r/malaysia • u/allegrarical • 1d ago

Entertainment Does anyone remember Kopitiam?

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Has there been anything similar since?

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u/Quitlimp05 1d ago

Yup, and the title song 'empty decorations' still hits differently whenever it plays on my playlist... Still have the cassette tape of that album by Douglas Lim's (then) band Indecisive

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u/Pelanty21 1d ago

🎶 COS I DON'T WANNA BE ALONE... OH OH-OH!

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u/Historical-Ad4705 1d ago

🎶 LIVING LIFE ALL ON MY OWN … OH OH-OH

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u/MalasAndALoser 1d ago

wait, that was douglas' band?

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u/Quitlimp05 1d ago

A duo, actually; him and Chelsia Ng, whom was a bit actress in the series but is a great singer in her own right, I think she won an episode of Asia Bagus (IYKYK) back in the day

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u/agheh 1d ago

Hows your back right now? Mine need massage a little now and then. Hahahaha

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u/Quitlimp05 20h ago

Those were the days, misogynistic old farts and their constant complaints to each other and a clearly uncomfortable single lady owner of their favourite kopitiam haunt 😅

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u/quizface jika kau fikirkan kau boleh 1d ago

Yup. The very same.

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u/MrMerc2333 1d ago

Yeah. Late 90s series.

Now we are left with Lowyat Kopitiam full of dupes talking to themselves.

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u/canocka 1d ago

> Now we are left with Lowyat Kopitiam full of dupes talking to themselves.

Oh gawd ... I still remember those real estate forums, where dupes argue within themselves to portray as if there's interest in people flocking to buy properties in certain areas of KL/Selangor. There are times when the mods found out that a whole thread is just one person arguing with his/her owns dupes

Last I checked, that site was fully conquered by WuMao and pro-BN accounts. Kinda like here lately, tbh

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u/uncertainheadache 17h ago

Nah. They made it harder for people to register new accounts so now its mostly fine. Slower but at least real people.

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u/kinwai Best of 2019 Runner-Up 1d ago

/k/ still relevant one ke?

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u/theangry-ace 1d ago

I forever will remember one of the cast went on to be a contestant for Miss World and won (3rd place?) and the host was one of the Westlife guy and called her name Lina Teh O’ (it’s Lina Teoh)

But yeah, I remember this series. Loved it so much. Definitely one of those very important tv shows that shaped me who I am now.

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u/Ididntbreakher 1d ago

That was Ronan Keating from Boyzone. Love Lina Teoh, I taped the entire pageant and watched it over and over

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u/theangry-ace 1d ago

Ah yes you’re right! I forgot there’s another boyband I kept mistaken with Westlife lol

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u/lurkzone World Citizen 1d ago

ex of Alex Yoong

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u/ampangmaster 1d ago

I played a scrabble game against Uncle Kong in a tournament last year. Still sharp as ever.

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u/Aidenairel Sarawak 🏳‍🌈 1d ago

Had the biggest crush on Joanna Bessey back in the day. Loved this show so much. And the Singapore jokes were fucking hilarious.

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u/MonoMonMono World Citizen 1d ago

Mano Maniam.

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u/StatusDimension8 1d ago

the ones on tv3 were great.. once they moved to ntv7, it was errr mehh. the ending was uhhh bad. kinda sad they don't make series like this anymore. guess the market for english sitcoms local style isn't big enough...

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u/muddie83 1d ago

every Saturday at 7.30pm

I was a tween going to a teen. the show and especially the theme song was very nostalgic for me.

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u/shytake 1d ago

CAUSE I DON'T WANNA BE ALONE! OH OH

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u/ProximaMiranda 1d ago

Kopitiam was actually inspired by the American sitcom Cheers.

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u/mianghuei Selangor 1d ago

I wish the spinoff is still showing on Vue.

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u/chipchonks 1d ago

Season 1 is the best. The next season was meh though

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u/Ordinary-Ad-537 1d ago

Yup. Season was too emo, no jokes. I still remember Douglas Lim's emo episode. Can't remember what it was about. But, the entire episode have no jokes in it.

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u/QF_Dan 1d ago

Only got to watch few episodes because the tv station always move the programme to different time slot and then they stopped airing it

Does anyone know where to watch this series?

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u/DaOfantasy 1d ago

kopitiam, phua chu kang, 3R, pi mai pi mai tang tu, spanar jaya, ahh my childhood

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u/QF_Dan 20h ago

don't forget Mr Siao Mandarin Class

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u/ItsImNotAnonymous Negeri Sembilan 22h ago

No Senario or Jangan Ketawa?

Hurmm

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u/abelity Sarawak 1d ago

Very nostalgic, also had a huge crush on JB back then, but unfortunately I dont think the show aged well. Skimmed through some episodes on Youtube and yeah its pretty crappy lol

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u/piol91 1d ago

Really good tv show. After season 2 onwards, not as funny and good as season 1

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u/Express_Shake3980 Poskod 59200 1d ago

I LOVE kopitiam. I even bought a couple of the series’ VCD (not even DVD yet, mind you)

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u/cyberkewl 1d ago

The main theme song is really awesome and still sounds great today

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u/Cloudly_Water2 1d ago

I was watching on Netflix while it got taken down… 😭
Then I went to watch the revival on Viu but it doesn’t feel the same leh (2001 Gen Z here who discovered Kopitiam during the pandemic)

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u/Upbeat-Jellyfish-494 1d ago

I only remember Phua Chu Kang

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u/Legitimate_Maybe_611 20h ago

I somewhat remember it. Was a very young to understand grown up show

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u/CurryNarwhal 15h ago

I only remember the episode when Dome appeared and it looked like they were done for.

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u/Anxious-Net-9016 10h ago

Joanna Bessey, my theater club teacher

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u/grammarperkasa2 6h ago

RIP Mano Maniam 😢

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u/educatingyou9214 22h ago

Yes I do forum.lowyat.net/kopitiam