Despite better public transportation, number of places to go to and plenty of things to do in KL, I can't help but feel completely stressed out by the noisy environment (LOL Rempit), pollution, and sheer rudeness of certain people in KL.

Back in Sabah, people never questioned what race or religion I am. Everyone hangs around as long as you're cool with them and they're cool with you back. When I first arrived in KL on July 2008, my first response was:

WTF DUDE?

I'm annoyed of being asked this particular question for the 9000th time over:

1. Are you Muslim?
2. If you're Muslim, why do you look Chinese?
3. Isn't Sabah a part of Philippines?
4. How come you don't eat pork? (newest question added. FFFFUUUU-)

Other annoyances:
1. Indians think I'm from Brunei. Always get mixed up between Brunei and Sabah.

2. The frequent confusion (common with older generation) that Sabah is a separate part of Malaysia. Sample from a question asked by a taxi driver: "Kenapa Sabah ada lain dari Malaysia? Kami ini di Malaysia..." *facefeet.bmp*

3. The Sabahan accent when talking in Malay is often looked down upon and mocked, because to them, it sounded too 'Indonesian'. I'm forced to use English 9/10 of the time because apparently to most people here, I sounded somewhat Australian, and all of a sudden, their Malaysian Hospitality kicks in.

4. I avoid attending Friday prayers in KL due to a bad experience: being called 'kafir', simply because I do not appear 'Muslim enough' in the eyes of West Peninsulans. For some weird reason, an old pakcik single me out of a crowd of worshippers and started asking me really offensive questions, one of it includes "apa orang kafir macam kau buat dalam masjid ni hah?". This is not uncommon though; another friend had the same experience in Perlis.

5. Of course, as stated above and earlier, people questioning my race and religion really bugs me. Does it even matter as much as life and death in KL? Sheesh...

PS: one thing that I do praise the people in KL is that they never asked me whether Sabahans still live on trees or not. Based on experiences told by friends, people from Kelantan, Terengganu and Negeri Sembilan tend to be notorious for asking that sort of question.