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As a Malaysian woman, we are not desperate to date western men or just any man. We have free education until high school and extremely cheap university fees. There are a lot of educated women who work in different industries like STEM, healthcare, and etc. We mainly date for long term goal that ends with marriage. We want to build functional family that will contribute to the society in the future. It’s just our cultures.

I am Vietnamese and to me Malaysian women are very respectful and educated.

in malaysia people dont use their sexual preferences as their identity here is more conservative and nuclear family oriented morals, whatever sexual stuff we keep behind close doors, its private and not promoted in public. kids innocence is put in a higher priority than peoples political view or sexual desires. yes we do have lgbt here and they move like a normal person in a any society, but they dont boast about it. whatever they do behind close door is their own choice

Make it short. Malaysia is not promoting sex.

Food hygiene standards in Malaysia are way way higher than Thailand, Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia bar Singapore. Malaysia and Singapore have the highest standard of hygiene in Southeast Asia.

As Singaporean who spend more time in KL with Malaysian gf and close friends here, surely Malaysia is far much better cultural society. If you want hateful, salty and impatient culture, travel to Singapore, and you will see it for yourself. 😅

Thank you for being honest about Malaysia. Ladies in Malaysia are mostly educated. Most of them have a secure job.

Halal certification can be retracted if not clean. Does not matter if it is a fastfood, a packet of snack, bottled ketchup, ramly burger, nasi kandar. For indian and chinese stalls we do not apply for halal logo as it wasn't meant for muslims to eat anyway.

Women here aren't so desperate to date western men to escape poverty. If they like you, they like you. Beautiful park btw

Malaysian women prefer to guarantee a lasting relationship rather than a short relationship because they don't want headaches. More than that, the majority of Malaysian women are highly educated and have careers. If you want a short relationship and go away, you can find it in Thailand, the Philippines or in Bali.

Malaysian is basically quite modern yet still conservative, we still hold on to the religious and cultural values , so relationship with opposite sex is usually in accordance to the cultural/religious value of the local, but of course there are some malaysians who are a little bit liberals but then doesn't mean that they prefer short term relationship, mostly prefer the long term.

Westerners have to accept the fact that malaysian women are not like philippines, thailand. There is no push and pull factor. Probably financially equal or richer than western men who is looking for a gf. No point. Dating is ok at equal footing. Not gold diggers.

When you say 'chinese women' it can mean 2 things, there's Malaysian Chinese, and there's China Chinese, they are two very different thing, thought I'd mention :⁠,⁠-⁠)

Malaysians are one of the friendliest people in the world.

Malaysia isn't Thailand or Philippines if you know what I mean.

10:40. On the topic of racism in Malaysia. I believe Malaysians, no matter from whatever major races there, do not generally condone racism. I believe you need to learn more abt this issue with a historical perspective. Here are some brief rundown on side issues that one might mistake for racism in Malaysia. 1) As a Peninsular Malaysian, I have the same fondness for Bornean Malaysian as I do my next door neighbor, no matter the race. The ill-feelings from Sabahans and Sarawakians, that you mistakenly take as racist treatment is from the poor socio-economic and political treatments from the federal government. I, for one, am 100% supportive for the need to give back to our fellow Malaysians in Sabah and Sarawak equitable share in developments and the economic pie. 2) Issue with migrant workers from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Myanmar etc. I really believe that Malaysians, especialy the Malays, are among the most tolerant and non-racist ppl on the planet. We generally don't care about your color, wealth and persuasions, as long as you are respectful of our sensitivities. We are always happy to share in what we have with others. We are actually very grateful to Indonesians who came to Malaysia legally and helped to make Malaysia a prosperous place. We say to our brothers and sisters from Indonesia Terima Kasih. As to the Bangladeshis and the Rohingyas, we were initially very pleased to extend our help to them by bringing them here to better their lives. However, after so many years, wih so many illegal immigrants from these countries subverting our way of life here, Malaysians are starting look at them negatively. We don't care what you look like, we care about what you do. Thanks.

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racism in Malaysia ia not about race, it is becoz the different point of view about idea, vission, mission and legal and prohibited in different culture from foreigners that is not fit with Malaysian culture.

Nah,u got it wrong im muslim and i happen to have lbgt friends and i don't mind at all as long they keep to themself and not force the idea into public just like what the west did

Be humble, that is what we ask you for : to european or american tourist, we know that you come from developed countries where generally, every aspect of your socio economic achievement is far greater than us ; the Malaysia. Be nice, kind and humble. - respect our way of life and our culture. We will respect you in return .

Malaysia is a live and let live society if you keep your personal life personal and private. In the west it's all about see me, hear me, accept me when nobody asked or cares until you try to force it upon people, especially children.

12:24 I dont think western malaysians have any beef with eastern malaysians or vice versa. We get along like families. Some of us are literally families. I think the issue is the Philippines claim Sabah as theirs and that's about it. I'm from Shah Alam, Selangor but personally my favorite city is Kuching, Sarawak.

I wouldn't call it racism but it is more towards anger, usually towards Bangladesh, Pakistan, Rohingyas people, racism is when you hate people for their skin colour and have prejudice towards them because of it, it is more anger because the nationalities I named, a lot of them came into Malaysia illegally, either by boats illegally or overstayed, not paying taxes, set up stalls illegally and selling stuffs, pretending to be sick and poor and getting free groceries from Malaysia government (Rohingyas), also a lot of them illegally brings in their family members and wives and give birth in Malaysia for free, they would arrived at hospitals and wanting to give birth, the hospitals have no choice but to accept as they are due to give birth, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Rohingyas people do this, all these uses a lot of nations money when these money could be helped towards the poor locals, these people are overpopulating Malaysia illegally and using the nation resources, I think the anger is justified and similar things are occurring in USA with the illegal immigrants using the nation resources and the citizens aren't happy with it. Of course the people who came in legally, people have no problems with them, even the nationalities I named. For Indonesians, people have no problems with them, a lot of them came in illegally and work illegally without passes too, but they are respectful people and rarely create issues, so the locals have no problems with them.

Speaking of not judging a ‘book’ by its cover… just rewrite the title in: Why Malaysia is not the place to have one night stands

Also, it's comfortable living here .. where most people understand and speak your language.

my tips for traveller if you guys are afraid of food poisoning eat the local fruits first to get your gut biome ready after a day or two you can dine without worrying of food poisoning

How you verbalise your thoughts and opinions is refreshing. Very honest and perceptive. Thanks for speaking with facts and understanding❤🎉

Thanks for your honest insights- it's very true that people should decide for themselves only upon personal experience rather than simply assume that if it's something someone said online, it must be right for them- more often, it's not at all.

So sorry westerners man.. Malaysian women are not "cheap" as you think.. they are very VALUABLE.. !!!

1:42 Not surprised you dated two Indonesian women in Malaysia. Outside Indonesia itself, Malaysia has the highest diaspora of Indonesians mostly as migrant workers here. Indeed Malaysia is host to at least 7 million foreign migrant workers in Malaysia from Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Philippines... representing 22% of the country's population and 45% of the workforce.

Keep up the good work mate.

Racism in Malaysia that is on 'obvious level' is the institutional racism since it is laid out in our constitution - in a way to protect the rights of the 'people of the land'. Right or wrong is another story which I am not able to comprehend let alone voicing out as its the sensitive issues to talk about. Another type of racism is based on political movement to take advantage of whatever benefitted then, as in any part of the world, politic - blood sucking creature. On personal level, do not generalize us Malaysian because to each their own. Sometimes an outburst towards others who coincidentally belongs to different races seen as an act of racism without context - which unnecessary judgement for us to make. As for me myself a Malay. My best friend is Christian Bidayuh (a tribe from East Malaysia). My business partner is Christian Indian (Malaysian). My wife is Chinese Muslim. My in-laws are Chinese Buddhist. My daughters are just confused 😂 but they understood that we are all the same and the differences is just the way of life, be it cultural practice, religious beliefs and everything else up to a sleeping patterns, different, as we all are unique individuals who living among many other unique individuals... there shouldn't be any issue for those who look around, take a step back, and think. Its not worth it to pick one (i.e. race) of the many differences and exploiting it. If we are going to do it, why pick one? Go all they way from race to sleeping pattern, or else its a waste of time to 'venture' into trivial things just for that one particular differences. In fact, there are a lot more similarities than differences between us, so why bother on small differences.

Ben, you are accurate in your observations! As a Malaysian here, I think i appreaciate our country more after listening to you....thank you for bringing things into perspective, even though i had my tertiary education in Canada so in conclusion, Malaysia is best for me...

oh.. taiping is very near my hometown house... if I knew you were there, I would have invited you to take ride with me to some nice places like Bukit Merah Dam (with train crossing it), some villeagers morning market / evening market ... Anyway, enjoy your stay in Malaysia.

21:13 Hi Ben, my aged mil from NZ said she would live here forever, if not for the heat and humidity😅😅. But you are absolutely right. Malaysia is a great country but it's not for everyone and that is not the fault of the country nor the person. Likewise, for everywhere else. My husband, as a white foreigner, has adjusted somewhat well here after many years. We live in a totally un-expat area and he still can't used to the heat and rain, mosquitoes and 'brave' motocyclists, yet, he cannot imagine living anywhere else now. The people, the food, the culture - for him, the perks outweighs the cons 😂 Cest la vie. Que sera sera. Love your vibes, Ben.

I like the background ambience you are in. So gorgeous❤

For 2 months of living here, i'm amazed at the accuracy of your perspective. Enjoy your stay. Great video.

VERY informative and thoughtful. I have HIGH respect for you, for caring about giving information., Benjamin. ~ Tazzz ~

Have you considered going to a clinic or a hospital to help ease or even treat your allergies ? Healthcare is affordable here, don't worry about the cost.

hi ben. nice to listen to your comment. you picked ur words carefully and u talked at good pace making it easy for ur viewers. enjoy Malaysia.

Best eating where you can actually see them cooking the food, not kitchen hidden away. Enjoyed listening to your perspective.

as Malaysian we always welcone every guest or tourist from all the worlds to MALAYSIA..most Malaysian either MALAYS CHINESE INDIAN and others races from east Malaysia we live and happy respect each others...

Malaysian women can take care of themselves and do not depend on foreigners to survive. Basically Makaysian women are not hard up of foreign men but they are approachable though

Welcome to Penang. Have you tried the local Chinese hawker food? We have famous hokkien mee, curry mee, koay teow soup, Char koay teow etc. I suggest you to go and have a try. 😊

You should come to Sabah.. Esp. 30th and 31st May for the Harvest Festival..

Thank you for sharing your story..#loveyoubro

In which park did you shoot this video? Thanks

Those places with the trays of food sitting out... Important that there are a lot of people eating not an empty restaurant with those food trays sitting out that's asking for trouble.

I agree about the hygiene issue in that particular outlets. But some places are up there, standard wise.

Can you share at which park were you doing this vlog?

I agree .. it depends where you put yourself.. blending in wisely

Since you like to walk, try Ketumbar hill hiking. Plenty of nice people especially in the morning & lots of things to see. You will like it.

I agreed with you bro...most them who make a bad comment about Malaysia they just stay here for a few days or weeks..as your mentioned if they stay more longer in Malaysia then they know how is Malaysia is about..

I've never experienced eateries serving bad or stale food. The health department is very strict about this. The owner will have his business license revoked or suspended if they receive any complaint from patrons of food outlets.

Interesting topic..

Ben the way u comments n seeing places not very common people have it. Most people like to have quick guide. That's why they go for the review mostly fr people outside of the country who has been visiting there. Normally when something bad happen to them they straight away comments n post to the social media. When u comments like that with some emotional going on that not a good one. U didn't thinking it's twice. We as Malaysian don't like to be compare with other countries especially our neighbors ( hot topic). We don't bother actually until certain level..😆😆. We don't care not many people want to visit here. If they want to come here , they are welcome. Then let's the country itself do the talk. We don't mind to be called not popular n underated county. We like to be staying like that be a hidden gem of South East Asia.. be happy n enjoy ur traveling life Ben.

Why only men travellers looking to date the local women? The women travellers could be looking to date local men too... but for a short term.. like hit and run, it's not the local culture here in Malaysia😅😅😅

Very nice park. What is the name is this park please?

Hi Ben, continue pursuing the things that inspire you and remain positive about the beautiful things in life!

I'm local and I personally don't prefer to go to mamak haha as it is a bit less clean than your usual kopitiams or food courts. Yes, a lot locals do go to mamak as they do provide different type of food varieties.

May i know that place u are here ? Soooo peacefull

First time on your Channel can you talk about the visa permit I saw it easy to live there for 5 years without any renewal

Well said ben.. good view video.. i hope the city authority do something about unhygienic eateries.. the wet market at Chowkit is so third world very biohazard.. i just wish they could build something thing really beautiful to the same level as those in Barcelona or Istanbul.. the standard of hygiene definitely need to go through some kind of a revolution in Malaysia

we are MALAY WOMEN! but yes there are few of indonesian women. but in MALAYSIA the citizen women in Malaysia are MALAY WOMEN! Thanks!

Wow Ben, you're walking in Central Park of Malaysia

Try, visiting Port Dickson, beach in Negeri Sembilan (N9) , it's nice

Hey Ben, a local person here who is keen on exploring my own country. I am planning to explore east coast of west MY in the coming months and if you are happen to be here, let me know if you are keen to join me.

I'm a local but I don't simply eat at any places. I'm quite particular with cleanliness on how food displayed n prepared at any premises. You know your stomach well, don't eat simply anything.

Thank you for honest opinions. One thing everyone need to remember about women in Malaysia, they are not throw away diapers. Whatever it is we are not perfect, we are trying hard to be better human being, past, present & future. We stand what we believe, not just plain believe. For today we can see the example around the world when somebody got nothing to stand on, you know what I mean.

😮 incredible to see how you can do a video under the scorching sun 🌞

Another beautiful write jeriiish turist. I sent you to the local hitlist. HF!

Beautiful Park. Where is this Park. I know it is in KL

Let's have a coffee next time when you're in KL. My husband a American - has been here 6 years. You two might find some interesting topics to exchange/chat about.

What u were saying are right.People hv to come to the place where they want to settle down, all the places are unique on its own, ln asean we are neighbouring countries hv no issue at all.This region is war free n the culture is appropriate to its people.We hv good relations between neighbours in term of its citizen movement between countries.We hvnt hd any problem bcos our culture are the same only different religion but in common we are the same eastern culture.😊

People who handled food in Malaysia has to be vaccinated with typhoid. Premises are checked all the time both by the health ministry and the local authority. A food poisoning case is a death sentence for a business.

Thank you for your honesty and level-headedness, Ben. May you continue to enjoy your time in Malaysia. Stay safe & may you always be blessed. ✌🏻

Is there any Algerian living in KL currently? Need some information about sending money to Algeria from Malaysia. Plz if anyone's knows it .

Food handlers in Malaysia have to go for health checks and specific food handlers vaccinations... and they attend training.

Oh no... there's not really clashing between East or West Malaysians😅😅😅😅😅😅. Just some culture differences. I'm an East Malaysian, a Bidayuh who stayed in KL for 20 years now. It's fine just, as usual, internet trolls from both side. For LGBT, there are some. My former housemate are transgender & I'm friends to a few. There's a few cases but most just minding their own business. They're not out OUT but among friends, even conservatives, there's not much of an issue. Just don't go full The 1975, then the government will make some noise. Hope, you'll continue to have good time here. 😊😊

Don't worry, if it's mamak especially the with lots of customers, the food will be all gone by lunch, if you saw more of those food. They're already refilled the food.

Which park is this?

Malaysians are not racist I believe I’m not However it’s only natural that there’re some who are.. If we’re racist then we won’t open up for foreigners to work and live here ❤ Malaysia 🇲🇾

Its common in our life to have a commitment and marriage before relationship it not just Asian thing it very common 50 years back before secular and sexual revolution. Malaysian lady usually are very commited to marriage because they dont want to become a public property and here born without legal marriage status parent will effect children later on both officially and socially. When you talks about NY its make sense these place whats freedom they got freedom, but how about morality? The US use to be a place that quite conservative not so long ago but you pay the price of your freedom. Now the country with most single parent (mother) in the world where children more likely to have free sex follows the parent, it create a circle of abuse, neglect and immorality. Also where are morality , dignity and human values put highly but times goes by everything must have a freedom, then humanity sofficate and now can identify as whatever they wants even as a tree. One can be gay in Malaysia but just dont fight with everyone just to be gay do it at your own premise do not sexualize our kids and the public with any sick agenda.

There are definitely still many people around the world that don't have adequate knowledge about Malaysia.

I think the longer Ben is getting used to Malaysian food, his allergies will disappear over time, then we could see him eating nasi kandar WITH rice.😊😂😂

Dude can really talk for hours ☝️...more pawah to yaa 💪

I wouldn’t be able to walk under the sun like you Ben. 2 mins under the sun is enough to burn me completely 😂

Hygiene decrease in smaller towns outsidr the citiess..ive been to small towns two hours away frkm KL and grossed by the hygiene at the local eateries that I lost appetite 😅....so avoid dodgy local eateries that dont look clean from outside. In some east coast states i keep to fast food restaurants if im unfamiliar with the local eateries.

It take 2 or 3 month for us to change or accept the new life ..

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Never thought 'dating' would be one of important topics in this video.

As for gays, gays are everywhere of course, even in Afghanistan. There are gays lives together freely in Malaysia, and quite visible in the entertainment industry. The key thing is don't flaunt it, no need big banners telling your preference. I've live here most of my life, not heard anyone charged by being gay here, not like what you hear in Uganda or Zimbabwe.

Try go to sabah & sarawak, borneo side of malaysia. I sure you find a different 'feel' compare to peninsular malaysia.

Ben get a malaysian wife who can cook and you’re set for life😂

Thank you for your positive comments.. Talking about racial issues.. I think most Malaysian has no issues with foreigners. Except some Bangladeshi and Indonesian came to Malaysia without proper papers and illegal. Some of them are taking over jobs for Malaysian and some are breaking Malaysian rules and local ethics.

If you look for short-term engagement for women, please find at other countries, that do not happen in Malaysia.

Go to tom yam restoran...

Well, I don't think 2 months is not exactly long enough for you to learn about the whole country. Good video tho

Malaysian food handlers are required to be vaccinated so as to ensure that they don’t have infectious disease.