Sunday Conversation – on the subject of my origin
Sometimes people say ‘how was your holiday home to Malaysia?’ Despite the fact that I told them where I am from and constantly mentioning it. I think people in England are more likely to know about Malaysia just because of the connection they had with Malaysia, which used to be a part of the kingdom and now they are a part of the commonwealth.
Which is fine, I get it that A. I could look like a Malaysian, B. that the two country are closed together, C. Both countries have SIA at the end of the title D. we probably share a similar cultural background.
Anyway here is how the conversation went:
A colleague and a friend (C) said: “Andine you might want to tell more people where you’re from”
Me- unsure of where he is going with the statement: “Why? ”
C:” It’s just that someone thought you came from Slovenia.”
M:” What? SLOVENIA? me? are you sure they meant me?”
C: ” Well they thought you came from somewhere in Eastern Europe?”
M:” Who are they?”
C: “This person that have known you the last 3 years?”
Me – just really gobsmacked: ” But why? I don’t look anything or the slightest like Eastern European, my hair and my skin is dark, and I have low tolerance to cold weather.. I am no where near an Eastern European…”
C: ” I don’t know…”
M: ” I mean if they thought I was Italian, Spanish or somewhere from the mediterranean, I can kind of understand.. but Eastern european????”
I am extremely dissapointed that I am so morpheus that my origins are lost. Right! I am making a T-shirt to say I came from a mythical country called Indonesia, in the far east.
You’re so right about the Malaysian thing – just this morning (this is going to sound random, but what the hell) I was watching a video of angklung music on YouTube (truly) and someone had commented about how it was Malaysian. Wrong! But Slovenian!? Haha
What sounding Malaysian? that is weird in australia though, arent they closer to us geographically than they are to malaysia? Yes. finally spoke to the guys that thought I was slovenian.. they were kind of pretending that they forgot to ever said it.. hahaha, they just say that they couldn’t place where I come from. hahahaha..
Wkwkwkwkwkwk,
so, Ndine, you are really from so many random countries. After Italian, Eastern European, and what country for the next guess?? LOL.
hahahaha! I am alright with being italian at least they have darker skin than eastern European…
I’m thinking of writing a post how people never write Indonesia next to Bali here, so people always think Bali is its own country 🙂
Yes! we should write in to protest. Its just that Indonesia is such a long name. Isnt it?
That’s what they said. Wait for my next post 😉
Hahahhaaaaa hilarious !!!
I am still thinking about it. I still don’t understand… how? why? mata gw gak biru, kulit gw gak putih, rambut gw hitam…orang eropa timur kan pucet2. Gw kudu berjemur matahari kali yah?
mungkin tanpa sepengetahuan lu, skarang lu pun sudah memucat ahahah