YES !!!! I'm a totally pure chinese. I've got that questions many times already. So my answer is, yes.. I AM a chinese..
No, this is not something racist, nor is my face resembling a malay. Hopefully I'm nnot too dark for the reason they mistaken me as malay. But actually most of the time this question comes by when they heard me speaking malay.
The thing is, in secondary school I'm the only chinese in class, n all my good friends are malay. So, in the 5 years time, Ive been 'personally trained' to speak malay. I must admit, they're pretty good teachers >,<.
Many people do say that i speak malay, like a malay n not having the chinese 'slang' while speaking. Shocking to some of them, I actually know some 'special words' that we don learn in textbooks. I actually like being able to speak malay so fluently, coz it puts away the language barrier when i'm mixing with malays.
Believe it or not, when I once called my friend, her mom mistaken me as a malay due to my slang. And many times, many people took me as malay after listening to me speaking >,<
The problem is, i actually find it weird when i hear other chinese speakin malay in a 'pelat' way. And one weird thing about me speaking malay is, the slang only comes out when i'm speaking with malay my age. If i were speaking with someone older or other races ; indian, my slang would suddenly disappear and i would speak in a 'chinese way'.
Anyway, having this 'skill' is actually very fun, its like picking up a new language. And chinese out there, why don give it a try and learn, its nice to be able to speak malay fluently without the mah, lah n etc...
Just one thing i woud like to state is, although i may speak malay like a malay, I'M A PURE CHINESE !!
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