All too often, our role models are people we don’t actually know: celebrities, athletes, business tycoons, or even motivational speakers. A little distance can go a long way in hiding flaws and accentuating the positive in our heroes.
The photos, which were taken last week, show Sahri helping his 68-year-old father pick up discarded items near void decks and wheel the rubbish bin around. His father has been a cleaner for more than 20 years, Sahri told Coconuts Singapore over the phone this afternoon, and has been juggling with his other job as a housekeeper at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital ever since the institution opened in 2010.
His father works at the hospital at night, then goes on to clean the Yishun neighborhood after his shift ends at about 7am, according to Sahri, adding that his father would have a coffee break in between. Sahri also revealed that it used to be his younger brother who would accompany his father. But he was recently imprisoned, Sahri said, declining to share the details of the case.