The Malaysian Minute

I have been coming around to get to this point about the Malaysian Minute. What is the Malaysian Minute you might ask, and here is the answer.

the minute is a measurement of time that contains elements of seconds on which 60 seconds form a minute. the measurement of the second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year, decade, century and millenium has been distinct for at least 2 millenia. but in the small country in the South East of Asia, lies Malaysia.

in Malaysia it is a fact that we the people can almost certainly never keep time, be it for a meeting, dinner or even in an emergency. Heck i know ppl who were late on their own wedding day.

another fact to consider is we are not a courteous bunch, we have the staple "On the Way", "Traffic Light" and "2 Minutes" which brings me back to my point of the ever wonderful and versatile Malaysian Minute.

the malaysian minute has defied the age old measurement on which the theory stands that a single minute described by a malaysian when a meeting is going to take place, can be stretched all the way up to 45minutes till an hour and half.

just think about it!

when someone somewhere says give me 2 minutes to meet you, please ask them to be considerate and if they are following the age old minute or the Malaysian Minute! :-)