i dunno y i suddenly have the compulsion to write on this issue. ok, mebbe i know y, but its far too embarrassing to share it on my blog, so i'll just go straight into the topic..

i have a pet peeve.

when i see mats and minahs acting all boisterous n reckless, acting like they own the world, swaggering like they have hard-ons between their pants (READ: jalan terkenkang-kenkang, even the minahs, walking with legs wide apart, arms flailing), talking at the top of their lungs like everyone's either stoned or deaf, i get really really mad. it freaking irritates the hell outta me. i always feel like knocking my heels on their heads and jamming my shoes in their mouths to shut them up. and heres why..

these jokers are making complete fruitbrains of themselves without realizing it. contrary to their beliefs that they look cool and everyone would part like the red sea when they come a-strudding, contrary to the beliefs that people regard them with intimidation and coolness, the truth is: when they're acting the way they do, people bear a general consensus: 'bugger off, ------- (please fill in with your fav swear word)'

i'm alright with mat n minahs in general. mat/minah dangdut (if there''s such a term, hey u never know..), mat/minah techno, mat/minah motor, mat/minah rock (i happen to love rock), and all the other variations of mats and their equivalent counterparts out there. even if they wear tapered jeans. i may not think its all that fashionable, but i can stand it... i mean, to each his own right?

AS LONG AS they mind they're own bloody business, i'm cool with that. as long as they dun talk and laugh like hyenas or momoks unleashed, as long as they dun make complete asses and nuisance of themselves and harass the public. y?

cos its freaking EMBARRASSING, can? (as in, i'm both malu of them and for them) and sad, so very sad, sad, sad....
and then when i'm done with the embarrassment bit, the anger seeps in. cos these people are the very kinds who lament bout malays being stereotyped as such-and-such and bout the govt not doing enough to help the community. so they decide to just wallow in all their self-pity and sink deeper into the very stereotyped image that they always feel they're being misjudged for. smart move.

i say, if you are really so bloody tired of being labelled as the lazy, sub-standard, trouble-makers, guitar-strumming voideckers; get off your arses and prove them wrong. (for those who succeeded, kudos to you) do something constructive bout it. making complete fools of yourselves is not constructive, by the way. instead of complaining of the lack of help the community is giving, go out there and help yourselves. make something out of your lives. and for goodness sake, when u have kids later on, please make them go to school so that they might have a future, even if you dun..

u know y its sad? cos these people dun realise the truth in all this until its too late. they dun wanna think beyond tomorrow or next week, n its super frustrating cos u cant shake sense into them...

my sec sch students told me to 'relak ah, cher' and join them blow some smoke. all they care bout now is having fun. they just wanna live in moderation. nothing wrong with that, cept at the rate they're going, they're freefalling straight for poverty. too early to bother bout these things now, they say. come back 10 yrs later when they've failed their 'O's and remind them again then..

right.