r/malaysia • u/FireTempest KL • May 23 '15
Welcome /r/iran! Today we're hosting /r/iran for a little cultural exchange session.
Welcome Iranian friends! Please select "Iran" as your flair in the bottom right corner of the flair selection menu like so (feel free to change the text as you see fit). Feel free to ask anything you like!
Hey /r/malaysia , today we are hosting our friends from /r/iran! Please come and join us and answer any questions they have about Malaysia! Please leave top comments for /r/Iran users coming over with a question or comment about Malaysia.
As usual with all threads on /r/malaysia, please abide by reddiquette and our rules as stated in the sidebar.
At the same time /r/iran is having us over as guests! If you guys have any questions about Iran, drop by this thread to ask them.
Enjoy!
The moderators of /r/iran & /r/malaysia
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May 23 '15
Love Malaysia. Going back again next year. Hope the weather be good thought, as I only saw sunshine at langkawi only.
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May 24 '15
I've heard and read lots of good stories about the good food in malaysia.
what is your national dish or something all the different ethnic groups know and enjoy?
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May 23 '15
If you had to narrow it down to five places to visit in your nation, what would they be?
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u/randomkloud May 24 '15
Mount Kinabalu National Park, go there early and after you're done a short drive away is the Desa Dairy Farm where you get the BEST view of the mountain and a spectacular sunset (they're nearby so I'll count it as one place).
Any town outside the big cities visited preferably with a local guide so you can see how the most of people live. I mean take some time and drive around, have lunch there etc instead of just speeding past them.
these are just my opinions from my own experience visiting these places.
Tioman Island, beautiful beaches minus the crass commercialisation of other beaches/islands. Alternatively, go to Langkawi if cheap booze is your kind of thing. u/rny mentions 420 and it isnt difficult to get but I'd tell anyone to stay away from drugs since one can get into real deep shit with the police.
Kek Lok Si temple on penang island.
Genting Highlands.
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u/f16falcon95 May 23 '15
Hello everyone!
While I am a big fan of Formula 1 racing, I respect drivers that try to represent their country in the sport, no matter of their success. Here's to you, Alex Yoong and Team Caterham/Lotus, now defunct, owned and operated by Tony Fernandes. I am currently waiting for Iran's first F1 driver, Kourosh Khani . We also have an Iranian woman in Rally racing, Laleh Seddigh .
Questions: I have heard about a Malaysian PM in the 1990's who was an engineer and was apparently a good leader. what was his name and what kind of engineer was he?
I also heard that you guys have a national paragliding team! Is it a rumor or is it true?
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u/inti-kab May 24 '15
I have heard about a Malaysian PM in the 1990's who was an engineer
Mahathir Mohamad was not an engineer, he was a physician.
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u/crackanape May 23 '15
There are a lot of Iranian students in Malaysia. To our Iranian friends, how is Malaysia viewed as a place to go study? What do you think when one of your friends or relatives announces that they'll go to Malaysia?