What would it be like to be hopping on a boat as part of your daily commute to work? We don’t see that now, but back when Pulau Semakau was still populated, yg recounts a colleague’s daily trip to the southern island to teach the schoolkids living there.
pulau semakau lies 8km to the south of the main island of singapore. it used to have a small fishing community. there was once a school, at the top of the hill, on the island. it even boasted a football at one end of the village. one of the oldest residents continued to live on the island even after the settlers were relocated to the mainland. he eventually moved out as well, as the jetty fell into disrepair.
Read about how a schoolteacher made the daily trip to Pulau Semakau to teach the classes there on ygblog.
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