Tun Michael

My mum made a really quirky passing comment the other day. Astro was showing one of its Malaysian Olympic moments and our new Datuk was as usual the focal point.

Mumsy said," Just think of what would Michael Phelps be rewarded if he was a Malaysian?"

Interesting.

As all of you know, Datuk Lee won the silver medal in Badminton after going down to Lin Dan in the final.

And as EVERYONE knows, Michael Phelps won an unprecedented 8 goal medals in Beijing.

Let's do some maths shall we?

Datuk Lee: 1 silver
= RM 300,000 + RM 3000 pension + 'Datuk'

Michael: 8 golds (3 team- RM 150,000 for each winning member)
= 5 x RM 1 million + 3 x RM 150,000 +RM 5000 pension
= RM 5 million + RM 450,000 + RM 5000 pension
= RM 5,450,000 + RM 5000 pension.

Not to say Phelps isn't a millionaire already.

And maybe the title 'Tun' for the record breaking athletic?

What say you?