Last Episode of "Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd"

Yesterday was the last episode of the TV series "Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd". This show, with Gurmit Singh as the main star, has been running in Singapore since 1997, totalling 10 series. It started in 1995, as part of the TV show "Gurmit's World". Ever since, it has won various awards in Singapore, and it seems even gained a bit of fame in the region.

Gurmit plays a renovation contractor named Phua Chu Kang, concerned with making money and making the most out of his money (like, exploiting his employees...) It takes simple, everyday events and turn them into jokes. Phua Chu Kang speaks Singlish, a local dialect of English that mixes English with Chinese (and its dialects) and Malay. So much so, that this character was mentioned by our then-Prime Minister in an attempt to get people to speak proper English.

After so many years, it is time for all good things to come to an end, and the series wrapped up with a reunion of the cast. The end brought about lots of tears, but I am sure that somewhere down the line, they will come up with specials every once in a while to bring this great cast and this great series back to us, even if only for a while.