DR THAMINA ANWAR

Lets rewind back to a few year. I was born in Bangladesh to 2 medical doctors (physicians). I moved to Malaysia when I was 3 years old and then followed my family to Brunei Darussalam when I was 7 years old. My parents were very busy with their careers as medical doctors, serving the Malaysian and Brunei governments. So I had to grow up very fast and learn on the life's ups and downs at a very young age. Life was not always easy as a child. As the eldest child, I had so many responsibilities and things were even harder as I used to "think too much". I did not have many friends during my childhood. I was very shy and too conscious of other people's opinions although I was very vocal among people I was familiar with. I used to hate to study when I was a child... Having said all that, my late father was my mentor. Although he was extremely busy, with his charismatic characteristics, he taught me humanity, love, to speak out, debate, to be a life long learner, to love books, to cook, to..