Thursday, March 24, 2011

A Brief Foray into the Acquaintance of Malaysia's Alphabet-based Dato's




It would be a formidable shame to think that Malaysia's alphabet-based Dato's are just limited to the usual suspects: Dato' T, Dato' K, Dato' M etc etc. Nooooo! Our country is RICH with these singular, titular, hieroglyphics personalities. And here's some (in no way exhaustive) listing ....

Dato' A is for Ali Rustam: were he born 500 years ago
The Portuguese would have 2nd thoughts rowing into this Archipelago
Dato' B is Bakar Baginda, though he isn't one
                  He would've, by now, wished he didn't have TOO much fun
Dato' C is the ambivalents, both named Chua
                  One just a follower, the other BECAME a porn star
Dato' D is DJ Dave,  a crooner both in Malay and Hindustan
                  Shoulda got all the limelight if it wasnt for Dato Shah Rukh Khan
Dato' E is Eskay - a part of the "T" trinity
                  The Father, Son and some Video Publicity
Dato' F is Fadzil Noor, former Parti Islam Head
                  Can't say anything much here --- respect for the dead
Dato' G is G Palanivel, MIC henchman extraordinaire
                  Lets wait till PRU13 to see if he is still there
Dato' H is Hishamuddin --- doesnt bear the resemblance of grandfather
                  Mostly known for being a dignified, terrifed, petrified Keris Wielder
Dato' I is Ibrahim Ali, scourge of the Perkasa Malays
                  Love him, hate him but he's just doing what's good for his race!
Dato' J is JJ, our American Ambassador walking tall
                  He's now stationed in Washington, naughty fingers and all
Dato' K is of course, the hubby of Siti Nurhaliza
                  And boy! What he wouldn't do, what he wouldn't buy to plizza!
Dato' L is for all the Lees and the Leongs out there
                  You've seen one, you've seen 'em all, fair and square
Dato' M is of course Dato' Seri Mahathir, a Tun in actuality
                  He didnt shoot the sherrif---he shot his deputy!
Dato' N is Nik Aziz, a formidable Northern State Moulvi
                  Ashamed to be a malay, wished he was an Arab Badvi
Dato' O is Onn bin Jaafar, he dealt in Politics like it was an art
                  Granddad of Dato' H, but about four times as smart
Dato' P is Peter Chin, heading the Environment Ministry
                  He'll scowl if you throw some rubbish or fart unnecessarily
Dato' Q stands for no one - not many in Malaysia has that initial really
                  And for the ones that DO have, none a Dato unfortunately
Dato' R is Aharuddin Attan. And I know that wont sound as cool
                  But mention Dato' Rocky and the ladies will start to drool
Dato' S is for that blogger in Pahang, and if you don't mind bersekongkol,
                  Open up his website and you will meet Dato' Sakmongkol
Dato' T is for any Dato Terlampau, and there's quite a few out there
                  Overdosed in viagra, all Mak Jandas beware!
Dato' U is for Uthayakumar. Whats that? I didnt get that right?
                  Oh how dumb of me. He's really a British Knight!
Dato' V is VK Lingam, a study in mis-identity
                  Cos people look like him, smell like him, but they weren't him personally
Dato' W is Datin Seri Wan Azizah, M.D.
                  Wife of God's great gift, it just so happened to be
Dato' X, as of now, hasn't been assigned to anybody
                  Interested? Do a scandal and we'll tag it to you unreservedly
Dato' Y is a mysterious man not identified till today
                  Bears the world's most sought-after DNA
Dato' Z is for former PKR hunkman Zaid
                  He's chubby, cheery, bubbly, tipsy. Enough said.
Lastly, Leman Pulut coulda been a Dato, Leman could have so much fun
But none of the kids are married yet: how could I have a grandson?
                 

5 comments:

  1. nice! very original. lagipun, boleh rap lah this alphatokening of yours, leman. :D

    mekyam

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  2. aisay, i feel abit like ketinggalan kapal...
    sbb baru kejap ni discover blog leman pulut.
    ironic gak statement saya tau, sbb padahal
    sebenarnya, bak kata org-mat, saya ni en route!

    tapi takpe, better late than never to find,
    while chucklin' here in a turkish internet cafe,
    someone like mr pulut and his euphonic mind,
    who makes mat-euros around me wonder if i'm ok.

    mekyam

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  3. Mekyam,

    Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    Some poems rhyme
    This one doesn't

    Leman

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  4. Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    I don't do poems, nice tits.

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  5. My favourites

    Dato' E is Eskay - a part of the "T" trinity
    The Father, Son and some Video Publicity

    Dato' H is Hishamuddin --- doesnt bear the resemblance of grandfather
    Mostly known for being a dignified, terrifed, petrified Keris Wielder

    Dato' U is for Uthayakumar. Whats that? I didnt get that right?
    Oh how dumb of me. He's really a British Knight!

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