'They showed me what family feels like'

One of Mr Ahmad Ashrafiqri Kahar Muzakar's fondest memories is of watching horror movies in the living room of his foster home.

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During his teenage years, he would sometimes roll out mattresses, together with his foster parents, their children and two other foster children, and fall asleep in front of the television.

Mr Ashrafiqri, 25, was touched whenever his foster parents chose to sleep on the floor with the kids, forgoing their comfortable bed in their four-room HDB flat in Woodlands.

"One of the things I needed the most was them showing me what family feels like," says the freelance entertainment industry professional, who hopes to work as an air steward later.

The Temasek Polytechnic diploma holder in aviation management has worked as a model and host.

The youngest of six children, who was placed in care from age four, has lived with the late Amran Eunos and his wife Maimunah Abdul Rahman for 21 years and counting.