There's not much story behind using "Yah lah" in my blog title. I just find that it's the shortest and most Singaporean yet positive sounding expression I could find.
"Yah Lah" is the expression that people in Singapore use for saying what we say in Filipino, "Oo nga". When you explain something and they agree with it or say that it's what they mean, they usually answer you with "Yah lah".
I think it's just normal to unconsciously adapt the way people around you speak. If you put me at work with an Ilonggo (Pinoys from Iloilo province) or Batangeno (from Batangas province) colleague, few months later I would get their accents for sure. So I won't deny that somehow, I already got the "Singlish" way of speaking, at least their words of expression. And "Yah Lah" is one of those that come out of my mouth involuntarily.
Besides that the "Lah" in "Yah Lah" sounds good with "Life", I just felt that it's the best expression to describe the reality that I am into now. Good? Bad? Whatever. I am here in Singapore and it is for real.
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