Nationality Confusion

Oh great, a bunch of bankers messed up with my nationality this afternoon. I went to Maybank to make an appointment for opening a saving account. The guy was busy entertaining a woman who didn't even know what is her own working phone number. Until he noticed that I was sitting at the waiting seats, so he asked me what can he helps me to do. I told him about the appointment issue then he handed me the form and told me what to bring by tomorrow. Then he asked me, am I Malaysian? LOL Oh come on, am I not look like Malaysian? The first time I walked into Maybank, the banker asked me whether I am a student? LOL She said I looked very young.

A year ago, when I was taking Singapore Airlines from Los Angeles to Singapore thru Japan, the Japanese stewardress communicated with me using Japanese language and still handed me the Japanese newspaper. What the hell~ =P Later I explained to her that I am not Japanese, then she was so embarrassed and apologized to me couple of times kekeke... When I reached Osaka Kansai airport, the guards at the gate greeted all the Japanese by saying "Welcome home" including myself LOL...

I haven't come back to Malaysia for about 5 years because I was in USA for the whole time. I went to Japan couple of times for education purposes for the last few years. When I just came back to Malaysia, some of those Malay people, they thought I am Japanese, and started practicing Japanese languages with me. Yet, they still explained to me that they are using Ringgit currency here, not Yen. You can imagine how hard I laughed about this one at that moment LOL.

Actually many of my friends, they are confused about my nationality even they have known me for a few years. Some of them have known me for 20 years, yet they still asked me what is my exact nationality LOL. Well, I can't blame them either because I do have a very complicated family tree. My grandpa was a British Marine who faught in World War 2, my grandma was from China, my dad is Singaporean and my mom is Malaysian but then my family is in Brunei where I have grown up. One of my uncles is Japanese and one of my granduncles is in Thailand LOL... Okay, things are getting more and more complicated now =P Anyway, just remember that I am still holding Malaysian passport, so the conclusion is that my nationality is Malaysian. =P Although I only have one passport, I have quite a number of ICs so that causes confusion among all my friends =P Anyway, it's fun to fool others about my nationality some times, I enjoy it all along kekeke...