The Guy Who Went To Space And Back

My colleague was initially assigned to interview a certain chef who co-owns a restaurant with an astronaut. She was dumbfounded because why on earth would you want to publish an interview with a chef for the main paper (unless he did something really historic!) and she didn't know what to ask him.

So I volunteered to follow because I like cooking and food and I thought maybe I could throw in one or two questions. It turned out that it wasn't the chef that she was supposed to interview. It was the other owner - THE ANGKASAWAN!

I've seen him before at functions and events but not as up, close and personal as this.

Teh tarik sedap!

I just observed the interview and threw in a few questions along the way but I wasn't busy jotting down notes because it wasn't my story to begin with.

Someone from our online Malay portal, who also took part in the interview, asked the astronaut a very simple question..

'When is your next birthday?'

'July... 27th... *nods his head rythmically* I'm a Leo.. grrr *winks*'

He winked. At me!!

I lost my balance on the seat at that time but I manage to act ladylike about it.

In the car, when I ask my colleagues, both said they did not see him winking.

'Oi woman, I was busy jotting down notes from the interview where got time to see him wink or not!'

Well, he did make that GRRR sound (because Leo is lion mah!) and he did wink! ;)

That really made my day!