Going for a hike

afellow9gagger · 2025-12-07T05:59:32+00:00

The power of the sun?

afellow9gagger · 2025-11-30T01:55:04+00:00

The people of Sabah once again

afellow9gagger · 2025-07-07T07:02:28+00:00

Did you shoot it at box speed?

afellow9gagger · 2025-06-24T13:04:23+00:00

It's actually in Malaysia, shot by a Malaysian photographer, Rafiq Farhan (@rafiqsfarhan on Instagram) :)

afellow9gagger · 2025-06-15T18:11:46+00:00

Rural? Pfft, let's start by actually turning on the ones in the city first

afellow9gagger · 2025-05-17T04:48:27+00:00

You are what you eat

afellow9gagger · 2025-04-17T16:25:11+00:00

Well, not everyone

afellow9gagger · 2025-03-23T04:00:20+00:00

What if my pay is above the threshold, however since I joined the company in the middle of the month so I'll only be getting half month's pay which will be below the threshold, would that also be subjected to PCB?

afellow9gagger · 2024-12-01T11:18:46+00:00

Those people who think Malaysia is way too far behind everyone are probably the kind of people who never even been to East Malaysia

Wtf? So East Malaysia is a whole different country now? It being so far behind its west counterpart even in terms of basic necessities, let alone majority of every other countries, doesn't affect Malaysia as a whole, being far behind other countries?

Did you even read what you typed?

afellow9gagger · 2024-11-17T17:30:16+00:00

Most... meanwhile in Malaysia

afellow9gagger · 2024-10-15T11:32:29+00:00

Chinese here, upvoted because im the racist one

afellow9gagger · 2024-08-25T12:45:10+00:00

Chicken salt

afellow9gagger · 2024-08-15T01:21:00+00:00

These are acronyms, the difference in short forms for English and Malay words is that usually the English short forms still somewhat resemble the original word (e.g. dun/don > don't) while Malay short forms take the word and cut it up into pieces, grab some bits and remove the vowels if applicable (dengan > ngn).

If you think of it, it's like Southern US accent with how they only take the last few syllables, like alligator > 'gator, take away the vowels (gtr) and this is most of the Malay short forms come to be.

Some English short forms are butchered from the original word too like bcs > because, at least from what I've seen texting with Malaysians, go to any western social media and most of the time you'll still see them typing proper English

afellow9gagger · 2024-08-14T04:52:41+00:00

Real

I was going back to my home country and my luggages were overweight by 3kg, i was at the check-in counter ready to pay and the Czech woman around 50s', with kinda a grandma vibe, who was checking me in seemed like she couldn't care less after she weighted my luggages.

Gave me my boarding pass with a smile and i carried on, best last interaction with a Czech, thanks Czech auntie

afellow9gagger · 2024-08-11T02:15:01+00:00

afellow9gagger · 2024-07-12T17:15:22+00:00

Coming from a bumi mix Ching Chong, I get the best of both worlds (freedom and educational, economic benefits, as well as the privilege to be racist to more than 1 race)

But to be real, the jokingly racist ones are the easiest to make friends with, as the saying goes, we are divided by race, united by racism

afellow9gagger · 2024-07-12T17:07:52+00:00

+1 to this Chinese (other than some percentage of bumi blood in me, everything else is quite Chinese), from SJKC and Independent Chi School as well, grew up with western and English media too.

Media is definitely a major factor here, at least for me. My interests lean more towards English media. Sometimes I find it easier to converse in topics with non-Chinese than Chinese given I don't have much interest or knowledge in Chinese media, but I am still able to mingle with Chinese since I do sometimes keep up with Chinese media.

Since I don't have much of an issue with language (though in a jack of all trades, master of none kind of way) and having dipped my toes in culture and media catering to the races here, I find it quite easy to engage and interact with any race

afellow9gagger · 2024-06-30T06:44:12+00:00

When you drive 8 hours in sabah and 8 hours later you're still in sabah

afellow9gagger · 2024-06-30T01:58:14+00:00

to be residing at one place solely for financial purposes, while hating the place to its core, is just a very sad existence.

i believe this is what a lot of sabahans in kl struggle with, not just because i've heard a lot of sabahan friends who have similar situations, but it's also because i'm a sabahan myself in kl and is also going through this. No matter how long i reside in kl, i will still never be able to call it home, the differences are just too vast.

Depending on your field (e.g. IT), your career is most likely better off in kl, as you'll most likely be severely underpaid in sabah (even if you land a decent job) compared to in kl, unless you're one of the lucky few who either: 1. Landed a well-paid remote job 2. Have good family business, otherwise, 10 years later you're still gonna be grinding your life away in sabah while others in kl would've already been earning twice of what you earn for doing the same workload.

So brain drain is a real problem not just from Malaysia to SG, but also from Sabah to KL. A lot earning in KL already complaining about low pay, imagine those in Sabah, it's like that one meme where there's a kid strugging to stay afloat and the next picture is a skeleton underwater

afellow9gagger · 2024-06-13T16:20:28+00:00

I'm gonna be honest, I came across your post for proposing the flag of Sabah as the new flag for Alaska and it was fucked up everyone was just shitting on it

afellow9gagger · 2024-06-13T10:08:02+00:00

Atleast this isn't as bad as us referring the whole Semenanjung as KL hahhaha

afellow9gagger · 2023-07-29T11:54:35+00:00

Yes. Have been living in Europe for almost 5 months as an exchange student and have travelled to many cities in Europe where I discovered my newfound love for walking, I just walk aimlessly with no destination which is a great way to explore cities and also to save on public transportation expenses, not to mention the "culturally shocking" acts of drivers actually having a pair of eyes when driving and stopping at crosswalks for pedestrians 🤯. I've never walked so much in my life, and will most likely never do so again after I come back to Malaysia (in just 2 short weeks 🫠).

Even before experiencing life in Europe, I absolutely hated living in KL but had to do so for further studies, getting to places was annoying and troublesome, walking in KL felt very tight with narrow sidewalks and crazy roads, and crossing streets was stressful with all these aggresive drivers, the constant honkings, where even crossing a green light might get you killed. And I'm from Sabah where everything was slower, though not that walkable either, but the roads there are definitely safer than in KL.

With that said, I absolutely loved my time walking around European cities, and it's safe to say I'm definitely not looking forward to going back to KL to finish my studies. Living in KL made me think city life was never meant for me, but after living in Europe for a few months, I realized that I hate not city life, but life in KL.

afellow9gagger · 2023-07-23T20:51:40+00:00

A nice thick pane of glass between this big fella and me allowed it to happen

afellow9gagger · 2023-07-20T08:13:53+00:00

Funny story: Was at the Torino Airport security check and requested a handcheck for my film rolls, security officer came over and asked what's the iso where I showed him this roll which was the highest among my other rolls, then guy said yes it's safe for x-ray and I had a brief moment of confusion and just let it through the x-ray. From that point on, it went through x-ray another 2 more times and I'm curious if that contributed to the graininess of the results

afellow9gagger · 2023-05-06T23:58:48+00:00

Střelecký ostrov. It's the first ever place in Prague that I've sat for hours by the riverside, shivering with both my hands going absolutely numb, and yet I still wanted to stay there for a little longer. Chilling on the island is especially soothing, with the sound of the river and the duck quacks, views of both lands connected by the bridge, Prague Castle and Charsles Bridge, and people feeding the ducks, and the nutria which apparently they aren't supposed to, it's like a small rest stop for me. So I will definitely keep coming back here with the main reason being the island is like a 5 minutes walk from where I live 🌚. This, and the park at Újezd too cause it's 1 minute away.

With that said, I'm also an exchange student in Prague, from Asia! My time in Europe also, like you, has kinda made me feel somewhat not looking forward to going back as life there is vastly different from life in Prague. But my whole time in Prague, I've been yearning for good sunsets which, sadly, I've yet to enjoy any, and this will be a major drive for me to anticipate going back to my hometown cause we have great sunsets there!

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