a re-post of my old blog page of Jan 2007 to this new blog page just in case it disappear into thin air..
http://aaronmoseskimbins.blog.friendster.com/2007/01/to-all-real-sabahans-welcome-to-malaysia/TO ALL REAL SABAHANS.. WELCOME TO MALAYSIA
Ciao tutti miei amici.. well can anyone tell me whats ARAMAITI ? been receivin and hearing this all the time.. i know its got to do bout some kadazan word or slang or somethin.. i m really out dated here.. chakap bahassa pun indak fasih suda.. correct kah?
ok here s for all sabahans!!!! so i d better put it in slang sabah lah if i can still remember how so not to offend the smart west malayans!!
sia ada balik MALAYSIA bah satu kali dari bulan sembilan sampai bulan duablas itu taun 2005. jadi ini time di KL lah.. sia ada pigi buking tiket bah untuk balik italy saaana ejen di sg wang plaza.. jadi sudah lah abis buking.. cakap cakap sikit lah,, itu ejen tanya sia lah.. what is your bangsa ooh? sia bilang.. i am mix kadazan, dusun and chinese lah.. trus dia bilang lagi.. aaah!! i was in kuching last holiday with my husband ooh!! so you people still live in the long house aaahh? punya sia main tekejut dingar dia bilang begitu!!..dalam hati sia lah,, buduh kah ? inda ada pigi skulah ni sumandak? sia pun jawab lah.. eerrr.. yes,, we dusun still live in long houses only thing is that we now bath in the house already..no more mandi in the river loh!. we also got also got 7 inches tv now and solar powered telephone lines.. gettin modern mah !! which province of CHINA again u said come from? i said.. eh no lah.. i m flom MALAYSIA woo !! i born in KL mah! she said.. so then i said.. solly ah! i thought all mata sepet from CHINA!! …..
so guys .. heard of IBAN AND DAYAK piara karabau in Tuaran and tanam sayur in kundasang? hhmmmmm.. palui bah this people!!!
so before goin back to italy last Dec. 2005.. sia singgah lah sana kadai souvenir dalam bb plaza.. .. sudah abis bili barang.. itu tauke tanya sia lah.. .. kite ni orang mane ye? sia pun jawab berslang KL lah.. saye orang SABAH bang.. then he said.. first time kat KL ke? i responded.. tak lah bang, slalu jugak datang shopping.. then this pakcik said something i can never forget!!!!.. oohh.. selamat datang ke MALAYSIA ye… my eyes pun terbeliak !!! i slammed the door at his face and .. i just dont know what to say or think… 
i bet u other sabahans had encountered something like this there too right? share it!! ARAMAITI? apalah tu?
January 3rd, 2007 at 9:24 am
i totally understand what ur sayin man..eh, since your entry is dedicated to sabahans ba sa pun kasi slang sabah la ni kalii. dlu sa d kl ada kawan sa punya kawan yg mimang urang sana slapas dia tau sa dari sabah trus dia tanya sa sualan bonus “kamu orang sabah masih tinggal atas pokok ke?” i was thinking, is he trying to be stupid or just born stupid? trus sa jawap la “yaa masih! tapi kami naik lif oh kalu mo turun.. ko tia heran?” hahahaha trus diam2 dia. tiatau dia diam2 pasal mo imagine ka apa wakakaka. maksud aramaiti yg sa tau, macam kumpul ramai2 and then moginum & enjoy gitu ka (ba, sepa2 correct me la ah if im wrong) abis slalu urang kasi kait ni aramaiti sama moginum ba
jadi tu ja understanding yg sa tau hehe
January 3rd, 2007 at 10:02 am
hahaha!! ada kah..so palui also.haha! Selamat datang ke Malaysia?? apa lah dorang ni..
hey Aaron..hope you had a good xmas..i just got back from Manado just before xmas..siok berabis!! had a nice, queit xmas and then had a big New Year party at Pulau Tiga..kena buang dalam laut lagi tu with my party dress and all! cilaka..but had a great time..i’ll e putting up pics at my blog.. check it out at http://www.the-world-and-i.blogspot.com..ciao
January 3rd, 2007 at 3:24 pm
OH MY AARON! hahahaa…i totally understand wht u mean…hahaha…SELAMAT DATANG KE MALAYSIA!!…doi dogo….i wonder last time when the history teacher mengajar di dpan apa la derang buat, gungguk kali bawah mija….budutss..oopss sorry for the vulgarity…btw, aramaiti is somthg like yamseng?? i guess…but i sure has to do with drinking session loh…..
January 3rd, 2007 at 6:23 pm
January 3rd, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Ooi Aaron, kau bilang ada darah Kadazan how come au ko koiho meaning ‘Aramaiti’? It means “It’s very lively” ba itu orang putih bilang. Not necessary ada moginum or yamseng ba..but because kadazan parties slalu ada moginum so orang pun kasi kait aramaiti with moginum.
January 3rd, 2007 at 8:06 pm
kakakaka…welcome to MALAYSIA!!!kekekekek…..pecah perut aku ketawa baca ini blog…tapi mimang bah urang sana keyel tue gitu bah ging…aku pun dulu kena tanya the same question juga when i went to KL…i said yeah we’re still living atas pokok…tapi kayu Jati..ndak ada simin coz simin murah bah..kayu jati mahal..!!
my kakak pun kena sama juga time durang balik cuti di malaysia last year…time durang beli tikit untuk balik kk sana klia…itu receptionist cakap the same thing..welcome to Malaysia…
kalau ada iban sama dayak jaga karabau..saya mau kawan sama dia ging..mesti cantik itu sumandak…kekekeke…
January 4th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
too bad i dont drink.. anyway im now allergic to that word ARAMAITI..
January 6th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Aramaiti = syok oh/syok bah/syok ni
January 8th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
ayooo..so stupid juga that ppl…but sakit perut sy ketawa ni reading ur blog…
January 9th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
btw…araimaiti is pratically a scene where a lot of people are gathered doesnt have to be in an unciviilized manner like drinking session,only palui thinks that way…a-ramai-ti..ti is just a slang…e.g odoi-ti…i’m also allergic to that word…gali sia…uwekkyuck mau muntah
glamour lar kokn saying that word?idiots..
January 9th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
correction>not koknkonon
January 15th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Hahaha… that is a good one. I believe it’s true that there are a bunch of sad people that still think that way… I think there are still living in the very pass… Anyway…. Aramati even thought I’m not kadazan I thought always had the same mean as cheers or yam seng… king of in the same family bah.
January 24th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
hey buddy,
know what..i got the same “stupid” question also..they said, “aiya..dari Sabah..masih tinggal atas pukuk..so i said, “yah..lo..tapi ada ‘elevator’ mo angkat kami naik..”
February 11th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Some orang semenanjung are more hidung tinggi type of attitude. They feel that they’re better than the “orang utan” out east. I’ve been asked the same question with living in the pokok one. I always tell them, “oh no, we’ve moved to the caves. We had a problem shitting from the top of the tree. Prime real estate is in the caves now. With big wooden clubs and animal fur”. I feel sorry for those who don’t know sarcasm.
March 10th, 2007 at 12:35 am
selamat datang ke Malaysia?! LMAO!
March 11th, 2007 at 7:38 am
ciao Liz.. wahts LMAO?
April 14th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
with all the semenanjungs and all the sabahans saying the same thing, it’s no wonder we have a continuos cycle.
here’s my share 10 years back 1. (in school where we were learning geography and history!!!)
“ra orang mane?”
sia dari sabah
“sabah ade lembu ke?”
err…. ada. tapi di kampunglah. tinguklah tampat. macam di kk inda ada.
“ooo, lembu pandai berak kat jalan raye ke?”
*what the ^$#%$#%@?????*
2. in a local universiti
“delina baru balik dari sabah ye?”
ya
“delina datang naik belon?”
tak, sia datang naik kapal terbang.
3. friend’s experience in KLCC (during asian crisis)
“cik! cik tak boleh beli disini. barang mahal (shop keeper thought she was indonesian)”
napa? sia ada duitbah ni…
“ooh. cik dari mane?”
sia dari sabah
“duit sabah same dengan duit malaysia ke?”
bah, apabulebuat? semenanjungkan? kebanyakan ignorants bah diurang tu.
April 15th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
nina..nina..so kesian u…hihi..lol..those ppl are idiots or just plain palui!!i dunno..i guess it explains all in this blog…
April 16th, 2007 at 3:43 am
ciao Ra delina ,when i was still in kindy school.. we flew to sandakan,, i said to my mum .. you are paying with kk money here? coz i thought sandakan using other currency.. buduh kan me.. remember we bumped in kl 4 years ago sama si nornisha? then we went to that kdca dinner thing..
April 16th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
of course i remember. that’s why i add you in my friendster.
gosh! has it really been 4 years???
April 17th, 2007 at 2:26 am
hey lina! so if we didnt meet that day, mean u wouldnt add me lah? how unfortunate..
April 17th, 2007 at 4:50 am
and do u still remember in Rajs’ hse in likas…devika asked her dad “papa,u goin to KL or Kuala Lumpur”?..we were still kids then..hehehe
April 18th, 2007 at 1:58 am
ciao mcrae! remember our first time to kl when we were little kids? and that genting trip? we saw the staff quarters underground? yai! soo scary!!
June 7th, 2007 at 5:03 am
hehehe…I think all these KLian think they r smarter than anyone else..until now, whenever I go back home (KK). my “future m-i-l” sure ask me w this Q
“Vanessa..are U in Malaysia or in Sabah?” alalalalala…susahhhh sia mau jawab ni…so i said…”I also dunno…” weirdddddd….bikin panas juga la…
June 14th, 2007 at 5:42 am
so vsk.. bilalah? im soon.. just wait and see.. got big suprise for everyone hehhe