Hello, Assalamualaikum everyone! This is going
to be an extremely special post!
Why? Well, because we’re going to introduce our
friend from China, Fatima!
Fatima is 2 years younger than us, she was born
on 20th January 1997. Our first impression on her was…..
She’s really cute! 非常可爱! Appearance and personality wise. (◕‿◕✿)
The first time we met her was at Mahallah
Halimah’s cafeteria. We introduced ourselves and asked few things about her.
Then, we went out for our second date!
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Last Saturday, (19/3/16) we went out with Fatima
to WangsaWalk. Fatima also invited her friends who are also from China; April
and Tang. We had lunch at Georgetown White Coffee, where we introduced them to
Malaysian food. Fatima ordered KueyTeow Kungfu, her friend, April ordered Nasi
Lemak Rendang Ayam while Tang ordered Nasi Goreng Ayam. We asked them their
opinion on Malaysian food and they said the food that they ordered is
delicious! ( ✧Д✧) YES!!
Surprisingly, we also found one thing in common
between all of us. We love Korean music and Korean culture. Since all of us are
able to speak simple Korean, our conversation consists of 4 languages which are
English, Mandarin, Korean and Bahasa Melayu （＞ｙ＜）Cool Right?!!
*The food that we ate (っ˘ڡ˘ς)*
Speaking of food, since the first time we met, Fatima said she prefer eating noodles rather than rice. This is because, she finds the rice we usually eat are very dry. She told us that she prefer her rice to be a bit moist and sticky, just like how she used to eat in her hometown, China.
Also, she avoids eating spicy food. It’s not
that she hates spicy food, she likes them but she dislikes our sambal.
According to Fatima, it doesn't suit her taste bud.. Oh well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And sadly, she also mentioned that Malaysian are
lacking green foods. Fruits and vegetables, these two are her favorites.
She noticed that most of the food that she ordered only has 1 type of vegetables
and are usually given in small portion. ಠ_ಥ (Sorry, Fatima) So, to
compensate the lack of beneficial vitamins and nutrients from the vegetables,
she makes sure that she drinks fruit juices such as fresh apple juice, orange
juice, carrot juice and watermelon juice. Interesting right?
Not only that, we also talked about stereotype and prejudice. We asked her what was her first impression towards
Malaysian and you know what she said?
Yes, that’s the word!
Recall back the first time she came here, she
said most Malaysians that she met would smile even to strangers. She was
very pleased with this, she felt welcomed（˶′◡‵˶）
We asked her if this perception of her's is only
towards IIUM community, and she said no. Generally, people in Malaysia would either initiate a smile or return her smile. (So proud of this!)
Unlike the situation at her country, people would often avoid looking at each other. When they “accidentally” make eye contact with each other, they will quickly avert their gaze. Even when you smile at strangers, the
person will probably look at you strangely rather than smiling back at you.ಠ ೧ ಠ
From the
sharing session we had with Fatima's and her friends, we figured that their
culture includes healthy eating habit. Not only that, from what we understand,
Chinese people would also tend to avoid eye contact among each other.
All and all, we enjoyed our outing with Fatima
and her friends. They are a group of girls who have positive vibes around them
and they are always ready to explore new things.
That’s all from us.
Thank You!! Xie Xie!! Kamsahamnida!! Terima
Kasih!!
Assalamualaikum AmyNad! Wow, you guys really made a lot of international friends! Congrats on that!! ＼(≧▽≦)／ We've read our classmates' blogs, and their international friends, especially those who are from other parts of Asia said that Malaysians are friendly, and we are very proud of that (*¯︶¯*)
ReplyDeleteWe have noticed another thing that our Asians international friends have in common that we, Malaysians don't have. As you guys have mentioned, Fatima said that our Malaysian food are lack of vegetables right? Well, to be honest, our friend Maryam from Laos said the same too! It is true that we do have vegetables in our food, but the amount is little compared to the Chinese or Laotian (or basically other Asian countries) food. This is a sad fact really (╯︵╰,).Malaysians need to start eating healthy- less sugar, less oil and eat more vegetables and fruits! That's what we have learnt from our international friend hehehe! We noticed that our way of cooking our dishes is not very healthy as we fry our food most of the time, and some of our dishes uses coconut milk (santan) which is not that healthy, unfortunately (T_T). Let us start eating healthy food, shall we?! To a better health!