ah bengs. ah lians. we look at them. we may scoff at them. but in a way, there're pretty damn cool. dyed hair. thick glasses. that androgynistic dress sense. solid. i knew the term "beng" was around, even when i was still in gis...which is quite surprising, seeing how gis was meant to be an international school as opposed to a local school. you had local slang running up all the time..."perasan" [full of yourself], and a variety of other words that i can't really say here. local slang, yea? anyway, back to the matter at hand...i really do respect bengs and lians for their boldness and individuality, but at the same time, a guy who basically wears a pair of black nylon trousers with a flower stitched on as well as a pair of gucci-like sandals is either in need of major therapy, a girlfriend, or attention. there's only so much that i can say about my support for them. oh, well. i think bengs and lians hang out in cliques...you won't see indie rockers like me [or so i dream] with a beng. you also won't see bengs hanging out with indie rockers like me [or so i dream, again...indie is good].

but i think that we should try to break down the barriers between beng and indies...and bengs and everyone else. then again, since eight tenths of kl is filled with bengs, i think that we should all just break down barriers and accept indies. indies are everywhere...you have malay indies, indian indies, and the chink indie has suddenly sprung up during the last few years. more and more kids are going indie, and it's only a matter of time before three eighths of kl is filled with indies, disregarding the fact that five eighths of kl will still be filled with bengs. we also have girls in malls going indie [or at least avril...i saw a girl at the megamall wearing a tie with her shirt]. we're about to make a resurgence...it's indie, not punk. punk's totally different. i think punks constitute one tenth of kl. and they're hard to find, but they're there in their underground, looking for a resurgence as well. feng tao is all good and it's still in, but...let's come together. we could do indie-beng music crossovers ([sic] goes chinese - that would be due to edwin, but he's not beng, he's indie), we could mix and match our clothes [i'll even wear the flower pants as long as there's an adidas top!]...i'll even bop my head along to a bass drum as long as i see dyed hair in the next [sic] gig (coming soon, may i add!)

it could be groundbreaking, really. so...why not go ahead with it?

change. make change.

(isn't that the za tagline?)

i really do respect ah bengs. i just wish there was another way to label them..."ah beng" seems to deragatory. and i've got friends who resent being called that as well...because they *claim* that they're not. oh, well. you can't win 'em all.

indie is back. hail the king, man.