Flying Made

Singapore has a very unique island called Pulau Ubin. This place is left untouched by the development that vastly affects Singapore main island starting around 1980s. As a result, in Pulau Ubin, we can find the memories of Singapore in 1980s. This is what the website said about Pulau Ubin:

Shaped like a boomerang, Pulau Ubin (Granite Island) is situated just off the northeastern corner of mainland Singapore. The 1020-hectare island was once a cluster of five smaller ones separated by tidal rivers, but the building of bunds for prawn farming has since united these into a single island. Two other islets, Pulau Ketam (Crab Island) and Pulau Sekudu (Frog Island), lie to its south.

Ubin is largely a series of undulating, granite hills. In the early days, granite mining supported a few thousand settlers. Much of the original vegetation was cleared for the cultivation of rubber and crops like coffee, pineapple, coconut and jasmine. Today, abandoned granite quarries remain as picturesque relics of Ubin’s history, while forests and grasslands have regenerated to cover up the ravages of the past.

That's why I call this island as rather virgin island, meaning that is untouched by Singapore great civilization.


Cycling around the island, watching trees (forests), bumping into stray dogs and watching some old-fashioned shops, reminded me of my childhood. Back in Indonesia, I was quite active a kid. I cycled a lot, when going to school. Did some BMX stunts with my bike though my bike wasn't a BMX (thus my bike's front wheel was somewhat bent). I climbed a lot of trees, to pick up some fruits, impress some girls from the neighbourhood or even to run away from a dog which chasing me, lol.

I don't really know what to write, dude. Just enjoy some photos that i've uploaded on my flickr