Desmond Tan Says His Childhood Habit of ‘Winging Things’ Came in Handy When Daughter Arrived 2 Weeks Early

While the actor is waiting to get back to filming, his latest drama, Moments, will start airing on Tuesday (April 9) on Channel 8 and is already available to stream on mewatch.

His character, Zhan Hefeng, is a private investigator who works in a company that Gu Yuexin (Paige Chua) inherits from her late father. After a meeting with a mysterious figure, both gain special abilities — Yuexin can see into people’s pasts while Hefeng can see into their future.

Paige recently told AsiaOne that she wouldn’t like to have either of those powers in real life, preferring to live in the present.

Desmond said his answer would have been the same before fatherhood, but he now has a different outlook.

“I think looking into the future will be more interesting, because when it comes to the past, you basically can’t change much about it,” he explained. “But being able to see into the future gives you a lot of different perspectives and you could avoid unnecessary harm to people around you.

“Before I became a father, I didn’t want to look into the future or back in time, I just wanted to live in the moment. But now, I’m just filled with curiosity about what’s going to happen in the future, how my daughter’s gonna look like, and stuff like that.”

Pet Dog’s Special Connection With the Baby

We’ve all watched movies or viral videos where furkids are protective over their new human siblings, but that wasn’t exactly the case for Desmond’s two dogs.

“I’ve been watching movies like A Dog’s Purpose where the dog looks over the baby, but it was really underwhelming [in real life]. They came over to sniff the baby, but there wasn’t a magical moment where they locked eyes because the baby was sleeping,” Desmond said.

But Desmond revealed how his older dog, 14-year-old cocker spaniel Hoshi, seemed to be waiting for the baby to be born.

“Before the baby came, Hoshi was hanging out in the nursery for a long time and the place he usually slept was where we put the baby cot eventually,” he said.

“And because Hoshi was really sick last year, we were actually praying really hard he would pull through so he could meet his human sister. Eventually he recovered and the baby came, and there were all these magical signs that he was actually waiting for his ‘little sister’ to come by.”

To capture the special connection, Desmond took a photo of Hoshi looking over the baby.