on the meaning of national service

YOU MUST HAVE SOMETHING YOU CARE ABOUT.
OTHERWISE YOUR WASTING YOUR TIME.

all for one, one for all

YOU HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT YOURSELF
AND EVERYONE HAS YOU TO BLAME TOO

on the heat of the moment

WHEN YOUR BOSS IS MAD, WAIT
WAIT UNTIL HE’S IN THE RIGHT MOOD.
NEVER APPROACH FIRE WITH LAME EXCUSE.

on building a vocabulary

ADDED MAMA*

(MORE AND MORE ACRONYMS)

greatest motivation

SINGING LESSONS AT TWENTY YEARS OLD.

why is it lonely on top

PEOPLE
REST
I
DO
EVERYTHING.

on soc and ippt

TIMES UP.
THAT’S IT.

on commitment

TO PREPARE YOURSELF FOR OFFICERSHIP,
YOU MUST THINK;
TEN MORE YEARS OF RESERVICE.

on wild boars

THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO COME FROM THE NEXT TENT.

reading maps

IF THE PERSON LEADING KEEPS TELLING YOU
THE GROUP IS ON THE CORRECT PATH OVER
AND OVER AGAIN, THEN SOMETHING IS WRONG.

on human condition

WE SAY WE ARE NOT TIRED, BUT WE ARE SIR.

on wayang kings

WE DO EVERYTHING FOR OURSELVES.

time is relative

YOUR HOLE IS FINISHED,
BUT YOUR FRIEND’S HOLE IS NEVER FINISHED.

best friends

HIS NAME IS BISCUITS.
HE DOESNT COME IN GREEN PACKAGING.

on going to command school

WHATEVER YOU BECOME,
YOUR PARENTS WILL BE PROUD OF YOU.

grounds for sabo

IT IS BORING TO DO EXTRA DUTY BY YOURSELVES.

on making new friends

THE MOUTH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS PART
OF A PERSON.

on recommending extra duties

THERE ARE FISH EVERYWHERE.

the rhythm of national service

THE PERSON INFRONT, HE SLOWS,
HE SPEEDS UP FOR NO REASONS SOMETIMES.

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Letter from the world speaks about the sudden impact and uncertainties faced by the neighborhood of Serangoon North during the great economic meltdown of 2009.

A project for my foundation year module in school, I decided to explore the subjects from a normal singapore neighborhood and seek to express their shock and uncertainly when facing the economic crisis. Letter from the World arrives at their doorstep one day, and without warning, a barrage of headlines about the meltdown crashes into our protagonist once they had opened the letter.

Opening of the envelope.

5 of the pictures were made into the envelope form.

Raw version of the pictures.

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