In less than 24 hours, Mr Azuan Tan, a teacher and grassroots volunteer, has become an instantly recognisable face all across Singapore.

The cameraman who spotted Mr Azuan’s teary eyes admist a sea of thousands of attendees at the National Day Parade must be applauded for his eagle-eyed vision.

If not for his sharp instincts, we would not have an image that has taken Singapore by storm. The iconic image of the tears streaming down Mr Azuan’s cheeks even made its way to the social media feeds of our Deputy Prime Minister, Lawrence Wong.

Azuan Tan is a Grassroots Volunteer and Teacher

Since then, the Member of Parliament for Pasir Ris East, Sharael Taha, revealed that Mr Azuan Tan is a volunteer and M3 Chariman at Pasir Ris-Punggol.

Mr Azuan is also a teacher at Bedok View Secondary School. He received a commendation medial in 2019.

In an interview with 987FM which was hosted by his former student, Natasha, Mr Azuan shared his views on his overnight fame.

In his interview, he added that memes, such as the one below which made reference to how some felt sad after the parade as they had to return to work tomorrow, made him laugh.

Mr Azuan also shared, in the course of the interview that (at the 15 minute mark), this was not the first time that he has gotten emotional while watching the National Day Parade.

“I am the guy who, when I watch the National Day Parade on TV, when the National Anthem plays I will stand up. For the pledge, I will clench my fist, put it on my chest and do it.” – Mr Azuan Tan

Azuan Tan once acted in an episode of Incredible Tales

TikTok user marcus2bigpp posted a video just after midnight on 10 August 2022 which claimed that Mr Azuan acted in an episode of Incredible Tales as a police officer.

For those of you who are too young to remember, Incredible Tales is like True Singapore Ghost Stories in a video format. In each episode, tales of paranormal encounters in Singapore are re-enacted.

https://www.tiktok.com/@marcus2bigpp/video/7129894890854419713?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7092076109218727426

After checking MeWatch, we confirmed that Mr Azuan did appear in episode 1 of season 1 of Incredible Tales. Mr Azuan acted as a police officer.

Check out this blast from the past. Notice how the number only has 7 digits?

The episode itself was so interesting that this correspondent finished watching the episode before commencing work on this article. We won’t spoilt it for you, but we will leave the synopsis below for your perusal. If you have 20 minutes to spare you should check it out.

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