Kawan

As much as I hate to deny it, I have to admit that my circle of chinese frens are more than my circle of malay frens. Memang dulu masih pat primary and secondary schools, kawan-kawan kita semua melayu. Tapi bila dah masuk Poly and then to work, dah ramai kawan cina pulak. Mungkin pat poly and pat ofc memang tak ramai melayu. So the malay frens that i still keep in touch from pri and sec schools cuma 3 orang jer.

Actually the purpose of this entry today is to talk about my chinese frens. From what i gather, there are only 2 types. The first type is those who think they are chinese and anything that revolves them are chinese too. And the second type is those who think they are chinese but respect the rest who aren't. Of course i prefer the latter...hehehe. Alhamdullilah, most of my chinese frens belong to the second type. Cuma segelintir yg belong to the first type. Tapi kan yg segelintir lah yg buat hati geram. Bukan apa, kita dah berkawan dah lebih kurang 5 tahun. Takkan korang tak tau yg sebelum hari raya, we all orang muslims mesti lah berpuasa. Nak arrange lunch date taim bulan puasa...apa sajer. Kalau holiday hari raya, korang pun sibuk nak apply cuti. Bila taim chinese new year, korang cakap yg non-chinese kalau boleh jgn amik leave so that we can cover duties.

Bila part nak makan-makan bersama pun buat hal. Balik-balik recommend restoran yg tak halal. Padahal dah berkali-kali kita cakap restoran tu kita tak boleh makan. Banyak lagi kan restoran yg halal sekarang ni.

Bila part buat kerja kawin pun sama jugak. Nanti receive phonecall cakap sorry ehh, aku tak boleh jemput kau sebab hotel yg wedding aku diadakan tu tak boleh serve halal food. Dia ingat kita ni bodoh agaknya. Setau kita most of the hotels can provide halal food, itu antara kau nak bayar lebih ke tidak. Dia ingat kita tak pernah di jemput pegi chinese wedding atau pun dinner-dinner pat hotel agaknya. Kiat pun pernah pergi wedding dinner whereby on me and hubster jer muslims. And the muslim food they serve ala carte specially for me and hubster. And then ada pulak kawan cina yg lain on the day itself boleh tanya whether aku nak kirim duit ke tidak and then boleh set price, kalau pergi minimum $XX kena masuk dlm paket merah. Kalau kirim $XX gitu boleh lah. Ehh...aku tak dijemput pun nak kena kirim...mahal pulak tu. Ok nak tak nak, kawan punya pasal, kiter belikan dia wedding album jer. Harga around $20. At least kasi lah bunga telur or doorgift yg hotel tu kasi. Ni tidak, alat-alat send email cakap terimakasih for the album.

Tapi tak semua lah kawan cina kita macam tu. Like what i said before, cuma segelintir jer. Ni smalam i just received a wedding dinner invitation from a chinese fren (actually dia ni kawan my hubster). Although, bulan puasa, I think i will attend the dinner...lagi pun dinner, by then dah buka dah.

RL, I will make an effort to go to your wedding dinner, cos' you have made an effort to make special arrangements for me and the rest of your muslim frens. Thank You :)