Mats-unique or euu!nique

What is a Mat you say? The Mat is the Malay equivalent of the Ah Beng. Usually long-haired and scruffy, he is often in a leather or denim jacket, and sitting astride his motorcycle. A "Mat Rocker" is a Mat who unabashedly shows his devotion to heavy metal rock music. The 5Ms of the Mat Rocker are: Minah, Marlboro, Motorcycle, Metal and Maintain Balan'. A Mat-ism, it is an exhortation to stay cool and steady. Minah is the feminine equivalent of the Mat, and hence the equivalent of the Ah lian. Mats originate from unoriginal people with no life. -No offence-Why do I say that? If you look closely, every single one of them wears the same type of clothing like tapered jeans/ skinny jeans and trucker caps and they always listen to weepy Malay songs with sickeningly suicidal lyrics.

Mats have their own language like 'relac ah', which means relax or don't take it to hard, and 'sabo' which means sabotage. Matrep [mat-rape] noun. An extreme version of the mat. In addition to the usual mat accessories, a matrep will also come adorned with tattoos and matching body-piercing in weird corners of his body. Sial [see- yal] noun / adjective. A full stop in every mat's sentence. E.g.: “Tadi aku nampak accident sial Rabak sial Aku tak bedek sial Kesian sial” Translation: Just now I saw an accident (full stop) It was bad (full stop) I'm not kidding (full stop) Poor guy (full stop) In its purest form, “sial” means “jinx” but mats have refined the art of using the word to include it at the end of their every sentence. Also comes in the more polite form “siak” and “siul” for those who do not want to sound too crude. Another sentence is 'gua cayar samar lu ah!!!!' which means I believe in you.

To me, I think mats are acceptable in this urbanizing world but I prefer not to be a mat because all they do is laze around at void decks and play music –no offence but to me, mats have no life unless they enter the music industry as a band with the songs that they have made and then get millions of dollars. Other then that, I think its better to use the time they waste hanging out with their mat friends and do useless stuff to revise and learn for their upcoming tests or do their project work and homework together. That’s why you have to choose the right friends.