Public displays of affection, gag-inducing breath/ farts, uncleaned armpits, cranky commuters and overcrowded cabins, these are some of the things that make MRT commutes in Singapore world-class and special.

Also making Singapore world-class and special these days is the ability to put everyday experiences into pulsation video images and animation.

Jalan to the West, an animation put up on Facebook on July 23, has struck a chord with its quirky and over-the-top but true to life vignettes of the reality of MRT commuting:

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The video's description reads:

Jalan to the West is a short 3-minutes satirical comedy animation which is inspired from the daily experiences commuters encounter whilst travelling from one end of the line to the next.

The title 'Jalan to the West' is also intended as a pun, where the team intended to refer to the famous Chinese folklore, parodying the journey of the monk as he travels to the West to receive scriptures from the Golden lands of the west. "Jalan" is a Malay word that refers to travelling, thus combining these two worlds which is able to translate a South-East Asian taste.

The point of the video is that at the end of the long arduous commute, you'd become saintly having lived through it.

What's interesting to note is that the video shared on Facebook tagged Chen Yi Xi, who is also credited as an animator in the video.

He is the son of Xiang Yun and Edmund Chen.

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