That will be a question for you to ponder.
I am sitting here at a cafe in Bayswater district of London sipping my small cup machiato with wifey, pondering over how Malays behave while they are in London.
Since day one, and that was three days ago, kami terserempak dengan ramai orang Melayu, regardless the age.
But, honestly our first encounter was pleasant sebab jumpa another blogger residing in UK with her adorable daughter - Ms B. Her blog (
Thöughts of a Möch@ |över) is presently being linked from this mulut jahat blog.
She is adorable as I thought she would be. A friend of
Kak Naz of Norway, another avid blogger, Ms B had made our day. Yes, the day that we arrived after a long flight from Singapore. If you ask me, rasa macam flight tu macam tak sampai sampai. Boring sungguh. And nope, the cabin crew sungguh tak menawan mata ok. Sungguh gagal. 15 bloody hours ok. Nasib baik bawak bini. Kalau bawak girlfriend, confirm aku ajak pergi Melaka jek. Ok, aku takder girlfriend, so mungkin tak akan ada sebab aku cuma nak bawak gi vacation gi Melaka jek.
Ms B, wifey and I had a long chat at Starbucks di Bayswater of London.
As she requested, she prefers to remained anonymous maka gambar ni sahaja yang aku boleh letak. Wait, aku bukan berdua jek dengan dia ok, Chief Bini ambikkan gambar, of course dia izinkan aku ambik gambar ni. Terima kasih. Seminggu advance tau antar form mintak izin. Kejam tak? Hahahaha
Don't be surprise, aku tak kenal Ms B, and she does not know me pun altho aku sedikit popular. Hahah, popular kedodolnya. In her early 30's, masa on the way nak jumpa dia, aku dah terbayangkan this Ms B will be somewhere around late 40's sebab geng dia semua zaman Tom Jones. Hahaha. Sorry Kak Naz, mulut saya memang jahat. Hati baik tau. lols lols.
We brought some homemade cookies sebab in her past blog entry she mentioned of her crave for homemade cookies. So kami bawaklah as a surprise altho I do not know her, tapi sebab kawan dia Kak Naz, and Kak Naz is so sweet and adorable, her friends are all my friends too.
Ohh, Ms B, thank you for the drinks. Kurang sikit jetlag. Haha.
Day two, we were hoppin' on city tour on the renowned big bus of London. Kalau kat Malaysia, confirm aku dah pindah Afrika dan jual jam tangan dengan wallet kat restoran mamak, tapi because the weather is so comfortably freezing, yes comfortably freezing and made me sneezing the whole day, kami menyamar jadik omputih enjoying the view of the metro London.
Pergilah kami ke Madame Tussaud, seperti orang lain buat.
We bumped into some Malaysians, and rasa macam happy sebab Malaysians can travel too and itu menunjukkan ekonomi rakyat Malaysia semakin baik.
Tapi tak bestnya, aku pelik. Bila orang Malaysia jumpa orang Malaysia, hilang sungguh kemesraan macam kita ni asal dari Sri Lanka. Aku puas dah pakai Fair and Lovely dan aku dah check, hidung aku sama dengan mereka jugak, kembang sikit dan tak mancung macam omputih di kota London ni.
It is hard to even smile? Wifey were scolding me, sebab aku ni pulak, suka senyum, lagi pulak kalau jumpa orang kulit sama dengan aku. Yang tak bestnya, bila aku senyum, depa buat bodoh selamba macam aku ni invinsible.
Hari ni ada dialog best:
We were queing to hop onto a bus taxi to ferry us to Bicester Village from Bicester North train station, which is about an hour plus train ride from London.
Aku ternampak a group of orang Melayu and there were three of them. They were infront of us, and cuma ada two seats vacant so, aku pun menyelit dengan Miss Bini.
"Takper bang, biar kami naik dulu ehh," aku cakap sambil senyum kat group tu.
Aku tak tau mungkin they were startled ke atau memang time tu meka kena sawan dan lupa nak bawak ubat ke London, this guy were staring at me macam aku nak naik tu pakai tiket palsu.
Perghh, teransang aku dengan pandangan group itu.
Maka, terkeluarlah dialog dari Miss Bini aku pulak:
"Dahlah, betul kata Ms B, orang Melayu kalau datang London berlagak," katanya sambil mengerut gerut dahinya. Macam novel kan.
Tapi aku seronok ketika berada di Tower of London, sebab terserempak dengan our students from Egypt, four of them. Semua Sabahan. Tak sombong. Salah seorang dari mereka sedang tengok information board, aku tegur dari belakang "akak, nak ambik gambar dengan kakak boleh tak?" Hahaha, nasib dia tak melatah. Hahah. Tapi terkejut ungka ok budak tu.
Malaysian Medical Students dari Sabah. Yang kanan sekali dan sebelahnya dah jadik doktor. Takleh cakap, takut kena tangkap. Haha. Tapi, percayalah, tiga tiga tu comel. Yang tukang tangkap gambar kurang comel sebab sama jantina dengan aku. Hahahahahah.
Tu dia tukang angkat gambar sebelah kiri sekali. Pun Sabahan, tapi semua baik baik belaka. Seronok aku. Tapi kan, aku hampir pitam ok sebab bila aku tanya dari mana, mereka empat orang ni dari Parisssss. Aku ni kerja berhempas pulas 24 jam, baru ni lah dapat pergi, depa tengah study dah dapat pergi. Wait, meka ni pergi London naik Eurostar ok, and it is not cheapppppp.. Ok sangka baik, bapak diaorang tokeh balak. Aiseh aku lupa nak mintak nombor tepon bapak diaorang, kot nak cari anak angkat ke. Cissssss.. Tapi aku tak jeles pun sebab mereka empat orang ni sangat baik and truly Malaysians.
Di Bicester Village pun sama, bukanlah pergi Harrods pun, kat situ sama haprak dengan aku jugak, altho branded names tapi ada discount.
Dan berlagaknya orang Melayu kita mengalahkan omputih. Aku ni pulak degil, terus menerus nak senyum pantang nampak orang Melayu dan tup tup kena tempelak dengan Miss Bini, "dah u jangan ngada ngada nak senyum senyum dengan diaorang tu, buat apa nak senyum. Buat bodoh jek."
Aku pun heran, macam berdosa kalau diaorang ni senyum balik kat muka sama kembang hidung, sama jawa, sama bau belacan mulutnya dan sama bau petai air kencingnya.
Well, this is London. Perhaps the city changes people. Hahahah.. Aku tak. Aku tetap Melayu yang crave for sambal udang petai which I fulfill my crave di Malaysian Hall dengan Ms B and wifey.
For now, lets look at a picture that I took using my not-so-fantastic skill. Jangan gatal nak komen ok, aku tengah berlagak ni sebab aku di London (macam orang Melayu lain..hahahaha). For all I care, wifey is having a splendid good time here. Huhuhu, nak upahhhhhhh... ehem.
Akhirnya, adakah Melayu bangsat apabila berada di London? Tepuk dada tanya selera.
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