MARCH 14 — As an English teacher, I could not help but be in awe of our 6th Prime Minister’s spoken English. I was watching Dato’ Seri Najib’s inaugural speech as Prime Minister recently and I noticed he speaks English well. He articulated his thoughts well and he enunciates when he speaks, something which I can learn since I talk as fast as a bullet train and end up confusing everyone.
As a leader, he seems to be rather unperturbed about the many controversies surrounding him and is always seen with a smiling face. My friend, Mud, told me that perhaps this is because our PM is not trying to be the class president. He is not trying to be popular, he is just trying to do his job the best he could; a view which I have to agree with. He is after all, the prime minister of Malaysia.
To me, he seems like everyone’s favourite grandfather. Always smiling, and ever the patient man, he seems to be rather laidback and yet, active and involved at the same time.




