Every Wednesday and Sunday morning, the very young Tyler Yeow will spotted standing nearby front door of his house in order to meet his only hero –who is the garbage truck driver. The three-year-old will rush to the door when he gets to hear the sound of the trash compactor truck flowing into his street in Taman Mutiara Rini, a township in Johor’s Skudai, and wave at the waste management workers, especially lorry driver Azmi Kadir.
Tyler’s dad whose name is Gary Yeow, 35, shares something about his boy and says that he has a fascination towards heavy vehicles that was developed during the Covid-19 time period. “When we were supposed to stay at home during the movement control orders, the entrance of the garbage truck always made my son excited and curious towards it. “He would question me to prop him up for a better view of the truck and watch as the garbage collectors work, in every weather, storm or sunny ,” Mr Yeow said in an interview. “He would get so much excited when Azmi or the other workers waved back at him or tried to make him laugh through their hilarious gestures ,” Mr Yeow said.