Sunday, April 25, 2010

Yamcha

Yamcha is a culture, a genuine Malaysian culture.

So, wat is yamcha?
Yamcha- minum teh, minum kopi, tea time, high tea, drink milk, drink drink. Yamcha is just actually spending time with friends drinking tea on a suitable places. During this activity, we talk, talk and talk, oh yah, and drink and eat also.
It is essentially important for us to carry out this activity regularly, cz through it, we can keep connected with our friends, keep up with their latest news, and somtimes get some interesting news of themselves or others. More importantly, it keeps people from facing computer screen or doing nothing until they rot themselves out of boredom. Its a life, a way of living life.
Yamcha is best held at mamak stall. Mamak's roti canai is simply the best, and the FEEL is there. Of course, u can yamcha at malay stall, indian store, but not chinese store, cz chinese only open restaurants where u dun yamcha there, u drink beer there. Hmm, wait,there are some chinese restaurants where you can really yamcha there, drink chinese tea with some dim sum...perfect for breakfast. Last generations always prefer this.
If u r yamcha-ing in mamak stall, dont forget to order mee goreng, cz their mee goreng is simply the best, unique in its own way( this dun apply to all mamak stalls, some's suck, seriously ) And, roti canai too. Talking bout roti canai, they have created so many types of roti, got roti kosong, roti telur, roti sardin, roti milo, roti tisu, roti bom, roti goreng, murtabak and much more. Seriously, what suitable edible ingredient that u can think of, they have combined it with roti canai. Come to thk of it, indians are creative.

Bek to yamcha, normally, people do this at nite, till midnite or till the next morning, depends solely on the interests and wills of those involved. We talk serious stuffs, nonsenses, corks, and watever shit that we can thk of to each other. It is like a small discussions with no restrictions of language formality, no limits of body languages and the best thing of all, no restriction on volume. You can smile, laugh and talk as loudly as you wan.Of course, the louder you do,the higher tendency of getting free facial correction by others.
It is amazing how people can talk for hours, how different topics can be shared enthusiastically, how corkers are made.

Normally, during yamcha, older people will order teh panas while younger generations will order teh ais or teh o limau ais. Drinks keep people talking. By the way, dont ever think that the water they used in making your drink is clean. Try to order a air kosong or ais kosong, perhaps, u might see something in it. Its not called dirty, its called culture.

The fact is, yamcha has made bonds between alot of people and is still the best method of socialising, more importantly, it is a Malaysian Culture.

1 comment:

  1. oh my, i miss yamcha so much!
    especially the ones in between classes...
    it's truly a malaysian culture of socializing :)

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