Post No. 34

For whatever reason, I seemed to be very into FB video now. and yesterday I came across 快婿临门.

I don't know if anyone have heard of this, but its basically a short Malaysian sketch. 

The first thing that strikes me was. it was so    malaysian. 

and not to mention really really funny.

for that I search high and low for the complete episode of videos. and found it today :) 

content wise. it was. almost rubbish. all it was was cameras following 4 individuals randomly coupled to test the reaction of themselves and the people around them. they have to play *fake* husbands and wives.

but thats not the point. the point was the malaysian essence in it. at least for me anyways.

after staying in sydney for the past 3 years (minus the 2 months holiday back in KL), I kinda got used to the way sydney-ers roll. I blend myself into the city. 

but after seeing this video. and a out of the blue random chat to long lost bud on skype. it made me realise how much I miss KL. and how much I miss home. how much i miss the 3 years that I've left behind.

being here is about finding a new me. a better me. but somehow you cant help but wonder. what will it be like? what will I be like if I stayed.

initially, watching the video, listening to the way they speak reflects to the way I used to speak. I still talk like that occasionally, but no so much anymore. it was fun talking like that, the lahs, and the rojak of language. I learn to appreciate the flawed Malaysian English or the way silly way I used to speak mandarin. at times like this, I find it to be heart warming. 

they also shot a scene in SS2 pasar. the place that I will drop by to pick up stuff. go to the bank for me mumsie. I screamed "OMG SS2!!!" to no one. the place was just the opposite of where my parents works.

little things like these. like everything else we take granted off just seemed to golden at times like these. It gave me and my brother a serious case of homesick. at this moment, we will give anything to go back for summer holidays. I set out to write a review of this sketch, but it turned out to be a somewhat deep reflection of how I was. reminding myself how I am at a non superficial level. 

Today. I searched obsessively of every source that gives me a little bit of taste of Malaysia. blogs photograph videos streaming radio stations. Just for a glimpse of the place I miss so much right now.