Growing Up Fans Get All The Feels Seeing Irin Gan With Her Onscreen ‘Ma & Pa’ Again

Fans of ’90s local drama Growing Up were hit with a major dose of nostalgia after some of its cast reunited recently.

Singapore actress Amy Cheng took to Instagram to share a pic from the get-together.

Joining her were Irin Gan, aka eldest Tay daughter Vicky, and her onscreen parents Lim Kay Tong and Wee Soon Hui, better known to fans as Mr and Mrs Tay.

“A very easy afternoon with colleagues from our MediaCorp days — catching up, laughing and talking about the work we still love,” wrote Amy, who joined Growing Up as Karen, the wife of eldest Tay son, Gary (Andrew Seow).

“The ease and camaraderie were still there… well, at least on my part.”

Growing Up, which ran for six seasons from 1996 to 2001, followed the Tay family through Singapore’s changing landscape from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Missing from the pic were the other three Tay children, Andrew, Steven Lim (Gary) and Jamie Yeo (Tammy).

The cast previously reunited for an On the Red Dot special in 2021, which saw Kay Tong, Soon Hui and Jamie get together in person, while Steven joined them via video call from Bangkok. Andrew and Irin were absent from that reunion.

So naturally, fans were thrilled to see Vicky back with ma and pa this time around.

“Omg Irin Gan!” exclaimed one.

“I was and still am a fan of Irin Gan,” wrote another, while one fan gushed: “She’s so gorgeous. Nice to see these actors gather. I miss Growing Up TV series.”

Others were simply overwhelmed by the nostalgia.

“Growing Up. A big part of my childhood literally growing up,” wrote one fan.

One particularly emotional fan wrote: “Thanks, Amy. This post healed me. They don’t make TV like that anymore. Growing Up was formative to my childhood.”

There were also calls for the whole Tay family to get together again.

For those wondering what Irin has been up to, the former actress has largely stayed out of the spotlight since bowing out of showbiz in 2003.

She’s quite the Harley babe now.

Irin’s socials are filled with pics and videos of her riding her Harley-Davidson.

She has also moved on to the corporate world. According to her LinkedIn, Irin is now Head of Marketing at Jia Jia Drinks Manufacturing and Unico Distribution Service.

As for her onscreen siblings, Andrew is now an auxiliary police officer with Aetos, Steven runs cafes and restaurants in Bangkok, while Jamie lives in the UK.

Now, how about a full Tay family reunion next?