In the city, human beings celebrated and enjoyed material conditions and comforts, but were caught in the labyrinths and knots of spiritual shallowness and psychological confusion. In the city human beings wrestled with the demands of survival and profit but fled from life’s imperatives of honesty and moderation. In the city man was afraid to confront his own face.

~ Isa Kamari

Isa Kamari Alfian Sa At City Cultural Medallion English Isa Kamari Malay Novel Singapore Translation

Everything has been planned. The ascent will be completed in two days’ time. He will climb another one hundred floors today. Another hundred the next day. He does not want to take the lift. The rush of life causes people to drown in the temporary. He wishes to dip into eternity before he leaves.

~ Isa Kamari

Isa Kamari Alfian Sa At Architect City English Isa Kamari Malay Singapore The Tower Translation Urban

For him, the kampung was a place to live and work that was based on a steadfast and intimate relationship between man and nature. The village was a true reflection of life in the tropics.

~ Isa Kamari

Isa Kamari Alfian Sa At City English Isa Kamari Kampong Malay Singapore The Tower Translation Urban Village