salam kena jawab eh? haha.

well, there are couples of reason why she was acting that way. either
a) she wasn’t expecting a salam from anyone and therefore, didnt know how to react (slowww)
b) she’s not really a friendly person or,
c) she’s paranoid/sceptical or;
d) all of the above

but most of all, I think it’s because it’s not our culture, unfortunately.

IDK la Eddie, if a guy comes up to me and greet me with salam, and eventho it is sincere, it does feel a bit weird, unless if he has an ‘ustaz’ or ‘good boy’ look.

But kalau, a casual, friendly hello or hi from a random guy, I would atleast respond with a smile. Unless, if he says hi followed by a menggatal sengih. that’s a total turn off. A sincere smile is fine. especially if he has a nice row of teeth. but that’s just me.

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hahaha. panjang nye komen.

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it’s not just girls. semua pun macam tu. we did not used to salam “stranger” on the street. of course he/she will feel awkward.

betul kata aisyah. it’s not our culture. sad but it’s true

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النظر سهم مسموم من سهام إبليس
Setiap mata akan menangis di hari kiamat kecuali mata yang dilindungi (berpaling) dari perkara yang diharamkan Allah s.w.t” ( at-taysir bi Syarhi al-Jami’ as-Soghir, 2/216 : Hadis Hasan)

كل عين باكيه يوم القيامه الا عينان عين غضت عن محارم الله
“Pandangan mata adalah panah beracun dari panahan Iblis” ( Mirqatul Mafatih, 1/255; Ruhul Ma’ani, 22/7)

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beb…pompuan skang ni pelik sket…dia suka lelaki2 jahat sket kot…org puteh kata bad boy la…moral dia..ko nak ngorat..ko jangan jd budak baik…ko nak reject pompuan ..ko kena jadi konon nyer budak baik…tp part salam tuh..diorang xbiasa gamak nyer menerima salam dr org lalu lalang…huhuhuhu~~
camana2 pon..wajib dijawab !

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Hi, I need to break my fast. Can I have a date? <– Mmg comfirm dapat la..

Hi, you a doctor? My sudden protracted cardiac arrhythmia makes me think I’m falling for you <– this one also..

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well, sometimes….maybe she is NOT a Muslim?? You just mistaken! I get that a lot! I open the office door, and a salesman walks in, give me salam, and I’ll stare at him blankly, trying to figure out what to say, and HOW to say! and randomly, ppl on the street, do that too! and, yeah, i DO stare at them blankly! yikes~ just bcoz my looks deceive you…aihh…
and ohh, did you consider the fact that there are sooo many perverts on the street these days, and that is why, we girls, are very much afraid of ANY strangers attention! yeah, do that to me, you’ll get the ‘wtf’ look!

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cardiac arrhythmia?!? hahaha now that’s sumtin new!!!

u know…she prob gave u ‘that’ look coz…seriously in this zaman, miang ppl are pretty much colonizing! it doesn’t matter if u’re decent looking etc…chances of a random guy speaking to u, in a pasar plak tu, 93% slalunye tak sincere! horror tau!

soooo…next time, a nice simple smile would do~! …just don’t tersengih over2 plak! hehe

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ice breaking. ice breaking.

ayat ayat panjang kebiasaannya akan memendekkan lagi bicara orang yang baru bertemu.

Buat permulaan, Hai!

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hmm… salam should be it… better than other pick up lines in the market…

for me, I’ll try my best to answer salam… the point is, normally it was not just ’salam’… it sometimes will be accompany with…”dah makan ke blom?” - hello, it’s puasa time okay? that explain the ‘look’!

Or, after “salam”… accompany with not-so-funny face expression which will made me go ‘Uhh?’ and ‘Duhh!’

**good luck in finding your best pick up line…

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A simple, sincere smile would do it for me.

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pity you. i never try to give salam in public, as i’m affraid they gonna think that i’m just trying to flirt with them. aduhai.

Even, if i met new people, and say, “Hai, i’m salaam”, people will just gave that blank look. huhu.

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GENERALLY you cant say anything la bcoz malaysian perceive eye-contacts more appropriate than random Hi kan..as if the former is less harmful~

only girl who dwells in two different worlds at the same time can accept salam without having prejudice towards you..
I myself have met guys like you who gv random salam without looking at each other. naturally u’ll know that there’s no hidden intention so reply je la kan n walk away. flirting is set thru eyes so i wont regard such greetings and the reply as GATAL.. seriously ed-ku if i cld have my way of saying my view, the girls are mostly stuck-up sikit..hehe

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Well for me…orang bagi salam wajib di jawab….but its depends whether senyap-senyap dalam hati atau zahirkan di mulut… but usually still depends on how your “salam” tone…if it sound like nice gud boy tone…probably we as gurl senang hati nak menjawab….but if your “salam” sounds like gatal n miang….of course we will give that muka kedut seribu…..pelik of course….plus you are strenger….

Kadar crime rate terhadap wanita yang semakin tinggi mungkin main reason why we act like that….

Well…just my 2 cents.

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or maybe that gurl is not friendly enuff….you got the wrong gurl la…hohoho… :p

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salam lelaki kepada wanita ajnabi tidak wajib dijawab oleh wanita tersebut dan wanita tersebut tak berdosa kalau x jawab salam.

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haha. u r being very defensive and have that i-am-100%-right-and-do-no-wrong attitude but at the same time being very innocent.

mmg la kena jawab salam tapi phrase “I passed some random CHICK and conveyed my salam.” buat aku rasa pelik dah.
nape kat pompuan saja?nape tak kat pakcik/laki jugak? mesti ada reason kan?

haha..maybe this is just a fun post. nape aku serious sgt ari ni? haih…

#tgh mengpraktiskan european values “hold the door for others”…

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hehe. mana tau, dia jawab dalam hati ke?

but anyway, I think a smile would do.

she gave u that look probably because dia tak jumpa fav kuih dia kot..

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harus bermuka pirate skang
bermuka nk telan org pun di galakkan
muncung tanda sayang
kenyit mata tanda anda fokus
adapun telinga terbang tanda akan dipulas nanti.

lawak je NH. taaa. saje spam. jgn approve.

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dulu. aku pun suka wat macam tu. Asal jumpa yg best2 sket, test bagi salam. Yang melayan, lebih bnyak dari yg lari..

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aku suka jawab dalam hati je.
xpe kan?

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aku paling tak suka bila call kasteme dan aku bagi salam. boleh dia jawab haa? pale otak dia la jawab salam dengan haa?.. dan aku geram aku bagi salam lagi sekali dan aku cakap jawab salam waalaikumsalam ya.

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dia jawab dalam hati kot. takpun jawab slow sangat <— sambil tersipu2 malu. haha

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Spatutnya ko kena tanya macam ni:

Kakak, Kakak nak jadi kakak saya?

Ok tak?

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did you smile first? at least, kalau senyuman tu dibalas, boleh le bagi salam, but if she didnt smile back .. ha..ha.. padan muka

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aku setuju ngan azwan.. lain kali senyum dulu.. hehehe

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crudest line i’ve ever heard:

“hi, nice legs. what time do they open?”

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hmm.. one possible solution.. try giving salam to random MUSLIM BROTHERS as well.. then those chicks will see (hopefully) that you are not being “genderly selective” (?) and you are a “salam to all” kind of guy.. that is of course if you are indeed.. ye,.. kan?

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The weirdest pick up lines (or not) that I’ve come across were when I went to Spain.

Random strangers (muslim guys, obviously) approached me smiling and reciting Quranic verses (mostly Yasin and al-fatihah) since they for some strange reason knew I understood no French or Spanish and they couldn’t speak English at all. Needless to say, none of them succeeded.

As for the salam, I would answer them most of the time, provided I’m not in a foul mood.

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Hahahahahaahahaha, you got me rolling on the floor, laughing out loud with this one!

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Ohhh.. This is one interesting topic. I rarely get salam from any random guy back in Malaysia. But here in Jakarta, I get it quite a lot of times actually. Probably because they know I’m a foreigner. Heh. There’s this old guy (not very old la but still old!!) who always stares at me everytime I pass him by and sometimes even give me salam, which I always ignore. (Coz I thought I’m not obliged to reply a salam from a total stranger).

But usually when a stranger (especially guys) gives me salam, I reply je dalam hati. I will not say it out aloud sebab takut orang tu ingat kita nak menggatal plak. Huhu. Dilema tuh!

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perlu diingat salam itu bergantung pada niat..
the best thing to do is SENYUM kot..

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Rasa kacak ompuan ya….

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Wahaha.. You give the salam to random girls?
If I were they, I will also react like them. ( im a boy not girl)

Of course lah..
our minds were set like that. if a boy give salam to a girl with a sudden. It sounds like the boy wanna ‘tackel’ the girl la..
haha.

ade jgk yg ckp, ” assalamualaikum, x jwb berdosa,
jawab , suka kat sy ” >.<

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i thought i saw a new entry..something about testing,live writer,..and u put up a music. hmm..website glitch?

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hehe.
actually… kebanyakan gadis lebih suka jwb dalam hati. sambil senyum simpul mungkin. itu kalau friendlylah. kalau tak berapa nak friendly tu… maapkan saje. bulan2 puasa ni kan.. mungkin dia overdose kebuluran barangkali. :p

p/s: taman melawati punya pasar ramadhan mmg gila teruk dia punya jam. sampaikan satu melawati sesak.

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huhu..mak aii..

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Well, in my experience, I have tried to be just ’saje’ friendly with people around, just random, by answering their salam or responding to their remarks, but some people take this to be a ticket to, ask for phone numbers, or ask to go on a date?? I don’t do that, I just respond to be friendly. But since most of the time I do that, I always get what comes next, so I have started to ignore people.

Saying that it isn’t our culture..I agree to that, since when we are in a western country or any western tourists in Malaysia say hi to us, thats it. It really is just a sincere hi..as oppose to ‘I want your number’-hi or ‘I want a date’-hi. so the best way to say hi to random people…just make it a sincere one, no ulterior motives..I guess…

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nak wat camne, harap bersangka baik jer la, fgn fikir mcm2 bro. munkin pompuan tu plik mamat mane tah tak knal tiba2 tego.lain la sdara mare dia ker. should think positive pal, coz nowdys many cases white colar crime,look decent on the appearance, but actually evil on the inside.the chick might think some crook want to take advantages of em.
better u just bought some dishes wiout looking too other chicks during ramadhan,coz, u must think, u still fasting, not just ur stomach, but “ainun” eyes. tazkirah la sikit2, dont get angry pal, for wut i just said.

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