Today, I had a meeting with a client and by chance we found many common friends including that my stepfather knew her dad, both titled and both businessmen and corporate big wigs of the Tun stature.

You know how they all stick together and then have a click of enemies but worse when it came to the wives?

Oh, we had a good time comparing notes of how we hated the fakeness of high society life where all these socialites always dress up to the nines with perfectly poised hair and makeup with definitely heels. How does anyone even have the energy for that daily chore! And do they have really nothing else better to do than to make themselves groomed 10 out of 10? I get it if you were selling a brand and had to walk the talk but what about the rest? Don’t they have a life? It is almost criminal to be seen out of the home wearing anything lesser than British India and that is already the lowest of the low costing RM700 per piece. That is like home clothes only for some. The funniest must be the fashion extraordinaires who put on RM40,000 per pop just for home wear I kid you not.

I used to follow my late Mom to such tete-a-tetes and buffet spreads that she had a habit of frequenting. Her favourite hotels were the EQ, the old KL Hilton, Istana, PJ Hilton, The Danna and the ShangriLa where she had exquisite service being the (albeit) second wife of a TS. Shang because the family was connected to the owners. EQ because of my work connections and the rest, because my ‘stepfather’ was the Chairman. Lots of perks being a Chairman which used to disgust me to no end but I towed the line. I was a lucky recipient after all but really, I detested this type of segmentation of the Rakyat with a passion.

Being a Chairman meant being allowed to park right in front of every hotel. Being titled meant an entire ENTOURAGE waiting to receive you when you arrived. The attention was just overwhelming for me but some people actually relish in the delight of being highly privileged. It is like a lion and a lioness beaming with pride when the critters run around to serve them like kings and queens. I could never accept this type of attention. And so my anger stems from how these stupid traditional high society people (no names mentioned) in their backward thinking of a lot, hurt others sometimes intentionally; for it is more important to have face and show that they have done A and B, than to lose face. Thankfully, I was never a victim but I feel for many who were.

Worst, the conversation between many Malaysian Aristocrats thrive on backbiting and gossip of OTHER aristocrats and it’s all like one big competition of who is richer than who, who got which contract, and who is sleeping with who. Not to mention who got the latest handbag. Or comparing their latest travels. Honestly, I have not had much interest in a lot of the conversations that I have eavesdropped on.

Plus, they all have their dirty little secrets. Oh yes.

But at the tip of the iceberg, there are 0.1% of them who are actually humble and classy and I am thankful that I had the opportunity to make acquaintance. I seriously don’t give a shit what title you have or if you were even royalty. How I value a person has nothing to do with wealth or perceived wealth nor the aesthetics of their lifestyle. It is about the heart. Very few have it but the ones who do, I cherish them with full sincerity. I mean, are you so insecure that you really need to throw a show?

Have you ever sat on a table with some Malaysian Aristocrats or do you get to linger and mingle amongst them often? What has been your experience? Of course, I generalise but let’s be honest, very few are highly educated with an all round elevated score of what makes an incredible character. Unfortunately.

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Who is Mamapumpkin?
Mamapumpkin spent 7 years in London committing crimes to gain her Bartlett degree in Architecture. She then spent 7 years as a Stay At Home Mom raising her children as documented in this blog of over 15 years thereafter returning to the Corporate World stronger than ever as the Country Director of a British Multinational. She sets out to prove to all, that you can have anything and everything that you want; if you have that fire of desire burning within and the drive to work hard. Even better with much love.

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