I was walking in SS2 with a friend when a police car stopped, and two policemen got out.<\/p>\n
“Apa you bawa?<\/i>” (What are you carrying?)<\/p>\n
I opened my plastic bag and showed them the Transformers I had just bought.<\/p>\n
“Tunjuk IC.<\/i>” (Show us your ICs.)<\/p>\n
We took out our identity cards.<\/p>\n
“Korang dari kampung mana?<\/i>” (Where are you guys from?)<\/p>\n
We’re from Petaling Jaya, around here.<\/p>\n
“Oh, nama you (masukkan nama Melayu di sini) ya? You tak nampak Melayu.<\/i>” (Oh, your name is (insert Malay name here). You don’t look Malay.)<\/p>\n
My friend explained that his mom was Japanese. The rest of the questions were for me:<\/p>\n
“Apa dalam poket ini?<\/i>” (What’s in this pocket?)<\/p>\n
I took out my rechargeable batteries.<\/p>\n
“Habis poket itu?<\/i>” (How about this other pocket?)<\/p>\n
I told them that it was my digital camera.<\/p>\n
“Korang nak pergi mana?<\/i>” (Where are you guys going?)<\/p>\n
We told them that we were walking to a friend’s house.<\/p>\n
“You ada mabuk kah?<\/i>” (Have you guys consumed alcoholic beverages?)<\/p>\n
We told them that we did not, and they said “okay…<\/i>” and let us off.<\/p>\n
I won’t deny that the hair I did not cut for 10 months, my lack of sleep, and my natural grunge<\/i> cargo pants (it had holes and tears, but in proper places) would make me look like the biggest cocaine bust of the century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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