Well, needless to say, I don't have a lot of street cred with
Mats.
And to be brutally frank... I really cannot identify myself very
well with other Malays. It seems that the culture of the Mats and
Minahs is the majority culture among the Malays, and it is not
something that I can reconcile with very well.
I guess a lot of it has to do with the fact that I was the only
non-Chinese in my class from Sec 3 till JC2. As a result most of my
friends are Chinese.
Whatever the case, the bad experience I had was with the young Mats
who see me as the oddball. Half of them are dropouts and such. So
you can imagine that they see me as an outcast and not 'one of
us'.
The older workers were far more supportive and advised me to not
let those dumbasses put me down.
One of the older workers told me, 'Some of these guys have had
pretty bad pasts... they get jealous at people who have actually
made it far in life. As a result, they try to pull you down to your
level. Don't let them put you down... these people smear the name
of the Malays. Go forth, study hard, and bring honour to our
race.'
And yeah... I'll follow his advice.
