Any Armenians in Malaysia?

hi

would you consider malaysians?

Hi Marian, yes they are, I just came to KL yesterday and will be flying back the 2 August.
Would be nice to meet up for a drink. ...Karoxes grel davtian.d shnik (ili sobachnka) gmail i tochnka com.
Be well
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Hi Totjesamii,

Welcome on board

Thank you for posting except please note that this thread is a bit old and is dated 2013

Maybe you didn't really pay attention - we will invite you to start a new topic on the Kuala Lumpur Forum with all your questions for better visibility

Thank you

Maximilien

Thanks Maximilian

There must be Armenians in Malaysia because there are Greeks and when you find one the other is not usually far behind.

I was just guessing an Armenian would likely have a food shop in Penang, not so much KL, and sure enough, had to laugh, when I googled it, it popped right up. Here are some links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians_in_Singapore   (and Malaysia)

http://www.amassia.com.au/http://kudaranggi.blogspot.com/2007/09/ … enang.htmlhttp://embassykualalumpur.com/armenian/http://www.booking.com/hotel/my/armenian-house.html

Thanks

Yes...and I should have added that Armenians have a long history in Malaysia, since 1800-something I guess. Web says they congregated mostly in Malacca and Penang.

I was guessing food shops in Penang because when I have been to the Island I have noticed people who had to be Slavic, Greek, south Russian, Armenian, Baltic, Turkish, those types. I just didnt walk up and ask them--probably a mistake because they are all nice people to be friends with. Well, i did that once at Mid-Valley mall. There was a fellow selling homemade ice cream in the mall and I stopped and said, "you are a Turk!" and he laughed and said yes. We got to be friends. Malaysia is quite a world crossroad!

Here is an interesting link ( I was thinking, where is an armenian church around here?) Churches are a great way to find any group.
http://armeniansinasia.org/category/arm … /malaysia/

In there I found this:
"But by far the most famous Armenians in the region were the Sarkies brothers who made their mark as hoteliers of the Eastern & Oriental in Penang and of the Raffles in Singapore."    Thats quite impressive. I didnt know!