Malaysian Chinese

Friend: You are Malay?

tadpole: No…

Friend: No?! You are not Malay? (His expression at this point was hilarious. He was SO surprised to discover this…)

tadpole: No, I am not Malay. Why?

Friend: But you look like you are Malay.

tadpole: I am not. I am Malaysian Chinese.

Friend: Chinese? Really? Your parents are Chinese? But you don’t look like Chinese.

tadpole: My parents are both Chinese. And so I am Chinese. Really.

Friend: Original Chinese? (He was asking this with his eyes wide open…)

tadpole: Yes! Very original.

And the conversation went on and on with him asking me about my family history.

So yeh. I am Malaysian Chinese. Definitely not Malay. Or Japanese.

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