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I Met Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad @ The Loaf, Langkawi (Oct ’08)

2 August 2009 8 Comments

Do you know that Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad owns The Loaf? asked by my friend, Joyce.

“Yeah, I know…” I replied.

“His office is up there…” Joyce pointing up on the 2nd floor of The Loaf at Telaga Harbour Park, Langkawi. Obviously she was joking at that time.

The story itself is old, it goes way back to October 2008 when we were having a lovely trip to Langkawi. I guess probably many might not know Tun actually owned a bakery shop by the name of The Loaf. It has 2 outlets, one in Langkawi and the other one is in Pavilion, KL.

So then, I ignored Joyce comments and we chilled at a restaurant nearby. Then, we saw a small crowd passed by and then Joyce was pointing… “That’s Tun Dr. Mahathir…”

Its hard to believe Tun was actually in his bakery.

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The lovely The Loaf at Telaga Harbour Park…

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Tun “spot check” his bakery??

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Crowd became bigger as many saw Tun is in his shop. I wasted no time and asked a permission to take a picture with him….

“Tun, how are you? Can we have a picture with you?” – Superwilson

“If you want to take a picture. I have to charge” – Tun Dr. Mahathir

“……. ” – Superwilson

“I charge 10 cent per picture” Tun Dr. Mahathir joked… (phew)

Then, he quickly asked his assistant to take a picture of us.

As our ex-prime minister, he was humble and he remained a fatherly figure to many Malaysians. Its hard to believe he became a “baker” (owner of the bakery) right now. He took some time and enjoyed his tea with many passerby greeted him, including foreign tourists. Tun made our day, its honoured to greet him in person.

Address:
LOT NO. C9 PERDANA QUAY
TELAGA HARBOUR PARK
PANTAI KOK 07000, LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA
TEL: +604-959-4866
FAX: +604-959-4803
http://www.theloaflangkawi.com/

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8 Comments »

  • tRiEi cRiSiS said:

    ooo… he owns a bakery?!!!
    hm… very very interesting…

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    # 2 August 2009 at 7:15 am
  • fbb said:

    yeah, actually he is quite down to earth. he goes to the same barber as i do, RM11 per haircut, and i've bumped into him a couple of times, and always wished him, "good evening tun". but no chance to take pic with his tunship la.

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    # 2 August 2009 at 3:46 pm
  • Nicole said:

    wahh…lucky you~!!

    I never met Tun before!

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    # 3 August 2009 at 3:43 am
  • xin said:

    wow so lucky of u to have met him!!! did u pass yr namecard to him? :P

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    # 3 August 2009 at 8:19 am
  • ai wei said:

    i added u in my *news* blog roll.
    wahhhh, u are lucky to have a shot with Dr Ma.!!!

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    # 3 August 2009 at 10:13 am
  • yoon see said:

    Wow! You are so lucky!
    Did you get his signature?

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    # 3 August 2009 at 5:40 pm
  • Charles T said:

    LOL I had the honour of meeting Tun about 40 years ago and I still remembered that he also said he would charge for his picture & autograph and indeed he is a nice person and I still remember visiting him at his open houses during Raya!

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    Super Wilson Reply:
    February 9th, 2011 at 9:31 am

    He is still the one person many Malaysians look up to for his contributions to this country. Thanks for commenting Charles.

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    # 9 February 2011 at 8:38 am

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