Friday, May 9, 2008

Malaysians who make it big in the world

Did you guys hear about the brilliant speech by datuk seri dr mahathir mohamad at the islamic summit conference? it was held in putrajaya convention centre, malaysia long looooong time ago.


I'm not really into malaysian politics. probably the most boring and lame subject in a conversation, because i know nothing about it. but i know at this age, i should have taken more interests about this subject. and i will. people say it's full of corruption, back-stabbing and lies but for now, i'm not gonna talk about it. too controversial. however, what i'm gonna talk about is our own datuk seri dr mahathir mohamad as an individual, not as the malaysian prime minister. i have to admit, regardless what some people might say, he is an exceptional and tremendous individual. nothing but respect for him..

Malaysians who make it big:

1. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad,
born: december 20th, 1925 in alor star, kedah
education: SAHC, king edward VII college of medicine (now known as malaya university), singapore
occupation: former physician, malaysia's fourth prime minister (asia's longest serving head of government)

under datuk seri dr mahathir mohamad, according to gmc:
* today, malaysia is the most developed country amongst the developing countries in the world.
* malaysia is currently the world's 17th largest trading nation and major exporter of electronic products albeit its relative smallness in size; surpassing some of the 20 fully developed countries in the world.
* malaysia is also placed on the 4th spot (2003) in term of trading competitiveness of which the top three are usa, canada & australia.

datuk seri dr mahathir mohamad is due to retire in october 31st, 2003.

other malaysians:

2. Allahyarham Tan Sri P Ramlee (teuku zakaria teuku nyak puteh)
born: march 22nd, 1929 in penang - May 29th, 1973
education: kampung jawa malay school (primary), francis light english school (primary), japanese navy school (world war II), penang free school (secondary)
occupation: actor, comedian, singer, songwriter, screenwriter and film director
accomplishments:

* 359 songs as singer, songwriter, composer and/or musician.
* 66 films as actor, screenwriter and/or film director.
* 1 stageplay as director and writer.
* 1 stage drama as director.
* 2 television dramas as actor and director.

3. Jimmy Choo,
born: november 15th, 1952
education: cordwainers college, london
occupation: footwear and handbag designer extraordinaire
accomplishments: currently one of the world leading shoe designers, becoming favorites among celebrities including the late princess diana

4. Allahyarham Sudirman Haji Arshad (the singing lawyer)
born: - (25 May 1954 - 22 February 1992)
occupation: former lawyer, once asia's number one entertainer

5. Allahyarham Mohd. Mokhtar Dahari (supermokh)
born: nov 13th, 1953 in kampung pandan, kuala lumpur - july 11th, 1991
education: jalan kuantan primary school victoria institution
occupation: asian best striker, malaysian soccer legend, captain of the malaysian national team
accomplishments: perhaps the best soccer player malaysia ever produce. played against football legends such as diego maradona, franz beckenbauer and kevin keegan. led his team, selangor to victory in the malaysia cup matches 10 times out of 12.

6. Michelle Yeoh,
born: august 6th, 1962 in ipoh, perak
education : Main Convent, Ipoh B.A. in dance, minored in drama at the royal academy of dance in london
accomplishments: starred in hollywood movies like tomorrow never dies (1997), crouching tiger, hidden dragon (2000), the touch (2002)

7. Alexander Charles Loong Yoong,
born: july 20th, 1976
occupation: competing in the 2003 C.A.R.T. champ car world series with dale coyne racing
accomplishments: you guys can say anything you want, but he's the only malaysian formula 1 driver in history. alex yoong competed in the 2002 formula 1 world championship with minardi. he finished 7th (australia), 13th (brazil), 10th (france), 13 (italy) and 2nd (monaco historic F1 gp).

8. Abdul Malik Mydin
born: pulau pinang
accomplishments: first malaysian and southeast asian to conquer the world's most challenging channel, 32.8km english channel in 17 hours and 42 minutes.

9. Datuk Azhar Mansor
education: SAHC
accomplishments: the first Malaysian to sail solo around the globe? i'm not sure, cause i heard he got the Datukship altough he actually failed...

10. Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
born: Kuala Lumpur
education: attended high school at Maktab Rendah Sains MARA in Muar. He then earned a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India.He was pursuing his Masters of Surgery in Orthopaedic Surgery at University Kebangsaan Malaysia when he joined the 'Angkasawan' program.
accomplishments: is the first Malaysian to go into space. He was launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on October 10, 2007.Sheikh Muszaphar flew under an agreement with Russia through the Angkasawan program, and returned to Earth on October 21, 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-10 with the Expedition 15 crew members, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov, after nine days aboard the station.

11. Nur Izzati Ramli,
born: April 6th, 1983 in Kuantan Pahang
education: UiTM
occupation: full time employee
accomplishments: to the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. are you impressed yet syg?

i'm out, PEACE.

just my 2cents at 11:36 PM |

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