Country Cottage Arts

Thursday 5 October 2011

Something we should all ponder about  .  The quoted words are very familiar to all Malaysians  that  they roll off our tongues so  easily and have  become, sort of standard operating  answers .       Although it is written in a satirical tongue-in-cheek way, we Malaysians are really " guilty  as charged  ", aren't we ?



NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR HAIR LOSS:
Ajinomoto  




NATIONAL INSTANT FOOD :
Maggi Mee  
 

NATIONAL BREAKFAST :
Nasi Lemak  
 

NATIONAL LUNCH :
Nasi Ayam  
 

NATIONAL SUPPER :
Roti Canai & Teh Tarik    
 

NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR BEING LATE:
Traffic Jam  
 

NATIONAL FRUIT FOR INDUCING MENSTRUATION :
Pineapple            


 
NATIONAL APHRODISIAC DRINK:
Stout. Many Malaysian men swear by it. But then after a few pints they start swearing at everything.. .

NATIONAL FAKE ILLNESS FOR GETTING MC (MEN):
Food Poisoning
 

NATIONAL FAKE ILLNESS FOR GETTING MC (WOMEN):
Menstrual Pain       
 

NATIONAL CURE FOR DIARRHOEA :
Cap Kaki Tiga.  
 

NATIONAL CURE FOR HEADACHES:
Panadol.  
 

NATIONAL CURE FOR DIZZINESS:
Minyak Angin Cap Kapak.

 
NATIONAL CAUSE OF DIZZINESS (FOR YUPPIES):
Happy Hours.  
 

NATIONAL INSTANT CURE FOR DIZZINESS (FOR YUPPIES):
The sight of a police road block.  
 

NATIONAL RICE COOKER :
NATIONAL Rice Cooker



NATIONAL RUBBISH DUMP:
Anywhere, as long as it is not your house.  
 

NATIONAL MOST MIS-PRONOUNCED NAME:
Carrefour.  
 

NATIONAL ANSWER FOR 'WHERE ARE YOU?'
on the way.    


 
NATIONAL OFFICIAL TIME FOR BEING LATE
-10 minutes  
 

NATIONAL REASON FOR PRICE INCREASE
Petrol naik  
 

NATIONAL REASON FOR PETROL INCREASE
Still cheaper than other country  
 

NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR CAUSING TRAFFIC JAM:
There was accident on the other side of the road  
 

NATIONAL REASON WHEN REJECTING INVITATION  :
'I got some work to do..u all go first'  
 

NATIONAL REASON FOR COLLAPSED BUILDINGS & LEAKY PARLIAMENT ROOFS:
An act of God.  
 

NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR IRRESPONSIBLE POLITICAL STATEMENTS:
None. We were misquoted.  
 

NATIONAL MINISTERIAL REASON FOR INCREASING TOLL RATES:
Lu ingat ini jalan saya punya bapak punya kah?
 (you think this is my father's road ah ?)  
 


NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR JUMPING QUEUE:
everybody jumping what!


NATIONAL EXCUSE NOT PAYING SAMAN ACCORDING TO DUE DATE:
government will give discount one of these days  
 

NATIONAL EXCUSE TO BRIBE:
minum kopi                                                                                             








( Thanks, Gouri , for sharing this with me )




Happy reading and painting






Lakshmi