#PerlisIsSoSmall a hit among Malaysians on Twitter

The social media drama was brewing during the period of another drama, which saw none of the nine Barisan Nasional state assemblymen attend Datuk Seri Azlan Man’s (seated) swearing in as mentri besar. — Bernama picThe social media drama was brewing during the period of another drama, which saw none of the nine Barisan Nasional state assemblymen attend Datuk Seri Azlan Man’s (seated) swearing in as mentri besar. — Bernama pic
The social media drama was brewing during the period of another drama, which saw none of the nine Barisan Nasional state assemblymen attend Datuk Seri Azlan Man’s (seated) swearing in as mentri besar. — Bernama pic

PETALING JAYA, May 25 — It’s been a quiet week or two at Malaysia’s smallest state, Perlis, since the 14th general election on May 9.

So quiet that people from the state with three parliamentary seats decided that brewing some jokes about the size of the state, which is 821 km², will be the best way to shed some spotlight on it.

What started as a conversation between three friends in the afternoon, turned into the most trending Twitter hashtag as of midnight.

 

 

It did not take long before other Malaysians jumped onto the #PerlisIsSoSmall bandwagon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The state is clearly “so small” that even a joke about it had to be shared with its neighbouring state, Kedah.

 

 

 

 

 

Not to forget the Twitter user who is always on hand with facts and the one who cannot take a joke.

 

 

 

All this social media drama was brewing during the period of another drama, which saw none of the nine Barisan Nasional state assemblymen attend Datuk Seri Azlan Man’s swearing in as mentri besar.

Raja of Perlis Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail was reportedly disappointed with their actions as only three Pakatan Harapan and two PAS elected representatives were present.

Perlis had been the only state yet to swear in its mentri besar nearly two weeks after election, which led us to our tweet of the day:

 

 

BN won 10 of the 15 Perlis seats during GE14 to form the state government with a two-thirds majority.

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