My mom’s HONEST REVIEW of Malaysia (BIG culture shock) 🇲🇾 

Thanks so much for your beautiful feedback 💪💪💪... very much love to our beloved Mommy and Daddy 😁😁😁😁❤️❤️❤️❤️🐈🐈

Thank you very much for the very positive feedback while in Malaysia. I hope you have fun & don't worry about visiting Malaysia again. If you have ever had a bad experience, please forgive us for our shortcomings.

I love your mom’s honest observations and the 2 positive things that she pointed out are exactly the 2 things Malaysia are known for (in a positive light) ie food and people. It warms my heart and made me shed a little tear (I’ve been following her journey since she got here) towards the end of the video. Two things I want to comment on : 1. Motorcycle jackets were worn that way because normally the wind and the rain will hit the rider from the front side. It’s too warm and too restrictive to totally button the jackets up 2. I agree that even in the capital city, Malaysia is not handicapped and pedestrian friendly. I think the issue was raised a few years ago but nothing happened. 3. I chuckled at the big spoon comment. I think (I could be wrong), the amount of rice we put in our hand is even more than what we can fit on the big spoon. So actually, for us, the spoon is not big enough 😅 Anyway, I’ve only ever followed your videos since you brought your mom here. Her experience is such a joy to watch. I hope mom and dad enjoyed their time in Malaysia and would come again.

Malays usually eat with the right hand. What is the rationale and why do Malays eat with their hands? This question was answered easily at the end of the 19th century by a royal relative of Kedah who lived in Selangor named Tengku Kudin. This matter was told by a wife of a high-ranking British officer who served in Selangor at that time in her book "Chersonese - The Guilding Off" by Emilly Innes. One day Tengku Kudin was invited by the British Resident to attend a dinner at the resident's house. When all the invited guests were ready to face the meal, Tengku Kudin suddenly got up towards the water tap and washed his hands. Ignoring everyone else's use of spoons and forks, he lazily fed food into his mouth with his hands...! Tengku Kudin's antics were noticed by an English woman who happened to be sitting next to him. Feeling intrigued by Tengku Kudin's behavior, the woman then asked: "Why do you eat with your hands? Isn't using a spoon and fork cleaner and more polite?" Tengku Kudin sloppily answered loudly and could be heard by others. He said: "I eat with my hands for at least three reasons: First: I know my hands are cleaner than spoons and forks because I wash them myself - no one else. The spoon and fork were washed by other people who were not necessarily clean enough. Second: I'm sure my hands are cleaner because I'm the only one who uses them - never borrowed by someone else, whereas the spoon and fork are used by many people Third: I believe my hands are cleaner because they never fall down the drain...!!" Tengkun Kudin's answer left everyone who heard it speechless. If before that there were some of them who smiled cynically when they saw Tengku Kudin feeding his food with his hand but after that each of them nodded maybe because they thought there was logic in the answer. Translated by google from Source: ceritalawak dotcom

I love that she is pointing out things that are not comfortable for her but in a very polite way. ❤

Eating food with hands is a healthy habit that has many benefits for our physical, mental, and emotional well-being. It can enhance our digestion, blood circulation, immunity, and weight management. It can also enrich our sensory experience, mindfulness, and cultural awareness.

Awwww your mom is adorable!! I absolutely love her 😭🥺 hahaha eating with your hands does take some time to get used to haha. Yes, can't wait to see the hands eating! 😆

Your mother asked a valid point regarding how difficult it is for those with disabilities to get around KL. Most pavements have uneven surfaces and are rather small. It's challenging for those who use wheelchairs as well as prosthetic leg users. I speak from personal experience as a double amputee. In addition to being small, the pavement is crowded with motorcycles parked on it. which makes things harder for us to deal with.

Love it ! I’m half Malaysian and return once a year …..travelling to a different state each time to gain knowledge and eat the foods from that state…I adore my birth place and feel so “at home” and most welcomed by the Malaysians I meet each “holiday “. So thrilled that your parents enjoyed Malaysia and the Malaysian hospitality! ❤️ Congrats on your Nuptials!

Glad Malaysia leave a good memory to your mum. Please visit us again next time. Malaysia always welcome you and your mum.

Thats the fun part of travelling around the world to experience different types of culture, food, life styles etc. Thanks for coming to Msia🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Thx Stece and Diane for your views. Wld hv loved to hear your dad's take on his experience of Malaysia as well

A very honest review. Thank you that you enjoyed our country

She is adorable but clearly doesn’t get out much but love the fact that she is open to trying to eat rice with her hand kudos to your mom🎉

Your mom is adorable with her honest opinions. So hilarious to listen to her descriptions about new experiences 😂

I just love your mom ❤,such an amazing person, bless her heart

Thank you for this video and for your mom's honest review about Malaysia. Wonderful. Yes, that's what travelling is all about, learning something different from your comfort zone.

Mom, it's never too late to experience the world.👍🏻

In Muslim way, GIVING (belanja) is BEST via foods and drinks especially on Fridays ❤❤

Thank you for your honest review of my country. You're right, we eat a lot of rice, at least 3 times a day. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. 😁😅

Awww touching beautiful Mum and Son sharing…. thanks from Malaysians.

Welcome to Malaysia and thank you for framing your responses in such a positive way.

Awww... TQ MOM... Hope DAD is also enjoying our Msian food... May you be blessed always, you're also fair and kind and humble... A joy to watch. Let's keep each other in our prayers... ❤❤❤

Steve, good to hear your mom's experience in Malaysia. All the while, she would only watch it from your videos, it's totally different when she herself is actually in the video with the real up, close and personal vibes.

Welcome!!

Loved mom's comment n she is adorable. Happy holiday to all of u. Enjoy d cultures n meeting special peoples everywhere..🌹

I used my hand for myself. But restaurant we share cutlery with other & someone else clean it in the kitchen. I trust my hand cleanlines more. Btw we wash hand before & after. Your mum is adorable & funny.

Lovely mom😊

I once had nasi lemak for breakfast. A friend at another table payed for my meal. A few months later I paid for my friend's breakfast when I saw him at another table. Sometimes strangers pay for my breakfast and the cashier said its paid for.

I am a motorist, the reason we wear the jacket backward :- i. it is easier, take less time to wear it ii. the back doesn't matter because the wind is in the front iii. if it's raining, the front get wet when riding, the back less wet iv. the passenger cover the back, they have to wear jacket to cover their back v. most jacket are long, by wearing it backward it can cover our legs when raining, it is not the same if wearing them properly

I love your mom and always can't wait for her honest reaction.

i give your mum ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for that honest-to-goodness review! 😉 we’re happy when our guests are happy and we will improve what needs improving so our guests will have less and less to not feel good about, insyaaAllah 🙏🏼

Auwwww didnt realize this was the last episode of the Malaysia Playlist.. watched the vid till end then suddenly no more vids to play huhu 😭😭 Anyways had SO MUCH FUN watching you guysss 💖💖🇲🇾🇲🇾 Loves from your 2nd Home!

These videos with ur family are truly special Steve. We can literally feel the passion oozing out of each and everyone of em. Not to mention how beautiful of a person ur mom is. I wish nothing but the best for the Jetlag Warrior family for sharing ur amazing adventures with the rest of the world ❤❤❤❤

Thanks so much for this series your mother has done incredible 😊 u sure will be proud of them both. Such heart felt content thanks again from Liverpool uk xx❤❤

awwww aunty crying. I'm glad that you've met a lot good, kind people and have a good moment and experience in Malaysia❤. Love you aunty❤❤❤❤

Thankyou mom and dad for coming. I enjoyed all of Steve and Ivana adventures and videos and especially when they bring their parents. Please keep them all coming❤❤

this is just too cute ❤❤❤ shout out to your mom!! 🎉❤

I am glad your mom enjoyed my country so much it made her cry it made me cry too ❤

Thank You for visiting Malaysia

Thank you for nice feedback ❤❤

Wheel Chair - Malaysia have many big Shopping Malls, you can see during the Weekends, elderly people sitting on the Wheel Chair are normally visiting the Shopping Mall with their love ones and taking care by their love ones - it is very safe as there is no road side walking, but carpark - lift - Mall… 🤝

Thanks for the honest review ma'am!

Your mom is fantastic! What a sporting lady!! 😄😄😄

You have the best mom ever. Man

awwwww.... i love it when your mum did the crossing fingers, praying that they(the scooters) arrive safely at home.... mums are the best

We love your mom & dad very much, hope they're not hesitate to visit Malaysia again, soon...

Rice, rice and more rice… hilarious I’m Australian Vietnamese and I’m shock at the big breakfast they all eat in Asia.

Frank feedback, so awesome … Love to see you come back to Msia ya… Love n respect ❤❤❤❤❤❤

You'll notice that our spoons are thinner- so we use the side of the spoon to cut the meat. I'm ashamed to say most of our toilets are awful when it comes to cleanliness and dryness. And yes, you are expected to bring your own tissue. We don't have a walking culture here and yes, it's very wheelchair unfriendly. But like you said, Malaysians will stop and help when the situations requires it. I read somewhere from a traveller who said that Malaysia is the best country to visit if you're travelling with a baby as you will always get more help than you need with the baby, anywhere, anytime. As a Malaysian, we are very warm hosts who are proud of our culture and especially our food. We will be disappointed when you don't like a certain thing, but we also appreciate your honest opinion. And then we will challenge ourselves to introduce you to something more to your style and that you will like. Overall, it was great to see a middle aged (no offence meant- it's just to emphasise that at that age one can be quite set in their ways and can have certain expectations in Life) caucasian couple trying everything and giving honest opinions. As you have experienced, eating here is very serious but can be very casual with no airs- if you don't like it, you can spit it out. No one will take offence. Both of you are such good sports. I do hope you will take back with you many great memories of Malaysia.

We love Malaysia and visit Kuala Lumpur...KL...frequently.

Loving the insights!

At some washrooms, at restaurants, hotels do have hose. Cleaning with wash is the to clean and some do provide tissues there.. But if there is none it's good to have tissue in our hand bags.. That is what I do.. Enjoy!❤

Thank you for the comment and happy that you enjoyed staying in Malaysia. Mom and Jetlag should travel to more islands in Malaysia…Tioman, Redang, Sabah islands.

I like your mom very much. She so cute and smiling and gigling whenever she is explaining things, i think she got A lot of humurous thoughts inside her mind 🤣. My sincere regards to her.... she is my favorite person . Love From 🇲🇾 me❤

Your mum's adorable. Loved the part where she laughed when you asked her about going to toilet for the first time!😂 cheers!

Amazing honest opinion from your mom❤

Thanks for being honest 🙏. Excellent!!!

At minute 10:48, when you turn the camera towards you, the way your dad stands at the back, its like a scene when Michael Myers of Halloween movie suddenly appeared and was staring at you 😂😂

super mom!!! love the review!!

We believe breakfast is the most important meal. And also if it's nasi lemak in the morning. It's resistant starch. It's food for the probiotics.

So Adorable Mom's & really honest

13:23 most of the elderly walk on the road sides to bypass the stairs. Most store fronts have stairs each level. Roads are a big ramp.

We seldom have rice for 3 times in a day. If i had nasi lemak for breakfast then i opt for something else for lunch. & I usualy have a heavy breakfast but very light dinner.

good discussions bro.. nice lah yr family.. your parents are awesome.. cheers 😊

Good honest feedback for first timers to Malaysia 🤭 Steve is so familiar with everything in Malaysia 😅

Your mom is so cuteeee 🥰

I'm Malaysian but I can't stop giggling 😆

Your mum is such a sport. Love her ❤

So proud of you mama jet lag!!

It's good to hear the comments from your mum and the way she observe the cultural differences. As a Malaysian, eating with our hand (right hand as the left hand is for something else 😇) actually taste better...but it's usually for plain rice with side dishes and not for fried rice which are mostly eaten using a spoon and sometimes with a fork as well. And I can understand the shock when she noticed that we can have rice for breakfast, lunch and dinner (and sometimes for supper as well) as rice is very much a staple food here. Welcome to this part of the world, Diane and hope you'll have many fond memories of Malaysia. We're getting so used to seeing you on JetLag and will certainly miss you when you go back to Canada. 😊❤

Thank you for visiting Malaysia❤❤❤

Thank you mom for visiting malaysia.u are cool mom❤

Use the host like a bidet in the public toilets, on occasion you can buy a toilet roll/ paper at the entrance. Explore with an open mind and enjoy Malaysia & Asia.

People paying for your meal is actually quite common here. I think only last week someone paid for me and my friends when we're having breakfast 😂

They even clear their "output" with their hands!

Beautiful review Mom. Interesting points

The traffic until u visit Vietnam 😅

7:42 eating with fork and spoon was a culture we adopted from the British. I even attended an etiquette class to learn the proper formal conduct at a dinner

Spontaneity and pure common sense! 😀👌

Hello brother here I come visit your channel again that’s amazing experience your mom has in Malaysia

I ve been to Canada years ago and I had a great experience and the people were very nice too.

HAHA! I approve this review ! pure honesty

its FINGER LICKIN GOOD.... of course we wash before and after eating with right hand. and about the hose, we wash it with our left hand middle finger, wash clean,if there is soap,wash it with soap and clean off with clear water.dont worry we malays are hygienic, we shower 2-3 times a day(because we need to do our PRAYERS/5 times a day, in a super clean condition). hope you guys enjoyed your time over here.

Dear Steve Mom ....the great moment to me, watching both wearing the Wedding Dress...i guess its a 2nd wedding in a life time...for u both... Wishing u all having a great time in Malaysia 🇲🇾... "To Know Malaysia, Is To Love Malaysia"

You have such a good mom bro.

Hope your mom really enjoy Malaysia so much... thanksssssssssssss

Your mum is such a sweet heart. Hope she could visit Malaysia again. I'm actually really glad that not many people know Malaysia & Malaysian coz I would like Malaysia to be like the best kept secret. Malaysia is not too fast pace and too slow either. Very family oriented and safe for everyone. I don't want Malaysia to be too commercialised coz with that comes the cons although I it does have pros too. Anyway, here's hoping your mom & dad will stay healthy, happy and cheerful for the rest of their sweet life.

this episode is the best from the best in your channel

Wow lady, you are so humble...pls visit Malaysia again😊

Diane, you're so cute and honest, We all had a good laugh 🤣🤣🤣 about it which at times is totally different as well from the Western style, IF we don't travel abroad! 🌏🌎🌍 Thats why, there's many funny incidences/stories to share like the un-levelled floor, the Big hole 🕳️, the scooter riders, using the hand ✋🏻 to eat, the weather etc etc. We Malaysians have succumbed to all these with ease coz it's our lifestyle and when we go abroad, it's the same culture shock as well! Nevertheless we learnt each others' culture and gradually adapting to it with time! 😁 Like the expats. 😂 6️⃣🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👍🏻

A really nice and honest review 😊

Sincerely I would like Steve and lvane make a trip to beutiful islands in Malaysia such as Redang and Perhentian island in Terengganu,Sipadan and Ligitan in Sabah,Tioman and others.Sure u would like it.Bring along ur family.

ask mom to try ojek. would love to hear and see her reaction. my regards to you Mom. thank you for spending times in Malaysia. i sincerely hope she and your dad enjoy Malaysia.

Pless come again to malaysia with beautiful culture..

I am Chinese Malaysian and we never eat with hand ever and we also don't eat rice for breakfast. Usually Malay or local natives eat with hand. In the middle eat and india they eat with hand too. Keep in mind West Malaysia is very different with East Malaysia too.

Mom just pronounces roti canai fluently. Good progress. 😍👍😄

We bring our own tissue...😊

I'm a big fan of your mom. She's the best

Lol….your mom is so funny… i guess she had so much fun. Tq😅👍🏻