Latah - the legend continue

Have you ever heard of the term melatah..? its something like a trait that if you shocked someone, they would react in a blabber kind of way. Apparently this thing would only happen to malays. Weird… but yeah. Along my life, I’ve meet up with several people that have this trait (consider funny bone literally). Rul, yat, alya and also isha. 3 of them are my friends and 1 is my adek (name are in short form to avoid repercussions). They appear to be normal, but would blabber all the weird things to the darnesst thing if they are shocked.

Back in the days would be, ‘ohpocot’. Recently I heard from an indie skate video they said ‘owh mak kau siti nurhaliza’.. betul, tak tipu…! But yeah that’s that. Like the time we tickle rul saying something bout muay thai, he went with a full knee assault to the table. Then after the short trance, then he felt the pain. Pity him seriously… Once in a while, it’ll be alright.. But if its too often, would be too much..

(hyperstartling; “The person who has this syndrome has a severe reaction to being surprised (or shocked) in which he/she loses control of his/her behaviour- mimic the speech and actions of those around him/her and sometimes obey any commands given to him/her” –wiki-)