Earlier this afternoon, a commentator by the name of Emmanuele Lo left me a comment in response to my Weliveontreesâ„¢ concept which I felt its reply deserves its own entry here.
In his comment, he suggested that people might misunderstand and continue to ‘believe’ that East Malaysians do live on trees in Borneo. As much as I feel that these allegations come baseless, I have to admit that there is the possibility that certain people might misunderstand.The mentality of these individuals who still see East Malaysians in Borneo as still living on trees are certainly hopeless. Sorry to generalize the whole population but West Malaysians are the ones most often asking this question. Do you live on trees in Sabah Borneo?This matter is quite laughable in fact. A possible myth at best. Western films dating back to the 1920s even portrayed people in the jungles of Borneo living in huts instead of trees which raises the question. Who started the speculation that we lived on trees?
I firmly believe that ‘Weliveontreesâ„¢’ has the potential to be an exclusive brand name which needs to be further understood with a dash of humour instead of its literal meaning. At best, East Malaysians themselves need to see the lighter side on things like the British (they really know how to laugh at themselves; watch Little Britain and you will know what I mean).
Just to clarify, East Malaysians in Borneo never lived on trees.
If we did, our trees came with their own personal lift and escalator.
Do you know anyone who thinks that people in Borneo still live on trees?
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:lol: I tell you, I don’t know how long this myth is going on here… I heard of that question back 5 years ago, my sister studying at KL and people asked her about that question, until last year people ask me again…
what are you talking about. of course we live on trees! trees with lifts and escalators installed. trees with garages so big you could fit in 10 cars no problem!
seriously…. i still get asked that by people from west malaysia. makes me wonder really if east malaysia is a part of malaysia.
@wong + @beckie Thanks for leaving your comments. It is really interesting to hear that the issue is real and still ongoing.
when my friends asked me this question.. I reply ‘em “yeh mate, I meet my friend while we were hunting that hog”
and they reply “hahah rite, tha’ts funny”
lol….i am in west Malaysia, and never heard of anyone talking about that…However, i’ve heard of Hong Kong people thought we Malaysian live on trees…lol…
@sksk Congratulations. You are among the many who knows the truth. Then again, am I getting the vibe that people ask the question with a dose of sarcasm?
Hallo! Yes people from the west do ask this question sometime! My answer is yes we still lieve on tree top & we use lift to go to our house. The richer wan use helicopter! Have a nice day!
@horny ang moh Haha. And may I ask does yours have a lift and a private helicopter pad?
normally i’ll answer them “ya.. poor ppl live on tree, richies live in the cave
I tell them that when I visit east Malaysia, I live on the big tree on the hill, plenty of food to hunt. We also have to send smoke signals to communicate with the rest of the world.
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