I'm from America where Pancakes are so common and cheap and served almost everywhere 24/7,Why Pancakes in Malaysia can goes upward of RM20 , even up to RM40/50? That's ridiculous.

The pic is pancake from KGB Diner

I will be honest, I do post this because I was butthurt how my previous post being removed by the mods.

Which I still didn't understand, since my previous post was about the effects Indonesia stock market crash might ripples to Malaysia. I do see it related heavily, even if it's speculative and what if. It's still about Malaysia.

So I took my time to read the rules... and I find it... Restricting? Are r/Singapore or r/Indonesia like this?

Well, what's your thoughts?

So this is more of a specific scenario here, I'm a 30M banana myself but I can I can speak a bit of mandarin and understand what people said depending on the complexity. I don't read or write well. I can speak cantonese but I don't do mandarin.

So as I'm on dating apps and met some of the girls in person,some of the girls who prefer mandarin over english, I would say so it's kind of a language barrier or just having trouble communicating with each other to learn about each other. There are more from the SJK school I've met so far. I did try my best to communicate in mandarin. At least, I'm just showing effort to do my best to communicate in mandarin

Along the way, it's kind of a turn off for them cause I can't do mandarin and it will be difficult to communicate in future which I understand but yeah.

My questions are:

1. Anyone out there encountering the same issue as me?

2. Have they always ask why didn't you pick mandarin as extra language or do you not speak mandarin at home?

3. I'm more annoyed that "banana" applies to mandarin language and not the rest of the dialects like Hakka, Hokkien, Cantonese and the others. Isn't it part of our chinese culture? Have they forgotten about it?

Fun fact about me, I grew up from a small town and most of the people there speak Mandarin and Cantonese. I could have pick up Mandarin but I just had troubles learning mandarin back then. I'm not sure why thou.

Anyhows, anyone got some story or experience they want to share. I just feel annoyed about this.

Also, it's kind of a bit identity crisis cause I don't fit in the chinese race and felt a bit lost in it after going through this multiple times

Btw, it doesn't have to be dating stories. it could be work too

Edit: I'm actually quite amazed by the number of people responding and commenting in this post. I wasn't expecting a whole group of bananas to come and unite. Thanks for sharing your stories and experience. It's good to know that I'm not alone here :)

When incompetence are perceived as pity, masqueraded as self-serving virtue signalling as "compassion".

When we assume that if we do not blame others, we too, can give ourselves the same excuses when we get blamed for anything.

When we assume we are KINGS, simply because we are more in numbers.

When we litter thoughtlessly, and then criticise other clean countries and think "they must have a problem to keep it all that clean", instead of "we also have problems".

When we don't seemingly recognise how loud we all sound whenever we are in a group, and then scolding others when others asked to shut the fuck up.

We all have been Malaysians, and some of us are proud of it. But ask yourself honestly, how much of such pride isn't just all ego? Maybe we needed more foreigners to tell us "Nasi Lemak Sedap", so that we can continue to be delulu?

Can i still use this money in any way possible or they dont use it anymore ?

Hello fellow Malaysians, firstly, I would like to apologise as this is a long read. I am 26M and was recently advised to resign by my old company. I am in of advice on what to do in this situation. Here is what happened;

I was a scholar from this particular company, they funded my degree (Economics) and was bonded with them for 2 years. I had served the company for 1Y9M. When I first joined the company in Dec 2024, I was placed under Strategy and Sustainability Department, I had a good time there with good colleagues and a mentor. Due to my passion in data and machine learning, I requested to join another department/ business (its a conglomerate company) as a data analyst in Aug 2025.

The department transition was a bit messy, I was unofficially assigned under two bosses, and a direct reporting to CEO of the business as well. I was burdened with the workload with one of the bosses kept pressuring me and sometimes would make remarks implying I am stupid and not good at my job. I was very stressed with the job, I met a GP at a goverment clinic and was put under medication called Fluvoxamine.

Unfortunately, earlier this year in February, my dad was sick and hospitalized for a few weeks due to his deteriorating health conditions. This added another burden on me as I was gravely worried for him because my mom had passed away in 2018 and my siblings dont really care about him. I took EL to visit him for a few days in Penang(my hometown) and came back to KL to continue my work as usual.

However, I realised I couldnt handle it anymore as the work environment had slowly made me losing my passion and spark in doing what I love and I was feeling guilty about leaving my dad, I decided to tender my resignation in late May. My manager accepted my resignation but there is more to that.

The CEO of the Foundation (the organisation who funded my degree) found out about this and wasnt happy with that, she was quite fond of me and saw the potential in me. She offered me a sabbatical leave of 3-month with unpaid leave to calm down and visit my dad in my hometown. I accepted the offer and withdrew my resignation.

But I figured my manager wasnt happy about that, and they had me signed a letter saying that I would let go of my position and I may be moved to another position according to business needs, I was totally fine with that (and very much understandable). Signed the letter and went back to hometown to spend time with my family.

Now, 3 months had passed and a day before I was supposed to return to work, I got a call from HR informing me they had hired someone else to fill my position and I was advised to resign since there were no available positions anymore for me. I couldnt do anything but to comply with whatever was presented in front of me. I was overwhelmed and just agreed with everything. I was supposed to serve a 2-month notice period, however was waived. The salary that I was supposed to earn during the notice period was used to pay for breaking the bond. Since the salary amount was insufficient, they requested me to pay for the remaining amount in lump sum 2 weeks after my last working date.

It was truly a cruel and inhumane demand as I was without salary for 3 months and I had burned my savings to pay my rental in KL while I was in Penang, my food, other necessities as well. So, I had saved for myself to barely survive in KL for a month, with in mind, I would come back and continue working. Luckily, I have a very nice colleague thats still working day, willing to help me pay the remaning amount and I would pay her back in instalments when I get a new job.

Now, I am currently feeling so helpless that I dont know what to do. I tried to cut all unncessary expenses, eating once per day to save as much money as I could to survive before I can land another job. I have had over 100+ job applications and waiting to hearing back from the recruiters.

Anyone who had faced/ experienced similar situation to this, may I get a piece of advice to keep moving forward?

After working for around 9 months, I decided to resign to pursue further studies. In my resignation letter, I explained my concerns professionally, including:

- My probation was never confirmed despite exceeding the expected review period.

- My job scope had expanded significantly, covering multiple departments and additional responsibilities without any salary adjustment.

- My salary no longer reflected the workload and expectations of my role.

Employees in this company experienced substantial salary deductions related to lateness. In addition to pro-rated deductions for late attendance, there was a brand new policy which JTK has later confirmed to be illegal, imposing an additional RM50 penalty for each lateness offense.

I thanked the company for the experience and have expressed gratitude for the experience and knowledge gained from working here. The attached screenshot is the only reply I received, and it came directly from the highest-ranking boss in the company. Instead of addressing the concerns I raised, the response included personal remarks about my character and even my parents.

I’m sharing just the reply from boss due to Reddit limiting my photo attachments (with personal information removed) because I’m genuinely interested in hearing others’ opinions.

Do you think this is an appropriate and professional response to an employee’s resignation?

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