I'm A Guy From Penang

I'm a guy from Penang an Islander.A small state on the north of Malaysia.Here in Penang we do things a bit different actually very different.I was in Selangor for the past 6 years of my life and I had some difficulties adapting to the culture there but now I'm back to my pearl of orient.Being back in just few days I realised how different we penangites are.This are a few scenarios I faced.

Incident 1

Me : Uncle...Rojak Mee one

Uncle : Okay Mee goreng one and Rojak one ah?

Me : No uncle rojak mee one

Uncle : Rojak and Mee together not nice la thambi

Me : Ooo yeah sori uncle Pasembur Mee one

We call it Pasembur here and Rojak means mixture of local salad of mixed vegetables, fruits, and dough fritters that is covered in a sticky black sauce and garnished with chopped peanut

Incident 2

Me : Bang berapa ah?

Abang : 4 kupang

Me : Huh? Berapa?

Abang : 4 kupang dik

Me : Ooo okay bang nah 40 sen

Kupang is the currency Sen in the multiple of 10s. Example, 2 Kupang = 20 Sen

Incident 3 

Me : Wei awak nak pi mana.

Friend ; Hang nak lepak mana

Me : Mana mana la...awak gitau ah

Friend : Asal hang dok cakap macam orang kl

Me : Hahahahaha ooo yeah jom ah HANG nak lepak mana

Friend : Baru best dengar

We just hang in most of our conversation...hang hang hang...hang tuah also lose

Incident 4

Me : Appa How do I get to this place??

Appa : U take chulia street then bla bla bla take anson road then bla bla bla take jalan air itam then you will reach Jelutong (I just made that up but you got the point)

Me : Wow so many names why don't we call it Jalan PJU 3/13 or seksyen17 or SS15 

Appa : We Penangites are creative son

Me : hahahaha 

We just have different names for our road and we can't name it after a number.Google and waze is  the best option

Incident 5 

Me : Appa Im hungry you want anything to eat?

Appa : Get me and Amma 2 char kuey toew special 2 orange juice and tau fu fa one and get anything for yourself

Me : Okay.Cash?

Appa : Nah Rm20

Me: Appa wer got enough give some more la

Appa : Why? Our char kuey teow is Rm3.50 ony not 6 or 7...with that money you will even have balance 

Me : Ooo yeah I forgot

Our food is just cheap and taste good.That's explain why Penang is the food heaven

This are a few things we Penangites do differently and I find it quite unique and one more common thing we Penangites share is that we just love our state and brag alot about it and everyone in Malaysia is just tired of listening how great is Penang

Thank you