yOu nOe yOu aRe bRuneiAn

• You 'miss call' instead of calling or sending sms.
• You always say "kapih ku.. bila terima/keluar gaji/overtime/elaun ah?"
• You park your car as close as possible to your destination area.
• You speak Malaysia if you meet Malaysian, speak Indonesia if you meet Indonesian.. and so on.
• You are asked to go to a "meeting" but actually you will only be "listening".
• You go to someone's wedding, you give money using an envelope and put your name on it or if you think you don't give enough you use a blank envelope.
• Indo mee is your staple food and Ayamku is your fastfood.
• The term 'balik kampung' is almost not applicable.. since you can 'balik kampung' everyday.
• Motorcyles and bicycles are not your transport, they are your sport.
• When you see local tv camera around you during the day, then at night you will watch local news... and hoping to see yourself on television.
• You drive your car on wavy and potholed road.
• You receive official news faster by mean of "mouth" than by "written".
• You like electronic products from Japan.
• If you have the chance to call a radio show and before you are asked to hang-up, you say 'boleh minta putarkan lagu?'
• You are in BIG debts and refuse to pay the lenders and yet still drive a CLK and live in a mansion.
• You wear baju kurung with large katoks and maniks all over.
• You are loud and speak in melandih way.
• You and the whole family have the same car plate numbers.
• You spend your $$$$$ on your wedding even though you are broke.
• You become Akademi Fantasia fanatics.
• You know most of the people here - "eh si anak si anu eh saudara si blabla".
• You drive to the shop next door even though the shop is only 100 meters away (except maybe in Kampung Ayer).
• Every year, since the 80s until last year, you don't want not to miss HM's Birthday Titah (because you are hoping that HM will increase your salary).
• When you want to get some service from the government agencies, you will find your saudara first.
• If something goes wrong, you will say that one of the datos, pehins is your relative (or at least they know you).
• You cannot live without Brudirect's HYS.
• You give you children super long name.
• You rush to a new shopping mall just to beat everybody else even though it's just another Hua Ho.
• You wave your hand while driving to other drivers that you know.
• You are able to pay (or not) for one or two amahs who are most likely an Indonesian or a Filipino.
• You are ok to be fat.
• You are a busy body with other peoples' news, especially the bad ones, and you think your responsibility is to know and to spread it around.
• Your friends get married on the same day and you don't know who to go to.
• You like to stare at phones for 24 hours and chat on MSN.
• You say "Mun paham bisai" (this needs no further explaination) .
• You have to wear 'cool' attire everywhere, even on holidays.
• You add "BUI" on each sentence.
• You think exercising, being hyper active, competition are for little kids.
• You can't type or spell properly properly, example "hw r u? hy my nme s si org bruni"
• You add "me & you" on your converstations with your girl mates. >
• You listen to Pelangi FM.
• You think fake Von Dutch products are the best.
• You are especially racist to Indian workers.
• You would rather go to shopping malls than hanging out at parks, having a picnic with your friends.
• You have 'candas' in your house.
• You read this blogsite because all your friends are reading it and you don't want to be left behind.
• You rush to get a $99 handphone not caring about the limited features coz you think anything cheap is a bargain.
• You have two handphones - one for DST and the other for BMobile (for one month and then switch off one or the other).
• You always try to runding the policemen who caught you speeding.