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17 March 2008

Short Talk:

Too many things to update, too little time.


If Thais Speak Hokkien

Reader Hugh Koh sent this in to me from his Bangkok tour bus.

I don't know what to say.

Maybe they just wanna show people where the toilet is.


:: Posted by Kenny at 7:18 PM | Link | Facebook It
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70 Comments:

Rofl...bang sai...hahahaha...

I'm no 1..yay

Posted by: Jefffrey at 17 March 2008 7:22 PM | Link to comment

Now that is some funny shit !

Posted by: albertwu at 17 March 2008 7:23 PM | Link to comment

lol

Posted by: Woaahhahaha at 17 March 2008 7:24 PM | Link to comment

hahahahaha... so funny... and yes, i'm no.2...

Posted by: Jamie at 17 March 2008 7:24 PM | Link to comment

5th woo!
BANG SAI! :D:D:D

Posted by: Lala! at 17 March 2008 7:26 PM | Link to comment

weee~

Posted by: haha at 17 March 2008 7:27 PM | Link to comment

hahahaha nice one :P

Posted by: VK at 17 March 2008 7:41 PM | Link to comment

I was on the same road. My Thai guide was wondering why I laughed...

Posted by: amos at 17 March 2008 7:44 PM | Link to comment

Beh tahan LMAO

Posted by: beh tahan at 17 March 2008 7:45 PM | Link to comment

hahaha funny

Posted by: colby at 17 March 2008 7:49 PM | Link to comment

i nearly died of laughter..

Posted by: Linda at 17 March 2008 7:53 PM | Link to comment

haha...very funny! actually last time our Thai tour guide used a lot of Hokkien swear words, but he claimed he was speaking Thai!

Posted by: Impressed! at 17 March 2008 7:57 PM | Link to comment

Hey that's about halfway between Bangkok and Ayuthaya. Think I've mentioned this in one of my comments to your earlier Thailand post (forgotten which one though).

Imagine what you'd find when you walk into that town!

Posted by: Miss Loi at 17 March 2008 8:03 PM | Link to comment

hi hello kenny wah nice cool foto and it is a little bit suck also

melayu people said brak jalan raya

have a nice day kenny

Posted by: jeremiah at 17 March 2008 8:24 PM | Link to comment

wht bang sai mean?

Posted by: johnny at 17 March 2008 8:29 PM | Link to comment

means your mother

Posted by: I'm A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 17 March 2008 8:39 PM | Link to comment

lol! nice... we haven't had a posting like this in a long while.

Posted by: Rcenic at 17 March 2008 8:45 PM | Link to comment

Totally hilarious. Keep it coming. =)

Posted by: Bianca at 17 March 2008 8:49 PM | Link to comment

lolz bangsai?!
this name damn funny lar XD

Posted by: Eve at 17 March 2008 8:53 PM | Link to comment

Bang sai ah?

Oh no.... is that a road leading to a toilet????

By the way, Kenny, I found a book recently in MPH... it was mentioning Get Laid & Find God... have u heard of it? I just posted up on my blog yesterday...

http://www.graceong.com/2008/03/16/laid-and-find-god/

Posted by: Grace at 17 March 2008 9:01 PM | Link to comment

Bang Sai == Shit (verb)

lol

Posted by: Hee at 17 March 2008 9:02 PM | Link to comment

Hahaha. Thai's can really come up with good names. XD

Posted by: Kevin at 17 March 2008 9:04 PM | Link to comment

it would be funnier if it was 'lao sai' instead of bang sai =D

Posted by: claire at 17 March 2008 9:09 PM | Link to comment

Lol... you really... haha... a sensitive guy.. *admire*

Posted by: curryegg at 17 March 2008 9:13 PM | Link to comment

This is one hilarious road sign...

Posted by: horiyochi at 17 March 2008 9:23 PM | Link to comment

Hahaha, good 1~

Posted by: Senel at 17 March 2008 9:30 PM | Link to comment

bang sai...lol where's bang jeo?

Posted by: LogicYuan at 17 March 2008 9:31 PM | Link to comment

lol. and also lao sai.

Posted by: Lynn at 17 March 2008 9:34 PM | Link to comment

shows you: poo poo-ing available there! =D

Posted by: wying at 17 March 2008 9:45 PM | Link to comment

wah so funny la the pic.. hahaha!!!!

Posted by: definitelybetter at 17 March 2008 9:50 PM | Link to comment

Where's Kek Sai?

Posted by: Yoo at 17 March 2008 9:57 PM | Link to comment

hhahah.. Funny ~

Posted by: Ryan at 17 March 2008 10:25 PM | Link to comment

Where is bang jui?

Posted by: TZ at 17 March 2008 10:28 PM | Link to comment

welcome lai bang sai

Posted by: U're A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 17 March 2008 10:50 PM | Link to comment

omg!it just made me speechless.hahahah

Posted by: darren at 17 March 2008 10:58 PM | Link to comment

HAHAhahha....i'm No: 36th....

I don't understand why these guys are so happy being 1st...2nd...or 3rd....

BTW, thailand has so many funny name to discover.... quite interesting... :)

Posted by: Steve Wong at 17 March 2008 11:44 PM | Link to comment

major toilet!

Posted by: Roe Jin at 17 March 2008 11:55 PM | Link to comment

I suddenly feel like bangsai. @.@

Posted by: ahlost [TypeKey Profile Page] at 17 March 2008 11:56 PM | Link to comment

ha ha Tourist friendly Thai Style

Posted by: john at 17 March 2008 11:57 PM | Link to comment

Kaoz..

Posted by: The Horny Bitch at 18 March 2008 12:00 AM | Link to comment

LOL that's a good one!

Posted by: Chris at 18 March 2008 1:52 AM | Link to comment

um,..how come I never come across this when I'm in Thailand??? LOL~

Posted by: tintin at 18 March 2008 8:34 AM | Link to comment

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.....

Posted by: windwalker at 18 March 2008 8:55 AM | Link to comment

There're actually many many Chinese people in Thailand, and some Thai folk (especially those in the south closer to the Malaysian border) can speak Hokkien. So they do know what it means!

Posted by: Eng Seng at 18 March 2008 10:12 AM | Link to comment

I told my friend I live in Sarawak and he was shocked and said how can I live in a Kingdom of Corruption. Apparently he got the idea from Wikepedia which is read by millions around the world.

Abdul Taib Mahmud
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Pehin Sri Dr. Haji Abdul Taib bin Mahmud (born 21 May 1936 in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia) is the current Chief Minister of Sarawak of Melanau descent.


[edit] Personal life and education
He undertook his early schooling at the St. Joseph's Schools in Miri and Kuching, before receiving a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Adelaide in South Australia in 1960.

Returning to Sarawak, he worked in the judiciary until 1963 when he joined the State Legislative Council of Sarawak, where he held various ministries in Sarawak and the Malaysian Parliament, before succeeding his uncle, Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, as the Chief Minister of Sarawak.

He is the father of Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib. He is better known as "Bai Mao"(白毛)in Chinese which means "White Hair". Being the Chief Minister of Sarawak for almost 27 years, he has successfully and securely made Sarawak as a kingdom of corruption.


[edit] Corruption and Sarawak's logging industry
Charges of deep corruption have surrounded Taib Mahmud on numerous occasions and the dominance of Sarawak's political elite including Taib Mahmud's family in the logging industry is well documented [1]. Most recently a foreign wire agency reported on March 29 that Taib has been implicated in a 1.1 billion yen (RM32 million) timber export kickbacks.[2] It said nine Japanese shipping companies, which transported timber from Sarawak, had allegedly failed to report some 1.1 billion yen in income over a period of up to seven years.The report claimed the money was paid as kickbacks to Sarawak officials via a Hong Kong agent linked to Taib and his family.

The results of the logging industry under Taib Mahmud is that less than 10% of Sarawak's primary forests remain, logging many of the ancestral lands of many of Sarawak's indigenous communities, despite their continued petitions and road blockades [3] where forceful dismantling has led to several deaths and regular violent coersion by the Malaysian army, police and logging company enforcers [4].

Posted by: Kingdom of corruption from wikepedia at 18 March 2008 10:47 AM | Link to comment

hahahahahahaha.
lol. (:

Posted by: Pianer at 18 March 2008 10:47 AM | Link to comment

haha~ it's so funny

Posted by: ojibala at 18 March 2008 11:19 AM | Link to comment

Oh man Kenny. From Friday-Bangkok > Saturday-KL (Nuffnang Pajama Party) > Sunday-Johor (Launching of Digital Mall), do you even have time to sleep? All that traveling.

Posted by: Simon Seow at 18 March 2008 1:02 PM | Link to comment

haha thas funny! hey u go thailand again? no nude gays ? :P

Posted by: starwalker at 18 March 2008 2:27 PM | Link to comment

OMG..dem funny!!!!

Posted by: I'm A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 18 March 2008 2:28 PM | Link to comment

LOL ridiculous

Posted by: KY at 18 March 2008 2:44 PM | Link to comment

kenny is so kewt on malaysian dreamgirlz...

Posted by: benjamin and yussairi at 18 March 2008 2:46 PM | Link to comment

y0!..

Kenny... You got any pictures??

Posted by: Edi神 at 18 March 2008 3:43 PM | Link to comment

Okie, so did you managed to go and explore Bang Sai or bang sai at Bang Sai?

anyway, nice meeting you, if you ever remember me?

Posted by: Leonard at 18 March 2008 5:35 PM | Link to comment

oh, the photo not taken by you...

hahahaha...should have read properly!

Posted by: Leonard at 18 March 2008 5:36 PM | Link to comment

The Sarawak State BN is also Bang Sai.

See how Pak Lah allocate the position for BN leaders from Sarawak? One Junior minister only?

Same as what our oil is being distributed, 95% to West Malaysia and balance 5% to White hair Croc.

Posted by: Iban Tunku at 18 March 2008 6:07 PM | Link to comment

NO HOPE FOR SARAWAKIAN!!! The forest already BOTAK,Wait untill Oil & Gas finish.then,we just WAKE UP!! REAL BANG SAI!

Posted by: BorneoMan at 18 March 2008 9:59 PM | Link to comment

lmao

Posted by: annant at 18 March 2008 10:28 PM | Link to comment

Sleep, get some rest, eat healthily, drink lots of water (and err your detox drink) and try and do a little bit of exercise. Then sleep some more! Take care of yourself first.

Posted by: d at 19 March 2008 12:07 PM | Link to comment

cool... maybe sth bout shitty is going on tat area...

Posted by: albagmane at 20 March 2008 11:31 AM | Link to comment

Hey happened to chance upon this blog. Really really love all the pics! =)

Posted by: Shufen at 21 March 2008 1:28 PM | Link to comment

Bang Sai means Kampung (Bang) Pasir (Sai). What make me go LOL is our local name for Rawang, Batang Berjuntai (Careful, Batang Berjuntai)

Posted by: nikki at 22 March 2008 5:18 PM | Link to comment

Hi kenny, if you ever read this maybe you'd like to know that from "starstudded saturday" post links to porn i think. www.loveharisu.com isnt ermm a fan site i think :)
http://www.kennysia.com/archives/2006/01/star-studded_sa.php

Posted by: Laura at 23 March 2008 9:32 AM | Link to comment

I know that it is funny, but still...
It is so funny that it shows (I am stereotyping and generalizing here) that Malaysians are quite ignorant.
Different languages will always sound like something else in another language, have a laugh, then get over it -_-;

Posted by: Jonny at 24 March 2008 8:07 PM | Link to comment

Laura...whats a nice young girl like you doing in a rape site?

Jonny...take a chill pill, there are many different kinds of humour in case you didn't know. and yes, this kind of humour is also used in ang moh countries.

Kenny...amusing pic.

Posted by: Sidney Ng at 28 March 2008 9:09 PM | Link to comment

bang = town
sai = sand

they dont need to dig holes in sand to do it....

they hv better and cleaner loos than in malaysia

Posted by: h go at 30 March 2008 7:21 PM | Link to comment

Jonny - the multiplicity of languages in Malaysia is one of the major reasons I miss being at home. It makes life more entertaining.

(Example: a mat salleh friend saw a 24-hour 7-Eleven in Malaysia and thought it said they were selling 24 types of "jam".)

Sure, you should respect other people's cultures...but you should also be able to find humour in diversity.

Posted by: megabigBLUR at 01 April 2008 4:31 AM | Link to comment

My friend did tell me about a story where his tourist guide mentioned about some common Thai language sentence like "Pritt Lam Pah" or something like that. Oh wait, it is a Hokkien or Thai??

Posted by: Bernard C at 05 April 2008 10:04 PM | Link to comment

Believe it or not that my 7 years old bro actually laughed like shit at tis photo. Well so did I.
well My bro pretty much understood what it said since his favourite movies are the Singapore movie "Just follow law" and the pg 18 show "Ah long PTE LTD" recklees I noe but wat can u say?

Posted by: sugar at 28 April 2008 8:36 PM | Link to comment

so funnny~
lol~
guy~ keep cheacking in thai ~
see wat funnny words still have`
HA~~~~
LOL

Posted by: esther at 02 June 2008 9:41 PM | Link to comment

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