LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

NUR Nadhia Sofeya Rosman never thought that having her heart broken at 23 and getting a Facebook account would lead to a good end. Thanks to her now-husband’s keen sight, and Facebook’s friend suggestion function based on the mutual friends’ list, the two got together and are now happily married, and blessed with Noah Muhammad, 5, and Musaa Muhammad, 2.

While Nadhia believes that there is nothing wrong with meeting your love online she does advise doing a background check.

“Online dating can be an effective avenue to marriage but it is important to get to know a person’s background, his family and roots, also his hobbies, education and, of course, occupation,” she says.

Nadhia’s husband Muhammad Aiman Sofian, a 30-year-old accountant at an oil company, started off with casual chatting before adding Nadhia to his list of friends. The conversation went on for three weeks before they decided that it was time to take their chat offline, but Nadhia took precautions. The 29-yearold carried out background checks on Aiman, which included asking mutual friends about him. Her advice to those taking online relationship offline for the first time: “Let your friends and family know the time, location and who you are meeting. Let them know your whereabouts.”

The couple dated for only six months before they decided to get engaged. Five months later, they tied the knot.

Nadhia, a housewife since giving birth to her first son, is a classic example of how the Internet is not only a place for information but also serves as a matchmaker.