This post will be the final chapter and an end to the Blast from the Past trilogy. So far I have written on As and Bs classification, their hobbies, their mission and objectives, strategies and plan of action. This post will feature a special edition on National day Celebration and existence of the “others”.
National Day is one of the highlights and most celebrated event among the A`s community. This enthusiasm was not brought about by the strong feeling of patriotism but more of empire domination and demonstration of fighting and flirting skills. Back during my days, it was compulsory for all form 1 and form 2 students to participate in the National day. This means that we will have no classes for months and will be out on the sun practicing dance routines. Although we hated it, we the Bs put our maximum effort into it and will constantly practice the routines on or off the field.
The A`s on the other hand had their own agenda. Their discussion will be more centered on which school had the hottest chicks, who should they form alliances with, who is hot and who is not, adding to their never ending list of who to beat up next. In summary, their activities can be simplified into 3 F`s Fighting, Flirting and err.. Feeling??. Once in a while, I followed my partner in crime (the lost soul) to skive the practices and hung out with the A`s see what they were up to. Flirting apparently ranked high on their to- do list and they have managed to secure a spot at one of the Stadium staircase to execute this operation. One thing I learned about the A`s are that they are not choosy people and they will try their luck with just anything with a skirt regardless of size, type, patterns and colors. The pick- up line would be something like..Phewitttt..”kirim salam kain coklat ahh”. “Kirim salam kain hijau petak ahh”, kain biru” and god knows what. During rainy days, this pick up line will change slightly such as “kirim salam bra kuning, bra biru”..yeah rude but its true! Since we are on this topic, one of the cheesiest and lamest pick up line for the A`s hitting on the girls will be “eh beb… ada borang kosong kah?” which effectively means that he is asking her if she wants to be his girlfriend…lame lame lame! I wonder what the success rate was…
For us B’s, we were left to try our luck with the Land of Geeks where most of the chicks wore thick glasses and thought their brains were as big as the world. Most of these girls didn’t give any of us, As and Bs the time of day. B’s pickup lines were normally more civilized but far more corny. “Eh beb, can I have your number? Because I’ve forgotten mine…” Yeah bebeh!
National day was also a time where we witnessed probably the most gruesome and violent fight scene among the A`s from my school with the other bad dogs in the country. Besides the As, there were the existence of the “others”…a different group who do not speak the A`s dialect but easily identifiable with a dialect of their own. They came from the Urban areas and were also quite well known for their notorious fighting techniques. There are of two types: the Xs and the Ys.
Xs were mainly made up of a big group of people who came from the Urban areas and easily identifiable with their own unique dialect. These people usually looked pretty mean with their black shirts with WWF print outs, Metallica or Iron Maiden logos or some rude words. These people herd in big groups and the ring leader is usually short, stocky with mean looking eyebrows.
The Ys are the opposite, these group of people do not have their own dialect and came mainly from a well off family in the city areas. Most of them are quite harmless but they are what we called “connected” to some bigger, badder, meaner dark organizations whose shall not be named. The long standing rivalry between these groups led to many fierce fights and in some cases led to some serious injuries. All in the quest of fame and glory..
I guessed what I am trying to say here is that my life as a student back then was not easy as we had to go through some rough and bumpy rides. The fact that I heard lots of similar experiences among my current circle of friends indicated that it was probably a big problem back then..or we the Bs just ended up in the same sort of place. Thank god I do not hear these kinds of stories that often anymore and guess it’s a good thing. Things probably have improved since then and I guess the environment that we lived in now do not tolerate such uncivilized behavior. I wish my future generation do not have to go through such things..and boy if you are old enough to read this..please let mom and dad know..so we can prep you up with some taekwondo and kick boxing skills!
Cheers all!
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