History Film / SingaporeDreaming

* BeleagueredAssistant: Mei is this for her boss. She does her job role and more - personal assistant, wife therapish, coffee maker, photocopier, you name it, she's done it. [[spoiler: She almost loses it while her boss asks her to rush back to the office just to photocopy some unimportant documents during her father's funeral.]]

The film follows the Loh family, a typical working-class family in Singapore, as they go through daily lives aspiring ([[{{ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin}} or dreaming]], if seen from another perspective) towards a better life. The core family members are the the father/patriarch [[{{ThePatriarch}} Loh Poh Huat]], mother/housewife [[{{Housewife}} Siew Luan]], son and first-generation college graduate Seng, and daughter Mei, who is heavily pregnant with a baby. Other members of the extended family are Irene, Seng's live-in girlfriend, and CK, Mei's husband and strugging insurance agent.

* [[spoiler:ISeeDeadPeople]]: [[spoiler:Siew Luan sees an apparition of Poh Huat as she takes one last look at her old family home. Poh Huat's apparition is [[{{JacobMarleyApparel}} wearing the same suit he wore to country club]] and holding a bottle of herbal tea, as if giving her a toast to wish her the best in her new life.]]

* [[spoiler:ISeeDeadPeople]]: [[spoiler:Siew Luan sees an apparition of Poh Huat as she takes one last look at her old family home. Poh Huat's apparition is [[{{JacobMarleyApparel}}wearing the same suit he wore to country club]] and holding a bottle of herbal tea, as if giving her a toast to wish her the best in her new life.]]

* BeleagueredAssistant: Mei is this for her boss. She does her job role and more - personal assistant, wife therapish, coffee maker, photocopier, you name it, she's done it. [[spoiler: She almost loses it while her boss asks her back to photocopy some unimportant documents during her father's funeral.]]

* [[spoiler:MeaningfulFuneral]]: [[spoiler: The second half of the movie takes place throughout Poh Huat's wake and funeral as further conflicts and plot points evolve.]]

* [[spoiler:PassedOverInheritance]]: [[spoiler:Poh Huat's willed everything to Siew Luan, and so she decided to give Seng a paltry one thousand dollars out of 1.2 million, due to his debts from his education. Naturally, Seng is furious at the decision.]]

* [[spoiler:SecretOtherFamily]]: [[spoiler: Poh Huat is shown to be spending time another woman and a boy, all the time while apparently keeping it a secret from the Loh family. It is however revealed to everyone during Poh Huat's funeral as the woman and boy grieved openly, much to shock of Siew Luan. However, Siew Luan eventually accepts this and even distributed some of her inherited assets from Poh Huat to the mother and son.]]

* UndyingLoyalty: Irene is an embodiment of this as a loyal girlfriend towards Seng, so much so that she lives in with his family and even loans him some cash for his overseas tuition fees. [[spoiler:Subverted when Irene finds out Seng did not graduate at all.]]

* [[spoiler:WorthlessForeignDegree]]: [[spoiler: Seng experiences this during a job interview, where the interviewer very matter-of-factly mentions this point to him. It doesn't help his case that his college was in [[{{FlyoverCountry}} Idaho]], and it was not even a fully-fledged college program. Subverted when he reveals that he did not even graduate from his program at all.]]

* INeedAFreakingDrink: CK has a moment like this after storming off from an argument with his wife Mei.

The film follows the Loh family, a typical working-class family in Singapore, as they go through daily lives aspiring ([[{{ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin}} or dreaming]], if seen from another perspective) towards a better life. The core family members are the the father/patriarch [[{{ThePatriarch}} Loh Poh Huat]], mother/housewife Siew Luan, son and first-generation college graduate Seng, and daughter Mei. Other members of the extended family are Irene, Seng's live-in girlfriend, and CK, Mei's husband and strugging insurance agent.

The story begins as the Loh family prepares to welcome back Seng after returning home from his overseas studies. On the surface, it looks like any other happy family gathering. Nevertheless, all is not as it seems as tensions are brewing under this seemingly peaceful facade, with each family member overcoming their struggles and challenges.

The film follows the Loh family, a typical working-class family in Singapore, as they go through daily lives aspiring ([[{{ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin}} or dreaming]], if seen from another perspective) towards a better life. The core family members are the father/patriarch Loh Poh Huat, mother/housewife Siew Luan, son and first-generation college graduate Seng, and daughter Mei. Other members of the extended family are Irene, Seng's live-in girlfriend, and CK, Mei's husband and strugging insurance agent.

The story begins as the Loh family prepares to welcome back Seng after returning home from his overseas studies. On the surface, it looks like any other happy family gathering. Nevertheless, all is not as it seems as tensions are brewing under this seemingly peaceful facade, with each family member overcoming their struggles and challenges.

The story begins as the Loh family prepares to welcome back Seng after returning home from his overseas studies. On the surface, it looks like any other happy family gathering. Nevertheless, all is not as it seems as tensions are brewing under this seemingly peaceful facade, with each family member overcoming their struggles and challenges.

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[[folder:Loh Poh Huat]]

The story begins as the Loh family prepares to welcome back Seng after returning home from his overseas studies. On the surface, it looks like any other happy family gathering. Nevertheless, all is not as it seems as tensions are brewing under this seemingly peaceful facade, with each family member overcoming their struggles and challenges.

The story begins as the Loh family prepares to welcome back Seng after returning home from his overseas studies. On the surface, it looks like any other happy family gathering. Nevertheless, all is not as it seems as tensions are brewing under this seemingly peaceful facade.

The story follows the Loh family, a typical working-class family in Singapore, as they go through daily lives aspiring ([[{{ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin}} or dreaming]], if seen from another perspective) towards a better life.

''Singapore Dreaming'' is a Singaporean drama film that premiered in 2006. It touches on several aspects of Singaporean society, which includes the aspiration for material prosperity and success (similar to UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream), importance of education, work culture, as well as general family values.