorry...my english is so bad..
i can explant with you a good answers...
if i can use bahasa malaysia here..
sorry....

Answer 19

Malaysian like to hang out at night at coffee shop, mamak stall or any restaurant.
Malaysians like to chat with ppl & friends.. that's why you see this YAM is really 'happening'!!

Answer 20

malaysian also have lots of culture...

Answer 21

We are very stingy on maintenance (maintaning our facilities, cars / motorcycle, hubby / wifey, business, etc.).

Answer 22

most of malaysian like to greet quest with food
for example if they meet their old friend after ask about their condition, they will say 'jom makan, saya belanja' (this is what i always saw)

one more thing, malaysian usually not speak straight forward, and the people who speak straight forward will look 'kurang manis' especially to older

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my opinion as malaysian