My Family

This is one of the very few family foto that i have in my possesion. We took this in a studio in Seria. We're just a family of 4. I think i managed to squeeze in a " Peace" sign on both my hand after being told not to do so by my parents and the photographer. It was the "IN THING" to do during those days when taking photos. I think it still is. The japanese girls do it all the time when taking photos.

My dad is of Arab descendant from the "ALIDRUS" clan. That's as far as i know. My granddad on my dad's side hails from Penang. I was told he was a policeman. He came to Sarawak as an imam where he met my grandmother. They later went to Labuan and on to Brunei. My dad told me that in the family there were 4 children but 2 died during the Japanese occupation leaving my dad and his elder sister.

My mom hails from Taiping Perak of West Malaysia. She came over to Brunei. My mom's ethnic is Eurasian. It means to be of European and Asian descendants. She has 1 brother and 2 sisters.

I wonder what is my identity as far as ethnicity goes??? Anyway what matters most is that we have lived a pleasant life thanks to living in Brunei all those years. Theres no other country that can compare to Brunei Darussalam in terms of the pace and peacefullness of life. Hope fully we can maintain the harmony of life in years to come Insyallah....Amin ya rabul alamin.