“We first met at the Tin Mine disco in KL Hilton on the Christmas Eve of 1982 and were introduced by a mutual friend. I was a stewardess with Malaysia Airlines and was going to participate in the Miss MAS contest the following day,” she recollects the encounter that would alter her life.
Datin Jude didn’t think much of this man she just briefly met, won the beauty contest and went home. Datuk Wan Fusil made his move, he got her number from their mutual friend and called her. And that was how it all began.
“I never thought I would be married to this man as I was only 19 and he was 32. When I was not flying, we would go out and he often picked me up in a Volvo and occasionally a sports car. Our destination, the good ol’ warung where the food was simple and tasty,” she says.
One day, she was asked to dress in her best dress because he was going to take her to The Chalet at Equitorial Hotel. “I remember picking the cheapest dish on the menu because I suspected he worked as a driver and had just gotten paid!” She laughs.
She then confided in her best friend that she’s seeing a man, whom she thinks is a driver and her friend suggested putting him through the test. “So I giddily announced that I’ll be visiting him in his office and he agreed. When I got there I found out the truth. I remember calling my friend after the visit and enthusiastically supplied her with the important findings, that he has a secretary and his own room!”