About Us

 

"Diperantauan" - To be away from home, overseas.

We are a Malay Singaporean couple currently stuyding, working and living in Edinburgh, Scotland.

We initially met while studying in Heriot-Watt University (1998 - 2000). Over the course of two years, our feelings for each other steadily grew and we were happily engaged late last year (Sept 2000).

With Allah's grace and our familys' blessings, we were wed on 4th of April 2001. It was the happiest day of our lives. Now, we are spending our days happily together and look forward to years of blissful marriage life...*smiles*.

 

- Yan -

Born on 13th June 1976, to Juraimi and Habsha (my lovely parents). I have fond memories of my chilhood. Not according to mum though, she says I was a 'handful' to take care of...hehe. As a child, I was very inquisitve and mum says I couldn't sit still. I wouldn't want to speculate the number of times I got into trouble...*grins*.

It didn't help when I got a little baby sister in 1980. Aisha was the gem of the whole family...and I guess I was jealous of her then...*laughs*. We had our usual brother-sister fights, in fact mum was up to her sleeves separating us back then...hehe. Anyway, time played its part as it always does, and Aisha and me grew closer as the years went by. She is now a mature and aspiring young lady. To me, she will always be my 'super-sister' and a close confidante. As of this year, she will be completing her diploma course and moving into teaching. All the best sis!

School has always brought back a lot of memories to me. My formative years were spent amongst other Singaporean children like me in 'neighbourhood' schools. I received my primary schoold education in the now defunct Balestier Primary School (1983 -1988). Carefree times spent playing away in the school field with friends and learning new, interesting things in class. I miss those days.

I moved on into secondary school life rather hesitantly, not knowing what to expect. Thankfully, it was here that I felt I made the closest friends (till now) and grew a little more wiser. Thinking about it, I couldn't have asked for a better environment than that in Beatty Secondary School (1989 - 1992). The teaching staff was great and caring, always there for us students. Always the active one, I joined a number of extra-curricular activities in my days there, including the athletics, soccer and hockey school teams, the National Cadet Corps and the school's Malay Language Society.

I did well enough in the GCE 'O' Levels examinations to allow me to proceed to Singapore Polytechnic (1993 - 1996) to do a diploma in Electronics Computer and Communications engineering.

Upon graduating from the course, National Service (NS) beckoned. Like thousands of young Singaporean males before me, I was drafted into the Singapore Armed Forces as a recruit trainee. Three long, hard and unforgettable months of Basic Military Training later, I was then posted out to join the Singapore Police Force to spend the rest of my stint as a NS Inspector. I must say, in the context of Singapore, NS is definitely a memorable part of most, if not all, young mens' lives here. I did my share of it, and boy do I certainly have my stories to tell...*chuckles*.

It was in the midst of NS that I decided to continue my studies overseas. With mum, dad and Aisha's support, I enrolled into Heriot-Watt University, Edinbugh (1998 - 2000) to do a BEng. in Electrical and Elctronics. With Allah's blessing, I graduated after two years there. The time spent here have been an eye-opening experience for me. To learn and observe a different culture and social environment has been invaluable. I hope it will come in useful one day, and even if it doesn't, then I would have had the opportunity to expand my horizons and enrichen my outlook on life...*smiles*. To top it all off, I met my wife MImi here. She's just the most wonderful person I know, and I hold her dear to my heart. She's my best friend, my strongest critic and my closest soulmate.

Well, at present I am taking a postgraduate course in multimedia. It is something which I am very interested in, and hope to pursue. Hopefully, I'll be able to find a job related to my field of study. Then again, why stifle my interests...hehe. Whatever it may be, my priorities are to my beloved wife and family. These are the things that will never change, wherever I may end up and whatever I may be doing in future.

 

- Mimi -

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