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As a Malaysian woman, we are not desperate to date western men or just any man. We have free education until high school and extremely cheap university fees. There are a lot of educated women who work in different industries like STEM, healthcare, and etc. We mainly date for long term goal that ends with marriage. We want to build functional family that will contribute to the society in the future. It’s just our cultures.
Housing, fuel and etc are still considered affordable for most Malaysians. It literally costs 0.4 USD/litre for RON95 fuel, around 8k USD for a brand new local Sedan. It costs around 300USD for a 2 bedroom apartment in the capital city. Our education is free until high school, public universities are extremely cheap and sometimes even fully sponsored for students that come from less fortunate families. Malaysia also offers free healthcare to its citizens or legal residents.
in malaysia people dont use their sexual preferences as their identity here is more conservative and nuclear family oriented morals, whatever sexual stuff we keep behind close doors, its private and not promoted in public. kids innocence is put in a higher priority than peoples political view or sexual desires. yes we do have lgbt here and they move like a normal person in a any society, but they dont boast about it. whatever they do behind close door is their own choice
Food hygiene standards in Malaysia are way way higher than Thailand, Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia bar Singapore. Malaysia and Singapore have the highest standard of hygiene in Southeast Asia.
True, Msian women mostly highly educated.They dont need upgraded bcos they also used to live n study in western countries.They know well about many people around the world.😊
Yup, our halal certificate required cleanliness of food from raw material to the plates. Regardless of ur race and religion cleanliness is the priority for healthy life and as a muslim we are proud to lead the halal and cleanliness in our daily life. May this will lead to the cleanliness of the environment as well
@@keangwooichoo6138 Just can't help it with the racism dig huh? infact this isn''t so much of a surprise because when I went to Malaysia I found the chinese were the most racist when compared to the malays and the tamils. They always have a chip on their shoulder against anyone thats not white until they visit the west and they themselves get treated subpar by the whites and deservedly so.
He wasnt being racist. That is happening to our women. Last time rich chinese women were courted by 'nigerian prince' & scam millions out of those poor ladies. Nowadays bangla/paki men go after malay widows/divorcees/anak dara tua🤭@@kapow4
@@realgrilledsushi Sure there will be outliers. However housing, fuel and etc are still considered affordable for most Malaysians. It literally costs 0.4 USD/litre for RON95 fuel, around 8k USD for a brand new local Sedan. It costs around 300USD for a 2 bedroom apartment in the capital city. Our education is free until high school, public universities are extremely cheap and sometimes even fully sponsored for students that come from less fortunate families. Malaysia also offers free healthcare to its citizens or legal residents.
@@realgrilledsushi here is msia? Is it local or Indonesia immigrants ladies? ..check 1st their background but if u need more option just hop to Philippines..easy mail bride there
Yes better check.. legal foreign workers or illegal patis or really local gold diggers. Avoid the head hunters by not boasting your wealth or elevated style of life..
Halal certification can be retracted if not clean. Does not matter if it is a fastfood, a packet of snack, bottled ketchup, ramly burger, nasi kandar. For indian and chinese stalls we do not apply for halal logo as it wasn't meant for muslims to eat anyway.
Westerners have to accept the fact that malaysian women are not like philippines, thailand. There is no push and pull factor. Probably financially equal or richer than western men who is looking for a gf. No point. Dating is ok at equal footing. Not gold diggers.
@@realgrilledsushi hey dude i thought that you maybe got that money talk with good ammount of money with some Malays Malaysian Women in Jalan TAR or Chow Kit road in Kuala Lumpur yeah they are soooo gorgeous, hope they fulfilled your satisfactions!!! 🤣🤣🤣😁😁😁🫢!!! Tau Diam aja.
When you say 'chinese women' it can mean 2 things, there's Malaysian Chinese, and there's China Chinese, they are two very different thing, thought I'd mention :,-)
Malaysian women prefer to guarantee a lasting relationship rather than a short relationship because they don't want headaches. More than that, the majority of Malaysian women are highly educated and have careers. If you want a short relationship and go away, you can find it in Thailand, the Philippines or in Bali.
Malaysian is basically quite modern yet still conservative, we still hold on to the religious and cultural values , so relationship with opposite sex is usually in accordance to the cultural/religious value of the local, but of course there are some malaysians who are a little bit liberals but then doesn't mean that they prefer short term relationship, mostly prefer the long term.
racism in Malaysia ia not about race, it is becoz the different point of view about idea, vission, mission and legal and prohibited in different culture from foreigners that is not fit with Malaysian culture.
12:24 I dont think western malaysians have any beef with eastern malaysians or vice versa. We get along like families. Some of us are literally families. I think the issue is the Philippines claim Sabah as theirs and that's about it. I'm from Shah Alam, Selangor but personally my favorite city is Kuching, Sarawak.
@@zaki-pq1psSteal? Nah, waste? Yes! Also those resources and yet your race still bitch about the Chinese while your leaders treat you like children and rob you blind😂
@@realgrilledsushi more of Western propaganda or should I say a Caucasian propaganda or maybe I should honestly say "a butt hurt colonial Caucasian seedlings propaganda.." Because most of the bad narrative about West Malaysia and east Malaysia always comes from white color skin that stayed at Borneo maybe they wanted Borneo for themselves and raised again the glory of "white rajah" Just to be clear here.. If we do have beef.. Why many east Malaysian from Sabah and Sarawak working at West Malaysia and do they ever been bother by West Malaysian? No.. Absolutely not.. But the things is those Philippines people that always pretending to be from East Malaysian people are the one we both (east and west Malaysian) having beef with.. Because one rule.. If you are not Malaysian don't ever dare to pretending to be Malaysian. Just accept who you are and don't used "Malaysian citizenship" As your tickets for scamming people all around you and giving a hoax information about Malaysia with their weird attitude and principles.. Which far off from Malaysian especially the east Malaysian people. “capeesh”
Racism in Malaysia that is on 'obvious level' is the institutional racism since it is laid out in our constitution - in a way to protect the rights of the 'people of the land'. Right or wrong is another story which I am not able to comprehend let alone voicing out as its the sensitive issues to talk about. Another type of racism is based on political movement to take advantage of whatever benefitted then, as in any part of the world, politic - blood sucking creature. On personal level, do not generalize us Malaysian because to each their own. Sometimes an outburst towards others who coincidentally belongs to different races seen as an act of racism without context - which unnecessary judgement for us to make. As for me myself a Malay. My best friend is Christian Bidayuh (a tribe from East Malaysia). My business partner is Christian Indian (Malaysian). My wife is Chinese Muslim. My in-laws are Chinese Buddhist. My daughters are just confused 😂 but they understood that we are all the same and the differences is just the way of life, be it cultural practice, religious beliefs and everything else up to a sleeping patterns, different, as we all are unique individuals who living among many other unique individuals... there shouldn't be any issue for those who look around, take a step back, and think. Its not worth it to pick one (i.e. race) of the many differences and exploiting it. If we are going to do it, why pick one? Go all they way from race to sleeping pattern, or else its a waste of time to 'venture' into trivial things just for that one particular differences. In fact, there are a lot more similarities than differences between us, so why bother on small differences.
The first paragraph isn't actually racism, it is called Indigenous rights, very much part of democracy. Even full democracy countries like USA, Australia, New Zealand have similar Indigenous rights for its indigenous people, where they get benefits in housing, educations and land. Of course indigenous people always have to fend off immigrant races who demand to have the same rights and have the indigenous rights abolished and called these rights as racism. In New Zealand, Australia too there are people dissatisfied with indigenous rights and wants it to be abolished.
Also Sabah and Sarawak have stricter indigenous rights than Peninsular Malaysia. You even need passport and work visa to work in Sabah, even though you're also Malaysian.
@@TeleeFONE Interesting. I saw this comment by an Australian aboriginal person: Should Aborigines receive special treatment in Australia? No, As an Indigenous Australian (Dharug) myself. I have never supported/understood the Aboriginal Identification boxes within schools and the workplace. They are quite literally the definition of systemic special treatment. As a student whose Aboriginal mother doesn’t choose to tick the boxes, (Because she can, in fact, pay the FULL school fees as a single mum), It is an insult. These “identification” boxes imply two things. One that Indigenous Australians need extra asistance and can’t get in on their own merit. Two that Indigenous Australians are somehow always at a socio-economic disadvantage. These boxes sow division between Australians and actually uphold systems that allow preferential treatment on the basis of race or ethnicity. What is not very well known is that schools actually recieve separate funding on the basis of how many Indigenous students they currently hold. Shameful. This type of seperatism within the educational system isn’t alone, it is also within the housing sector which provides seperate “programs” for Indigenous Australians. In summary, there are proud indigenous people who disagreed with such divisive policy.
@@forytube4998 removing the gaps of rich and poor post-WW2 and during the communists era where British was giving their (stolen from indigenous) assets to their loyal servant, chinese.
I wouldn't call it racism but it is more towards anger, usually towards Bangladesh, Pakistan, Rohingyas people, racism is when you hate people for their skin colour and have prejudice towards them because of it, it is more anger because the nationalities I named, a lot of them came into Malaysia illegally, either by boats illegally or overstayed, not paying taxes, set up stalls illegally and selling stuffs, pretending to be sick and poor and getting free groceries from Malaysia government (Rohingyas), also a lot of them illegally brings in their family members and wives and give birth in Malaysia for free, they would arrived at hospitals and wanting to give birth, the hospitals have no choice but to accept as they are due to give birth, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Rohingyas people do this, all these uses a lot of nations money when these money could be helped towards the poor locals, these people are overpopulating Malaysia illegally and using the nation resources, I think the anger is justified and similar things are occurring in USA with the illegal immigrants using the nation resources and the citizens aren't happy with it. Of course the people who came in legally, people have no problems with them, even the nationalities I named. For Indonesians, people have no problems with them, a lot of them came in illegally and work illegally without passes too, but they are respectful people and rarely create issues, so the locals have no problems with them.
agree. these illegal immigrants memang beri banyak masalah kepada orang Malaysia dan penguatkuasaan undang2 imigrant. Malaysians have no hatred towards any race but when illegal immigrants population makes headaches... whose gonna keep calm about that? any countrimen will react the same or evern worse.
Whike rohingyas and banglas are muslims they are culturally incompatible with the muslim malays, they speak different language and have dufferent cultural practices, indonesians get it easier as they speak similar Malay language and culturally similar. Same as US white who may not liking Mexicans desoute both are Christian but culturally different.
Nah,u got it wrong im muslim and i happen to have lbgt friends and i don't mind at all as long they keep to themself and not force the idea into public just like what the west did
1:42 Not surprised you dated two Indonesian women in Malaysia. Outside Indonesia itself, Malaysia has the highest diaspora of Indonesians mostly as migrant workers here. Indeed Malaysia is host to at least 7 million foreign migrant workers in Malaysia from Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Philippines... representing 22% of the country's population and 45% of the workforce.
According to the Malaysian Department of Statistics, there were approximately 3 million migrants living in Malaysia by the end of July 2023, which made up 8.9% of the country’s population of 33.4 million Source: The International Organization for Migration (IOM), UN.
@@tiputertipah9664 Those are the documented/legal migrant workers. However most migrant workers especially from Indonesia are undocumented/illegal or in local phrase PATI (Pendatang Asing Tanpa Izin). Including PATI, the number of at least 7 million foreign workers in Malaysia is from Tun Mahathir's statements/speeches in 2019 when he was PM - you can search Internet for those.
@@khairulanwar5212 Yes I suspect so: 3 million is the number of documented/legal foreign workers registered with Malaysian Immigration. 7 million include both legal and illegal/undocumented foreign workers.
my tips for traveller if you guys are afraid of food poisoning eat the local fruits first to get your gut biome ready after a day or two you can dine without worrying of food poisoning
Be humble, that is what we ask you for : to european or american tourist, we know that you come from developed countries where generally, every aspect of your socio economic achievement is far greater than us ; the Malaysia. Be nice, kind and humble. - respect our way of life and our culture. We will respect you in return .
Malaysia is a live and let live society if you keep your personal life personal and private. In the west it's all about see me, hear me, accept me when nobody asked or cares until you try to force it upon people, especially children.
As Singaporean who spend more time in KL with Malaysian gf and close friends here, surely Malaysia is far much better cultural society. If you want hateful, salty and impatient culture, travel to Singapore, and you will see it for yourself. 😅
10:40. On the topic of racism in Malaysia. I believe Malaysians, no matter from whatever major races there, do not generally condone racism. I believe you need to learn more abt this issue with a historical perspective. Here are some brief rundown on side issues that one might mistake for racism in Malaysia. 1) As a Peninsular Malaysian, I have the same fondness for Bornean Malaysian as I do my next door neighbor, no matter the race. The ill-feelings from Sabahans and Sarawakians, that you mistakenly take as racist treatment is from the poor socio-economic and political treatments from the federal government. I, for one, am 100% supportive for the need to give back to our fellow Malaysians in Sabah and Sarawak equitable share in developments and the economic pie. 2) Issue with migrant workers from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Myanmar etc. I really believe that Malaysians, especialy the Malays, are among the most tolerant and non-racist ppl on the planet. We generally don't care about your color, wealth and persuasions, as long as you are respectful of our sensitivities. We are always happy to share in what we have with others. We are actually very grateful to Indonesians who came to Malaysia legally and helped to make Malaysia a prosperous place. We say to our brothers and sisters from Indonesia Terima Kasih. As to the Bangladeshis and the Rohingyas, we were initially very pleased to extend our help to them by bringing them here to better their lives. However, after so many years, wih so many illegal immigrants from these countries subverting our way of life here, Malaysians are starting look at them negatively. We don't care what you look like, we care about what you do. Thanks.
oh.. taiping is very near my hometown house... if I knew you were there, I would have invited you to take ride with me to some nice places like Bukit Merah Dam (with train crossing it), some villeagers morning market / evening market ... Anyway, enjoy your stay in Malaysia.
Malaysian women can take care of themselves and do not depend on foreigners to survive. Basically Makaysian women are not hard up of foreign men but they are approachable though
Thanks for your honest insights- it's very true that people should decide for themselves only upon personal experience rather than simply assume that if it's something someone said online, it must be right for them- more often, it's not at all.
21:13 Hi Ben, my aged mil from NZ said she would live here forever, if not for the heat and humidity😅😅. But you are absolutely right. Malaysia is a great country but it's not for everyone and that is not the fault of the country nor the person. Likewise, for everywhere else. My husband, as a white foreigner, has adjusted somewhat well here after many years. We live in a totally un-expat area and he still can't used to the heat and rain, mosquitoes and 'brave' motocyclists, yet, he cannot imagine living anywhere else now. The people, the food, the culture - for him, the perks outweighs the cons 😂 Cest la vie. Que sera sera. Love your vibes, Ben.
Welcome to Penang. Have you tried the local Chinese hawker food? We have famous hokkien mee, curry mee, koay teow soup, Char koay teow etc. I suggest you to go and have a try. 😊
Have you considered going to a clinic or a hospital to help ease or even treat your allergies ? Healthcare is affordable here, don't worry about the cost.
I've never experienced eateries serving bad or stale food. The health department is very strict about this. The owner will have his business license revoked or suspended if they receive any complaint from patrons of food outlets.
Those places with the trays of food sitting out... Important that there are a lot of people eating not an empty restaurant with those food trays sitting out that's asking for trouble.
Ben the way u comments n seeing places not very common people have it. Most people like to have quick guide. That's why they go for the review mostly fr people outside of the country who has been visiting there. Normally when something bad happen to them they straight away comments n post to the social media. When u comments like that with some emotional going on that not a good one. U didn't thinking it's twice. We as Malaysian don't like to be compare with other countries especially our neighbors ( hot topic). We don't bother actually until certain level..😆😆. We don't care not many people want to visit here. If they want to come here , they are welcome. Then let's the country itself do the talk. We don't mind to be called not popular n underated county. We like to be staying like that be a hidden gem of South East Asia.. be happy n enjoy ur traveling life Ben.
Its common in our life to have a commitment and marriage before relationship it not just Asian thing it very common 50 years back before secular and sexual revolution. Malaysian lady usually are very commited to marriage because they dont want to become a public property and here born without legal marriage status parent will effect children later on both officially and socially. When you talks about NY its make sense these place whats freedom they got freedom, but how about morality? The US use to be a place that quite conservative not so long ago but you pay the price of your freedom. Now the country with most single parent (mother) in the world where children more likely to have free sex follows the parent, it create a circle of abuse, neglect and immorality. Also where are morality , dignity and human values put highly but times goes by everything must have a freedom, then humanity sofficate and now can identify as whatever they wants even as a tree. One can be gay in Malaysia but just dont fight with everyone just to be gay do it at your own premise do not sexualize our kids and the public with any sick agenda.
Well said ben.. good view video.. i hope the city authority do something about unhygienic eateries.. the wet market at Chowkit is so third world very biohazard.. i just wish they could build something thing really beautiful to the same level as those in Barcelona or Istanbul.. the standard of hygiene definitely need to go through some kind of a revolution in Malaysia
Muslim women in Malaysia mostly well educated, they do better than most muslim men in our universities, colleges, and they know of their right under Islamic law.if you are looking for wife materials they are the one of the best muslim women women, but you have to convert to Islam.if you are looking for one night stand or short term partners they are not that kind of things
Why only men travellers looking to date the local women? The women travellers could be looking to date local men too... but for a short term.. like hit and run, it's not the local culture here in Malaysia😅😅😅
I agreed with you bro...most them who make a bad comment about Malaysia they just stay here for a few days or weeks..as your mentioned if they stay more longer in Malaysia then they know how is Malaysia is about..
as Malaysian we always welcone every guest or tourist from all the worlds to MALAYSIA..most Malaysian either MALAYS CHINESE INDIAN and others races from east Malaysia we live and happy respect each others...
People who handled food in Malaysia has to be vaccinated with typhoid. Premises are checked all the time both by the health ministry and the local authority. A food poisoning case is a death sentence for a business.
I think the longer Ben is getting used to Malaysian food, his allergies will disappear over time, then we could see him eating nasi kandar WITH rice.😊😂😂
Oh no... there's not really clashing between East or West Malaysians😅😅😅😅😅😅. Just some culture differences. I'm an East Malaysian, a Bidayuh who stayed in KL for 20 years now. It's fine just, as usual, internet trolls from both side. For LGBT, there are some. My former housemate are transgender & I'm friends to a few. There's a few cases but most just minding their own business. They're not out OUT but among friends, even conservatives, there's not much of an issue. Just don't go full The 1975, then the government will make some noise. Hope, you'll continue to have good time here. 😊😊
What u were saying are right.People hv to come to the place where they want to settle down, all the places are unique on its own, ln asean we are neighbouring countries hv no issue at all.This region is war free n the culture is appropriate to its people.We hv good relations between neighbours in term of its citizen movement between countries.We hvnt hd any problem bcos our culture are the same only different religion but in common we are the same eastern culture.😊
Just to let you know most of mamak food like curry may look exposed for a long time but underneath the tray got fire like stove so the food is always hot and not gone bad. It aint similar to when you left out food at your home till it gets cold and gone bad. Sure some mamak are unhygienic but going to that kind of place you can tell the moment you enter so be smart and dont eat there. Dont comment on things that you dont fully understand ma guy. On mamak things clearly you dont know your mamak right.
Hygiene decrease in smaller towns outsidr the citiess..ive been to small towns two hours away frkm KL and grossed by the hygiene at the local eateries that I lost appetite 😅....so avoid dodgy local eateries that dont look clean from outside. In some east coast states i keep to fast food restaurants if im unfamiliar with the local eateries.
Thank you for honest opinions. One thing everyone need to remember about women in Malaysia, they are not throw away diapers. Whatever it is we are not perfect, we are trying hard to be better human being, past, present & future. We stand what we believe, not just plain believe. For today we can see the example around the world when somebody got nothing to stand on, you know what I mean.
Not so much from East vs West Malaysia. The East are not particularly happy with their situation, as they have been abandoned by the federal government but there isn't that much animosity towards individuals. There are racial tensions between Chinese vs Malays though & sometimes Indians too. LGBTQ is fine as long as u don't show PDA. I mean even straight couples don't show PDA. Most people don't approve of homosexuality but we are also very MYOB people. As far as immigrants though, I have to admit that there is prejudice towards them. Many of them are overworked too. Most would work 7 days a week 12 hours per day. Which is shameful how the government has been letting this happen for decades. Malaysia should do better on this issue.
Don't worry, if it's mamak especially the with lots of customers, the food will be all gone by lunch, if you saw more of those food. They're already refilled the food.
As for gays, gays are everywhere of course, even in Afghanistan. There are gays lives together freely in Malaysia, and quite visible in the entertainment industry. The key thing is don't flaunt it, no need big banners telling your preference. I've live here most of my life, not heard anyone charged by being gay here, not like what you hear in Uganda or Zimbabwe.
Thank you for your positive comments.. Talking about racial issues.. I think most Malaysian has no issues with foreigners. Except some Bangladeshi and Indonesian came to Malaysia without proper papers and illegal. Some of them are taking over jobs for Malaysian and some are breaking Malaysian rules and local ethics.
Are they chinese malaysian or mainland Chinese? Indonesian women better avoid. Muslim women , to marry them have to convert to Islam. But they are family oriented of course.
My father-in-law dated a Thai woman who is Buddhist. He converted to Buddhism to be with her. It’s her requirement so they can go to temple together. He agreed, she’s kind and 40 years younger than my FIL. I even older than her.
Malaysians are not racist I believe I’m not However it’s only natural that there’re some who are.. If we’re racist then we won’t open up for foreigners to work and live here ❤ Malaysia 🇲🇾
I think west guy would like borneo(east Malaysia) woman since most of them are christian or other religion. They really different from west Malaysia. I see lot of west guy married east Malaysian people than west Malaysia.
Msia is good for family but not solo traveller, however, i dont like westerners settling down here..for tourism myb ok..but permanently, as a local i dont welcome the idea
@@benfishermintrust me we don’t… for traveling is ok but living here? nah.. we still recovering from colonial times. alot of us still don’t trust foreigners bcs different values of life. (alchohol,open sexual relationships and etc)
There are always certain level of racism and xenophobia in every country but I think what makes Malaysia different is less violent. It seldom gets physical. People get beaten up because of their race is very rare. It goes same with their sexual orientation. The LGBTQ+ scene in KL is not less happening compare to many Western countries. It just never or better not get publicise.
Those women does exists for casual and even hookups, you just need to find the right place. However, most women here are not that. Tips for non-Muslim guys, don’t go after Malay women unless religion is not a big factor for you(actually it does here).
I like your video style.. i do like your balanced view on many topics.....very helpful and interesting. I do not appreciate your views on racism because you are a white guy that lives in a bubble with white privilege in asia (ex. people talk to you because you are white and they envy white people not all blacks you see are african american...)
