The waters around Pulau Ketam are a natural playground for the children of this Chinese fishing community in this mangrove filled island.
Unlike their peers from the city, the Pulau Ketam kids have a very different idea of having fun and find sliding or swinging at the neighborhood park a yawn.
There was a hive of activity when the tide was at its highest at about six in the evening.
Unlike their peers from the city, the Pulau Ketam kids have a very different idea of having fun and find sliding or swinging at the neighborhood park a yawn.
There was a hive of activity when the tide was at its highest at about six in the evening. A group of boys, about five of them wasted no time for some eye-opening activity from the village's main bridge.
While they seemed to throw caution out of the window, the boys certainly have a great respect for motorized boats, pausing until each boat has passed.
However, they will stop at nothing when having fun. Not even when they spotted a jelly fish under the bridge but that did not deter their enthusiasm to dive.
For hours till dusk filled the air, they dared one another to take the next plunge into the murky waters. When they jumped, they often screamed out loud the names of girls they fancied and it makes me wonder if their diving and shouting says something about adult relationship.
Right- girl swimming from door front.
Further downstream, the younger ones also took to swimming with great ease.
A few households have children some as young as five or maybe less frolicking in the waters. All they have is a small floating device on their arms but that's basically all.
Despite swimming close to the busy waterway, these kids have no qualms about the danger lurking nearby and seemed to enjoy their wet play time right in front of their doorsteps.
While they seemed to throw caution out of the window, the boys certainly have a great respect for motorized boats, pausing until each boat has passed.
However, they will stop at nothing when having fun. Not even when they spotted a jelly fish under the bridge but that did not deter their enthusiasm to dive.
For hours till dusk filled the air, they dared one another to take the next plunge into the murky waters. When they jumped, they often screamed out loud the names of girls they fancied and it makes me wonder if their diving and shouting says something about adult relationship.
Right- girl swimming from door front.
Further downstream, the younger ones also took to swimming with great ease.
A few households have children some as young as five or maybe less frolicking in the waters. All they have is a small floating device on their arms but that's basically all.
Despite swimming close to the busy waterway, these kids have no qualms about the danger lurking nearby and seemed to enjoy their wet play time right in front of their doorsteps.
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