So different

I noticed there's a different way of expressing things over here. An example is, money.

How do you call "1400" in Malaysia? I will just say it as "thousand four". We all understand it equals to $1400, right?

I had experienced at bank before, I deposite $1200 cash in $100 notes, the teller asked me how much I am  depositing, I said, "thousand two". The teller doesn't seem convinced, he said, "twelve hundred u mean?". I said yes. But I cannot help to feel strange... why he behave like that.

Finally, I discovered the mystery. My colleague told me if you say thousand two, they will think of "$1002". I am like "what???". My colleage said you should say "twelve hundred". Ohhh.....

But of course, if it is $2000, then it is "two thousand". Not "twenty hundred". haha.

Sigh... so different lah... and in China, 300,000 they called it 三十万. For me, I called it 三百千. Whenever they say "万", I have to stop and covert it into 十千/百千 in my head... needless to say 一个亿， that, I have to stop and tell myself it means 100 million . (in writing this, I have to verify if it means 100 million by googling how many zero does yi has. )

So different!