OFF-ROADING is not everyone’s cup of tea as it is always associated with rough, tough hazardous activity or even life-threatening
A recent trip to Kg Sonsogon Magandai, about 30km from Kota Marudu township, saw only-woman co-driver cum mechanic, Marliana John (35) among 10 other male drivers who teamed up to help with the CSR project for the community in seven villages in the area
Datin Jeannette and her husband Datuk Ahmad Shah Tambakau.
KOTA KINABALU: She was a beauty queen from Ipoh while he was a businessman from Keningau, Sabah, but distance did not stop Datuk Ahmad Shah Tambakau from finding out all he could about the woman who would be his wife, Jeannette Tambakau.
“I don’t know how he did it but he managed to get my contact number to ask me out on a date, and we tied the knot four years later in 1987, ” said the mother of four, who is also a businesswoman and philanthropist.
The 56-year-old Jeannette said it was initially difficult for her to adjust when she moved to Sabah to be with Ahmad Shah, who is now 63.