Apabila YB Dato' Adnan Yaakob dilantik sebagai Menteri Besar Pahang, beliau telefon saya bertanya samada saya hendak tak datang ke Kuantan bekerja dengan dia. "Sam, Long ingat elok awak berubah angin. Mari datang Kuantan kerja dengan Long". Begitu lah kata-kata beliau. Kebetulan tahun 1999 itu saya kurang betul menumpukan perhatian kepada kerja-kerja sebagai lawyer. Anak saya baru meninggal pada 20hb August 1998. Dato' Adnan dilantik sebagai MB pada 25hb Mei 1999. "Come lah work with me. We see how I can place you in the MB's Office" Begitu lah Long Nan beritahu saya. "Boleh lah Long. Setahun dua boleh kot. I like myself more as lawyer, Long...." "OK...mari lah setahun dua" Itu jawab Dato' Adnan. "Tapi Long tak boleh lah bagi awak gaji besar Sam...." Sambung Dato' Adnan. "Kita tengok lah mana yang sesuai". Tambah beliau. Pada mulanya sejak bulan Mei 1999 itu saya hanya berulang alik KL-Kuantan. Tujuan
Salam Dato',
ReplyDeleteI can still recall an embarrassing moment I have had back in 2004. I am the type of person who is kind of slow in recognising faces. I was on my way back home from London, when I saw a fellow passenger whose face was very familiar to me. I time tu tgh kelam-kabut, pasal apa dah tak ingat sangat, so I decided to seek assistance from this familiar face. I addressed him as "Encik.." but he buat selamba je, he was helpful.
Then I saw a box he was having with him labeled "Dato' Jamaluddin Jarjis..". Alamak!
Congrats to H.E Dato' JJ..
Ida,
ReplyDeleteNot to worry and not to be embarrased about not calling a Dato' as a Dato'. The Dato'ship is not posted on the dahi...
I would rather be called an Encik esp. when in the JHDN office...and a few other places...*sigh*
Salam,
ReplyDeleteHaha...mesra ada makna tu... Tapi takpelaa tahniah untuk JJ ,moga tak ramai punggung kena raba kat USA, tapi takpe kot sbb org kat sana dah biase kena penggang