No such thing as failure
By Julia Tan, Photography courtesy of Boey Cheeming
January 2014 PENANG PROFILE
You grew up in Johor Bahru. How did that influence you?Growing up in Johor Bahru was difficult only because I went to school in Singapore. Every day, you had a two-hour commute to Singapore and back. But I liked that I was growing up in Johor Bahru because there was actually land to play on – it’s not the concrete jungle that Singapore is. Back then, Singapore wasn’t quite that bad – it still had a bit of space, but...
Julia Tan
went to primary and secondary school at Convent Pulau Tikus before continuing sixth form at St. Xavier’s Institution; any other school was out of the question. She misses the fried rice at the school canteen, and laments the passing of the wan tan mee lady.
Photography courtesy of Boey Cheeming
