All the Tan siblings wanted was to get on a big red bicycle and have a bit of fun. Little did they know that they would be immortalised in an iconic mural in Penang, which became one of Malaysia’s most well-known tourist attractions. Tan Yi and her younger brother Tan...
All the Tan siblings wanted was to get on a big red bicycle and have a bit of fun. Little did they know that they would be immortalised in an iconic mural in Penang, which became one of Malaysia ’s most well-known tourist attractions.
“We saw the bicycle and thought it was fun to climb on it. I vaguely remember thinking how we could ride it, and whether we could go fast on it. We were playing and laughing,” Tan Yi said. “I said why not, it resonates with all of us - this pure innocence, which is why the mural is so popular with people,” he said.“My friends do talk about it sometimes and they’ll say ‘this is the bicycle girl’, or they’ll want to take pictures with me and the mural,” she said.
“I was very excited to see myself in the mural,” said Mr Mohammad Shahrul, who currently ferries tourists around Penang on a trishaw.
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