#if its getting near to Eid al-Fitri youll hear Balik Kampung everywhere. and well never get tired of it!!!!

[borealiszero]

@lurking-snails made another post so that one didn't get longer:

1. favourite place in your country?

My home. No seriously, I'm not an outdoorsy guy. But I do love Pahang National Park. There's a lots of fascinating floras and faunas to see, and we did met some tapirs too theyre so cute :333 (we didn't approach them ofc. wild animals common courtesy and all)

5. favourite song in your native language?

I LOVE EVERY SONG BY SUDIRMAN HAJI ARSHAD!!! He's a patriotic singer and songwriter, combining his skill and love for his country to create songs to encourage love for it after being colonised for hundreds of years by the West. My favourites from him are Warisan, Tanggal 31, and Balik Kampung. I also like some from P. Ramlee like Nujum Pak Belalang, Doremi and Bujang Lapok. For more modern one, I do love Kalah Dalam Menang, Gemuruh Jiwa, Sahabat and Boboiboy Galaxy Opening. Also old raya songs are bangers like Suasana Hari Raya. I'd include some nasyid from Rabbani and Inteam but this is getting too long hehe

11. favourite native writer/poet?

I do love works by Ramlee Awang Murshid. He mostly dabbled in thriller and fantasy. There are some comics I enjoyed like Ana Muslim and Kesatria Bulan Bintang as well as Aku, Kau dan (title) which are compiled by various artists and authors. As for poets, I don't know much about them ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

12. what do you think about English translations of your favourite native prose/poem?

Again, I don't have a wide knowledge in poetry. And I don't have a good faith in any translation made pre-colonialism so yeah. I just don't really trust them. Maybe some from post-colonialism and ONLY if it's by Malaysian.

24. what other nation is joked about most often in your country?

Not joked about, but mostly with. It's a joke (and also kinda not) that Malaysians and Indonesians will have beef with each other every time anyone laid claim on where did their dish/clothes/tradition came from, as well as whenever the national sports teams collided in a match. Its a war in Twitter comment section.

But we DID unite when in Masterchef, a white chef told a Malaysian chef that her chicken rendang wasn't crispy enough which is exactly what rendang is!! It's a tenderised meat slow cooked for several hours ofc it's not gonna be crispy!!! And Malaysians descended like a pack of wolves on this man and he backpedaled and said that Indonesian would know, and Indonesians were like 'like hell we cook it crispy ' and also shredded this man to pieces. Everyone was so offended that this white man thinks he knows better than us who have been cooking this for hundreds of years, that a national chef made a sarcastic skit of ayam rendang crispy (crispy rendang chicken) and our Prime Minister of the time also tweeted that he did not like the chef's comment. The rare moments of us being a united front in a dish lmaoo

#[borealis.mail] #technically not an ask BUT it is #tehe #and about the masterchef i wasnt kidding it did happen #search ayam rendang crispy and youll see tons of clips #if its getting near to Eid al-Fitri youll hear Balik Kampung everywhere. and well never get tired of it!!!!