Girls Will Be Girls - The Story of 'Gedik'

Let's say you walk in the streets of KL one day and you run across a bunch of giggling school girls (tweens, the lot of them), and imagine you don't understand a single thing they're talking about, yet you listen to them just as well. This is how their conversation would look like:

Girl #1: Eh, ko tau tak budak kat kelas kita tu?

Girl #2 and Girl #3: Mana satu?

Girl #1: Alaaaah, yang bajet hot ngan cun tue.. (okay, you know you can understand 'hot')

Girl #3: OOOOH! Budak tu ke? Eee! Tak tahan aku ngan dia tu! Asal dengan lelaki je, nak menggedik. Asal ngan lelaki je, nak menggedik! Geli aku!

Girl #2: Ko tau tak hari tu dia rampas boyfriend kawan kita si ******* tu?

Girl #1: Ye ke?  Eeee, jahatnya minah tu!

Girl #3: Aku benci budak gedik.

Girl #1 and Girl #2: *nods*

 By now you're probably wondering "WHAT IN THE WORLD IS 'GEDIK'? Have you watched "Mean Girls' before? Yes? No? Yes? If you had, then I can safely say that the gals in that story are the living definition of 'gedik'. Basically, 'gedik' is used to call a girl who are show-offs, think they're hot (and often, unfortunately they are =__=), and generally think the world revolves around them.

Would YOU want to be friends with these ladies?

Perhaps for the person living in parts other than Malaysia you have your own set of these girls. Often these are the very girls that create that maddening stereotype of 'cliques'. Frankly speaking they are the horror of your childhood or high school years. Nobody can stand them, end of story.

But I can't help but think the youth of my country are taking this 'we hate budak gedik' mentality a little too far, to the point that they feel their lives will never be in peace until these girls are properly eradicated and thrown six feet under the ground. In other words, they want these hapless girls DEAD. 

Even you wouldn't want to wish that overly-girlish girl sitting next to you dead, now, would you?

Mean as they are, they shouldn't be considered a bane in society.

Well, consider this - I was part of an 'anti-gedik' Facebook page, and I saw a lot of comments berating a girl just because she said belitting these girls is wrong and that they should be given a chance. Being the troll-in-the-making that I am, I went off trolling everyone and their dog about how silly their minds are, and complimented the girl for her profound wisdom. Actually there are a number of girls and guys with such profound wisdom that I feel I MUST add them to my friends' list. And the rest? Well, I find their reasons for hating these girls UNJUSTIFIED. Some even went as far as to - what - saying these girls came from the deepest pits of Hell! As a sane and intelligent person I am obliged to say "WHAT THE HELL?!"

Regardless of who you are and what you think, you cannot judge people just because they behave a certain kind of way. Just because they have the nerve to take your group of friends or your boyfriend away doesn't mean they are entirely to blame. Have you asked yourself as to why your friends or that boy you declared your love to chose that 'gedik' girl instead of you? Maybe the flaw is in them, and if so you are spared from having an even more miserable life. Perhaps the core of the problem lies in yourself. Maybe there's something majorly annoying about you that others just couldn't stand, and they see the other girl as much better than you are, as girlish and show-offy as she is. 

Think, don't judge, and keep your temper. It's easier than revolving your whole life making these girls suffer anyway.