Okay, so on our very first post we made, we mentioned a little something on this new segment we like to call "My I-Friend". Well now, its called "Our I-Friend" due to the reason that you're probably thinking about now; there's two of us.
So ladies and gentlemen, bloggers, surfers and potatoes... Introducing our friend...... RAY!!!
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Ray:
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*Okay so this isn't really a picture of him, but we respect his choice of anonymity.
So here's the thing, Ray isn't actually as awkward as the gif above might led you to believe. He's actually really friendly and cool. In fact, this wasn't our first time meeting him. We met him once upon a time ago. But this is our first time getting to know him even better. And here's what he shared with us about himself:
First, Ray is also an IIUM student, just like us.
Second, he was born and raised in Saudi Arabia. (huh, I never knew that about him.)
Third, he likes to eat rice and curry most of time. Turns out we do have something in common between our cultures; Malay's love to eat rice too! Heck, we eat rice like 3 times a day. Maybe that's why he doesn't have much difficulties studying in Malaysia.
To get it even more interesting, remember our recent post? The one on Stereotypes? Well, we wanted to know him better and so we asked him on his opinions of "stereotypes". And being the awesome guy he is, this is what he kindly shared:
The stereotype people have on him is that people assume he's very rich. Maybe that has something to do with the fact that he was born in Saudi Arabia?
Friendly advice: don't just assume a person's financial background before you even get to know the person.
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Now, the stereotype that he had on people (the Malaysians or Malays) was that before he came to Malaysia, he expected people to be "A+ smart, short and shy". Well speaking on behalf of majority of Malaysians; we are short. There's no denying that and to those who do deny that; YOU'RE LYING TO YOURSELVES.
Not so sure about the shy part, but on one of our recent Intercultural class we (me and Belle) had with our awesome lecturer Dr. Smart and Beautiful (name is classified),
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...we came to realise that the Malays don't accept or handle compliments very well. We like to deny when people compliment us. For example:
A: Eh, cantik la baju you. (Hey, your shirt is pretty)
B: Takdelah. Gitu-gitu je. (Nahhh. Its just simple/ Its nothing much)
So I guess we are shy in some ways. And lastly, about the "A+ smart" stereotype. In my opinion, EVERYONE is smart in their own way. No one is not smart. Some knows things that others don't. A doctor might not know how to bake a cake, and a baker might not know how to cure a cold. The key word here is MIGHT. When there's a might, there's a possibility.
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So I guess thats it for today. We hope to "X-Ray" Ray even more. *wink
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Until we meet next time. This is Ima signing off. Have a nice day!
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