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?