Briton on his Singaporean wife: 'I thought of marrying her the first time I saw her'

It was a long distance relationship for most of Mr James Pelham and Ms Erni Salleh's two-year long courtship. PHOTO: ERNI SALLEH
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SINGAPORE - It was love at first sight for Mr James Pelham, 36, when the Briton first laid eyes on Singaporean Erni Salleh, 33, at a library in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh.

Mr Pelham, an accounts manager at an IT firm, said: "As soon as I saw Erni, I felt she's very special and I have to get to know her. She's gorgeous.

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