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Sh*t People Tell Me Just Because I Stay In Cheras

IMHO, Cheras is AWESOME!

By Tang Ruxyn

Cover image via gan4hire

1. "YOU'RE FROM CHERAS? OH MY GOD, IT'S SO FAR AWAY."

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Image via IMGFLIP

The #1 thing that every other non-Cheras person says when I tell them that I'm from Cheras.

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2. "ALWAYS SO JAMMMMMM!"

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Image via Facebook

Fun fact: The toll in the image above was abolished in May 2011.

3. "Oh, you live in Cheras? Which area?"... "Wait, where is that?"

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Image via Giphy

4. "Actually... where is Cheras?"

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Image via quickmeme

5. "Connaught Pasar Malam!"

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Image via my.locatedat

"It's the longest pasar malam but...it's not really that nice."

6. "Eh, Cheras got gangsters?"

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Photo for illustration purposes only.

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Wait, I thought that should be Klang, not Cheras. :p

7. "Cheras got a lot of Ah Bengs and Ah Lians, right?"

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Photo for illustration purposes only.

Image via Mothership.sg

8. "Do you guys even have any shopping malls there?"

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Image via Go Where

Have you heard of 'Cheras Leisure Mall', 'Cheras Sentral' or 'Viva Shopping Mall'?

Move along now.

9. "Now you guys got your own IKEA too right?"

"But why is it Cheras when it's so near KLCC?"

"But why is it Cheras when it's so near KLCC?"

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I know all you PJ people are very thankful for IKEA Cheras.

10. "IKEA Cheras is in Cheras ah?"

"But why is it so near to KLCC and Zouk KL?"

11. “Cheras always flood one right?"

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Image via Facebook

Well, sometimes...

12. "You stay in Cheras? Isn't it like a kampung?"

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Image via SkyScraperCity

NO. NO. NO.

13. "So many potholes!!!"

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Image via Carlist.my

Yes, just imagine how I go through them everyday.

14. "Why is Cheras SO big?!"

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Image via memegenerator

15. "What do Cheras people do for fun?"

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Image via WIKIA

I ask myself that question too (sometimes).

What have you heard or think about Cheras? Let us know in the comments section below!

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