This Used To Be My Playground

This site is dedicated to life in Pulau Ubin - the kind of life when my mother was brought up as an island girl and of course the time when this island was abuzz with activities kampong folks like my late grandparents used to go through.

I remember as a kid visiting Ubin during the school holidays I always look forward to the bumboat ride from Changi Jetty and upon reaching the jetty at Ubin, the actual walk to my late grandparents' house itself. Much has changed now. For starters there were no tarred-roads or even taxi-vans offer to visitors or islanders alike. But what remains unchanged is the rustic air that you breathe, its natural environment and the people that choose to continue living here.

Ubin now has become a much more accessible and friendlier place for visitors because of the availability of information from the web.

Almost every Singaporean knows Ubin and has probably been there for a weekend cycle, hike, or camping excursion. Do they know how life was back then?

This site hopes to bring you what I experience as a kid and put in place the memories of those that lived here. Welcome to our kampong house.