these 2 pics are late editions.
Noordin Beach note the fence.Ubin, for me always a place of memories. I first ventured to the island almost 22 years ago when i was a mere boy of 12, my brother had booked a chalet in changi and on one of the days i skipped school, pinched my dads binoculars and off i went. Little did i know that it would be a 22yr love hate relationship with the island of granite. Today Ubin is a very different place from what i remember, the old school is no more, the island clinic is now a seafood restaurant and where homes used to stand the jungle has reclaimed the land. I used to love Ubin for its peace and quiet, the sheer pleasure of having a beach, a pristine beach all to ourselves. I hate it now for what it has become a dumping ground of litter and refuse a place where fools go and do things they would not on the mainland. Kampung Noordin or Noordin beach as it is known now is awash with litter, the trash of campers too stupid to clear up. The beach itself resembles nothing of the clean brown sand i spent many happy hours sitting on during my many camping trips there, the water while still peaceful and calm is now the colour of black tea, penned in by a fence to keep the illegal immigrants out, but allow their refuse in. Tracks have been paved over, jungle fenced in, buildings put up and others torn down. The paradox that beauty shared becomes beauty lost has not completely eroded the charms of the island and with some help things may change for change is inevitable but let them change for the better. Of course the question will always be posed "change for whose betterment" the answer for now is NO ONE.
Phalanta Phalantha Phalantha (Leopard), note the stink bug below the butterfly. For want of a macro lense....
Buildings.
Blue Skies
C is for Cookie.
Sidebar-for day 9 refer to TLOML's blog
1 comment:
pity, but WTF is cookie monster doing on ubin???
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