A Foreigner Reading Our Papers
Thursday, November 17th, 2005About 10 years ago, I met this guy, a foreigner from another continent, who had just arrived in Malaysia to pursue a post-graduate degree here. One day over breakfast, he asked me this question:
Friend: Hey Simon, I’ve been reading your local newspapers recently, and there’s a few words I don’t understand.
Me: Don’t read the Malay [...]



