The person who was standing next to me is the ADUN of Meru, Dr. Abdul Rani. I first met him in winter of 2002 in Glasgow, Scotland for HIZBI's winter gathering program. At that time he was only a doctor who has clinic in Meru and actively involved with PAS organization and I was Secretary of Malaysian Islamic Society of North America (MISN*).
Six years have passed in a blink of eyes! I never thought that I would be meeting him again and seated with him again in a function like the above. But this time, he is the ADUN and I'm the trainer for his constituents for SPIES program. Interesting!