[3] Sarkasi has also designed several batik shirts for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to wear during national events.

[5] During this trip, Sarkasi also studied under Aznam Effendy, a teacher and painter at the Yayasan Akademi Senipura Nasional in Jakarta.

[5] In 1970, Sarkasi established the shop Tzee Creations in Singapore with four other partners,[1] creating batik designs for clothes to be sold there.

[5] In 1980, a nationwide search for a national dress for formal wear in Singapore and abroad was initiated by the Ministry of Culture, though the project was eventually cancelled by 1981.

[5] In 1993, Sarkasi started conducting classes as a volunteer art teacher at the Khalsa Crescent Drug Rehabilitation Centre.

[2] Displayed at the Circle Line concourse level of Serangoon MRT station,[11] View of Life by Sarkasi is an 18-panel abstract batik painting expressing the movements of change and nature.

[10][12] Inspired by the lalangs that used to grow in the Serangoon area,[13] the work was intended to reflect the artist's love of batik painting.

[14] Feeling that Singapore's development was underappreciated, Sarkasi decided to create a painting that reflects the "optimism, joy and vitality" of the country's achievements.

Using wax-resist, the artist treated each splash with chemicals to dye the colour on the canvas made of thick denim material.

With concerns of possible damage the painting might face due to constant exposure to commuter traffic, a photographed digital copy was installed at the station.