As a followup on the previous post where I researched about zombie attacks, I noticed most of the survivors as documented on the movies uses guns to fight zombies. However guns are not easy to acquire here in Malaysia, unless you have access to the Army weapons locker or you have close ties with the triads. Therefore Malaysian have to be more creative in fight of Zombies. Here are some pointers to survive a zombie outbreak in Malaysia.

Preparation

It is not silly to prepare yourself, this are zombies we’re talking about here, not Y2K. So stocked up on canned food, as much as you could afford. If you decide to hide out in your house, make sure that you secure all entrances, brick the windows, and also make sure your roof are secured. Some zombies are known to have exceptional climbing skills.

Medical supplies, first aid kits and clean drinking water also need to be stocked up. Also plan an escape route, incase if your barricaded home can’t hold of the zombie horde. If you live near a river stream prepare a runaway boat. Zombies can’t swim.

Make sure you have batteries, flashlights and emergency radio handy. When the Zombie attacks begins, I don’t think you’ll have any Internet connection. Forget about Tweeting. A radio is your only source of information from the outside world.

The best preparation you can do for now is to know the enemy. There are 4 types of zombies:-

The Philosophical Zombie – This is the most harmless zombie. You might already encounter them in your everyday life. These are the everyday people who have no sense of self or existence. They simply go through the motion of living and stop there. This breed of zombies may not want to eat your brains, but careful as their thoughtlessness is infectious, you might become one of them.

Haitian Voodoo Zombies – These are basically animated corpses. This zombies don’t generally try to eat the living. They are controlled by a Voodoo master. This zombies a harmless, unless you are enemies with a Voodoo master, in that case try not to make enemies with any Voodoo masters.

Hollywood Zombie – This is the zombie you should look out for. Most of the time, these zombies would want to eat your brains, and they wont stop until they got what they want. Luckily, their movement are slow and uncoordinated.

New School Hollywood Zombies – This is the most dangerous breed of zombies among all the other zombies. Unlike their predecessors, these new school hollywood zombies move quickly and can climb buildings.

Fighting Zombies

Firearms such as a shotgun or a rifle are good weapons against zombies. It put distance between you and the zombie. However you can’t get guns easily in Malaysia. Here are some other way to fend off attacking zombies:-

When facing a Zombies it is always wise to run. Get out of there as fast as you can and try not to get bitten. Hand-to-hand combat with zombies is always a bad idea, you will only end up getting bit by a zombie. Once you are bitten by a zombies it’s game over, and eventually you’ll turn into a zombie yourself.

Anything you can lift, throw and swing is a potential weapon. Always aim for their head, smash their brains. This will immobilize them immediately.

Fire makes great weapons against zombies. Keep some gasoline handy and learn to make yourself a Molotov cocktail. Left overs fireworks from Raya celebration could come in handy too. Just remember, burn the zombies not yourself.

If you find yourself, trapped and weaponless and could not runaway, instead of fighting them zombies, the next best thing is to join them. Zombies only eats the living. They differentiate the living from the dead by using their sense of smell. Smear yourself with corpses and walk as if both of your legs are asleep. If it happens to rain while you are pretending to be a zombie, then I wish you the best of luck as the rain will rinse the smell of corpse on your body.

Worst case scenario

Say you have manage to fend of zombies from your fortified house and yet there is still no sign of help coming after a long time. You may have also ran out of food supplies. The chance of your survival is slim and you may starve to death.

If you ever came into that situation, I would suggest that you consider ending your life. Starving to death almost guarantees that you will come back from the dead hungrier then ever.