Thursday, March 22, 2007

My Ah Beng neighbour

Suddenly feel like talking about my ah beng neighbour. Why I call him ah beng leh? Everytime I was at home, I heard him turned on his 'sound system' in his car so damn loud. Wah, he thought everyone like to listen to his music meh? So annoying... somemore hokkien song leh. Eventho I am hokkien lang, but I will listen the songs on my own lar, need to share with other people meh? He thought his sound system very keng leh, 'ping pang ping pang'.. want to show off lo, what else. aparah??? Like those VCD sellers ah beng, dye the hair gold color, smoking, modified the car until can fly...

Look at the definition that I get from Wikipedia:
Ah Beng is a term commonly given to a member of a group of young Chinese men in Southeast Asia, particularly Singapore and Malaysia. These Chinese men, whose age ranging from their early teens to late 20s, usually centralise in the busier and more developed cities in the region, but are usually seen as originating from smaller or more rural towns. Ah bengs typically speak local slang, which is Hokkien or Cantonese mixed with English and Malay, such as Manglish or Singlish. They are often stereotypically portrayed to be anti-intellectual, superficial and materialistic and shallow. These values often lead to a lack of culture or indulgence in criminal activity or being involved in brawling or affray out of disagreement with other people. Ah bengs are also sometimes associated with extensively-modified or zhng-ed cars, and are stereotypically seen as being excessively flashy and show-offs.
The term 'Ah Beng' is also sometimes used to describe young Chinese men in Southeast Asia who cannot speak fluent English and/or have graduated from the secular Chinese education system of the region.

6 comments:

~ mrs lam ~ said...

so, besides seeing AH BENG, do you see any AH LIAN with him or not?
hehehe

adriantai said...

hello...

anyway, i was doing a search when your blog showed up on the result. anyway, just wanted to invite you to Setia Alam's Resident's online presence:
http://www.setiaalam.net

join our forum and post a 'hint' there. maybe your neighbour might then realise.

also, see you at Disney on Ice. I won 2 free tickets as well. :)

adriantai said...

just realised u won't be at Disney on Ice... :(

ckchiam said...

mrs.lam - i think his wife not so ah lian lor...

adriantai - great to know another resident of setia alam. yes, i missed the disney on ice. too bad, got biz trip :( enjoy the show ^_^

adriantai said...

hi... got a forumer who would like to buy it from you. do you still have the tickets? he got 2 tickets but would like another 2 for his two kids.

ckchiam said...

sorry, not available edi...