What was that all about?... you may ask. Welll... actually I had experience of meeting 2 Kings... face to face... in the twin towers. The 1st King was a real true-blue royal blood from the Kindom of Cambodia, while the other one is undoubtedly a 'king' in his own right in the colorful kindom of made-believe Bollywood. Let me start sharing with you my meeting with the 1st King...
His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni
I was so nervous during the first few minutes of meeting him. You seee... i dont know about you... but for me its not like everyday I get the chance of getting close to a King. Not to mention the opportunity to strike a conversation and walk by his side. But luckily the calm face and genuine smiles he gave me somehow managed to calm the 'storm' inside.Yup...that was how His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni
made me feel when I met him. And true enough, with his gentle ways and gestures, soft spoken tone and words and genuine interest shown... His Majesty had really made such an unforgetable impression on a poor soul like me! Everything about him was so...regal! So royal. So majestic. And yet you could almost feel his humbleness when he talks to you. It was like... he respects and really listens to you. And that was so, so very ... hmmm... touching. Yeah. It touched my heart! For a person of his stature, His Majesty has proven (at least to me...) that he is indeed a very warm and caring person. A people's King...that what His Majesty is to me.
By the time His Majesty was about to step out of the towers, suddenly I had the urge to shout ... "Daulat Tuanku'! (loosely translated as 'Hail to the King'!). Of course I managed to stop myself on time. Anyway, I hope His Majesty would come back and visit Malaysia, especially Kuala Lumpur again, soon. So, if His Majesty does, and if you happen to be at the place where he visits, and you also happen to hear someone shouting 'Daulat Tuanku! Daulat Tuanku!' among the crowd... you could then very well guess who that person is...:)
A walk with a King... not that I get the chance to do this on a daily basis...
His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni was elected as King of Cambodia in 2004 to succeed his father, His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk.
The second 'king' I met in the twins was none other than the 'King Khan'... Shah Rukh Khan. Infact this was the 2nd time I met SRK. First was in Penang. He was performing in a concert and my friend and I were staying in the same hotel as SRK's entourage.
That night, we went down to the pub in the hotel... and there he was. Playing snooker on his own at a corner! I was so 'shocked' that I ended up standing right at the other end of the snooker table without doing or saying anything at all. I didnt know how long I had been standing there still as a dead log until my friend came to me and 'dragged' me out of the pub. I didnt even have the chance to say 'hello' to SRK!
This 2nd time around, I saw him lounging in a portable chair placed right infront of the main entrance of the Twin Towers. He was patiently waiting for his 'shot' for the movie 'Don'. I kept telling myself that this time around I MUST not leave the place without saying 'Hello' to the 'king'. After almost nearly half an hour standing and watching him, I finally managed to gather enough courage to walk to him. Then it happened... again!
The very moment I was getting almost close to him, suddenly there were lots of movements and everybody started to get very busy. They were about to start shooting. And some security guys started to usher onlookers to move away from the shooting area. So, at the end of the day, I did not get the chance to say 'hello' to SRK, again:(Well, well, welllll ... if by luck or by chance you happen to read this post of mine, here's a bigggggg 'SALAM' to you, Datuk Shah Rukh Khan!
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