My Perfect Weekend: Cycling, catching sunsets for theatre practitioner Irfan Kasban

WHO: Weekends are actually workdays for multidisciplinary artist Irfan Kasban, 34. The Young Artist Award recipient is currently in the opening show of the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, A Line Could Be Crossed And You Would Slowly Cease To Be, which is on at the Esplanade Theatre Studio till Saturday (Jan 23).

I usually have shows and events on weekends. But when I am free, this would be my perfect weekend.

I naturally wake up from a restful sleep, without assistance from an alarm. I drink half a litre of water and help my mum cut onions or peel potatoes. Usually, this ends with us bickering about recipes and proper ways to cook.

When it gets too heated, I run to the shower and get ready to head out. I would take my brother's old mountain bike (I named it Borhan Basikal) out for a leisurely ride.

I picked up cycling again during the circuit breaker. Sometimes, the frustration of not being able to travel is appeased only by cycling - nothing beats the feeling of riding into the wind, discovering new corners of this island.

Once, my friend and I went around the whole of Singapore - that was a whole-day affair.

Usually, I like to go with the flow and see the weather conditions, but I try to end up at large bodies of water like a reservoir, river or the beach - the perfect places to daydream.

Another good place to decompress are high-rise buildings and rooftops. I make sure to catch the sunset at least once a week, so I am always on the lookout for new spaces with a high vantage point.

In the evening, I would probably hang out with some friends at someone's home. Houses with cats preferred.

If not, I'd read a book, go for an exhibition or catch a film at The Projector. I gravitate towards fantastical dream-like worlds and epics that depict a universe of their own.

One of my favourite books is Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities - I read it every year. The short stories of imaginary cities have a clear perspective while still allowing readers to interpret the poetry of space in their own way.

I like films that have a clear cinematic perspective in framing, editing and so on yet avoid the tried-and-tested formulas. Two of my favourite films I watched recently are Demons by Daniel Hui and I Dream Of Singapore by Lei Yuan Bin.

For meals, ideally, they would pan out like this: kopi-o-kosong-ping, kaya toast and eggs for breakfast; mee soto for lunch; lei cha for dinner; and prata for supper.