Shot of woman shielding her Chinese grandmother with her hijab goes viral for all the right reasons

UPDATE: “I now know how animals on exhibition feel,” says Sakinah Tan in response to her overnight viral fame. 

Here’s to putting some faith back in racial harmony — especially after the horrible story of a mentally unsound Chinese lady spouting abuse on a widowed Malay neighbour. 

Sakinah Tan and her grandmother came to nationwide prominence thanks to an Instagram shot by TODAY. Spotted along West Coast Drive yesterday, Sakinah was captured sheltering her elderly Chinese grandmother from the rain using her hijab — a picturesque moment of the multi-racial relationship they shared. 

 

A lady shelters an elderly woman from the rain with her head scarf at West Coast Drive on July 26, 2016. Photo: Jason Quah /TODAY #rain #storm #wetweather #weather #raining #pouringrain #singapore #picoftheday #sgpicoftheday #monsoon #elderly #kindness #community #multiracial #singaporeans #heartlands #sgig

A photo posted by TODAY (@todayonline) on Jul 25, 2016 at 10:11pm PDT

More pictures of Sakinah spending some quality time with her grandmother? Sure. 

 

“Its been so long since I had hotcakes” I think as youngsters, we abuse the phrase ‘its been so long since’. My grandmother uses it the legit way because the last time she had hotcakes was in 1994. Nainai, i’ll feed you with whatever you want and i’ll shelter you with whatever I can. Please just don’t stop being cute. (She suggested Macs bfast after health checkup ok hahahaha)

A photo posted by Sakinah Tan (@sknhtxn) on Jul 26, 2016 at 7:03pm PDT