# Please tell me there's atleast ONE out there. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845 "2003-04-29T03:46:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/1 "2003-04-29T03:46:17Z")
Are there any Singaporean/Malaysian dopers out there? I want to meet up! Please let there be atleast one ‘yes’… _prays fervently_ ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/2 "2003-04-29T04:10:53Z")
Erm… well, this probably isn’t the answer to your prayer that you were looking for but I’m supposed to be in Malaysia right now, but we had to cancel our vacation due to the SARS thing (_grumble_) - we had our hotel bookings for Penang and KL and everything :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/3 "2003-04-29T04:23:03Z")
that’s too bad! especially considering malaysia hasnt really been affected badly. still, better safe than sorry, i suppose. so are you going anywhere else instead? ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/4 "2003-04-29T08:06:22Z")
Oh no, it wasn’t because of the cases in Malaysia, it’s because of the cases in Hong KOng, where we live 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/5 "2003-04-29T10:01:40Z")
I can come by sometime 🙂 I’ll go now… ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/6 "2003-04-29T10:51:22Z")
from poona? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/7 "2003-04-29T12:19:53Z")
I always wanted to vacation in Malaysia. And I have a good friend (who also happens to be a cousin) in Singapore, who’s been inviting me over for a holiday for some time now. And getting there is quite inexpensive from Bombay. So it ain’t all _that_ unbelievable!! Except that I can’t afford it right now. But Poona’s a nice place, if you get my drift 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/8 "2003-04-29T12:23:35Z")
Selemat malam, I’ve spent about nine months of my life in Malaysia, mostly Penang. I don’t travel there on business anymore though. I miss it. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/9 "2003-04-29T13:13:30Z")
okay, this sucks. everyone was “almost” here, or “could be” here. nobody’s actually here. you’d think this country could produce atleast one doper other than yours truly. **green\_bladder** , if you’re ever going to be coming this side, do let me know. **gouda** , i may be in bombay for two or three days sometime this june. email me…maybe we could coordinate? ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/10 "2003-04-29T13:42:49Z")
Sure! Sounds good… I’ll email. ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/11 "2003-04-29T16:07:07Z")
Not to be a smartass, but you might get more response with a more descriptive thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/12 "2003-04-29T17:41:50Z")
I’ve been to Malaysia and Singapore in the past, if that does anything for you… ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/13 "2003-04-29T18:38:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by that\_darn\_cat \* > \*\*…you might get more response with a more descriptive thread title. \*\* Maybe something like this: **Come One, Come All! The First Annual Malaysia / Singapore Dopefest! Featuring Free Beer, Exotic Dancers & A Guest Appearance By None Other Than Cecil!** ---
**Author:** ![Yumanite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b487fb/32.png) [@Yumanite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumanite)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/14 "2003-04-29T19:05:28Z")
Well, I’d _like_ to be in Malaysia, if that’s any help. Which it probably isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/15 "2003-04-29T23:57:22Z")
the only thread in which i put Singapore in the title died a quick death with zero replies and a view count in the negative. apparently, this place isn’t very popular. _goes to drown sorrows in vodka_ and **smeghead** and **yumanite** , darn you for rubbing it in. may your swimsuits always ride up your bum! ---
**Author:** ![Yumanite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b487fb/32.png) [@Yumanite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumanite)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/16 "2003-04-30T02:26:03Z")
:eek: I’ve been cursed! There’s nothing worse than having a swimsuit ride up. Well, that’s it! It’s skinny dipping from now on. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/17 "2003-04-30T02:31:42Z")
So are you a native Singaporean? Or a transplant? Happy ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/18 "2003-04-30T14:57:08Z")
nothing native about me. i’m as transplanted as a buffalo in antarctica. been here about 4 years now. why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/19 "2003-04-30T16:10:59Z")
Just making conversation. Plus, I’ve never known a native Singaporean. And apparently I still don’t. 🙂 Happy ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-theres-atleast-one-out-there/171845/20 "2003-04-30T16:23:42Z")
we-ell…if it’s any help, you know an Indian (the Asian variety) now. we’re a lot like Singaporeans…two eyes, one nose, one mouth, hair…all that sort of thing. the only difference is that we actually have brains! 😛