Title: Jalan Singapura 1 - Selamat Pagi
Year:2020
Size:122x152 cm
Technique: Acrylic on canvas

Not so long ago, this imaginary place was actually a common sight all over Singapore. It depicts a snapshot of rural Singapore in the early 1970s, of a Malay village and a Chinese village coexisting side by side. While the villagers are busy with their morning activities, a night soil collection truck with its workers arrives to collect human waste from every house using buckets.
In the village, a Malay wedding is in progress, while a Chinese school is having its recess time. Beyond the villages, farmlands roll into the horizon. The eclectic mix of people, culture and scenery evokes a time and place that pulsates only in memories today.