mystery of house by the sea

sometimes when you keep searching for the answer to a question/mystery, it just eludes you. then, when you least expect it, the answer presents itself. i have always wondered how to get to this white building which i can see in the distance from the jetty at lim chu kang end.

this large house, built over the sea, faces the straits of johor. could not tell if it was occupied as details were out of my vision range. it is not possible to get to the house by walking along the beach because of the muddy coast and the mangrove swamps. logically, it can be accessed from lim chu kang but the problem was: from which part of lim chu kang?

today, i decided to take a drive to lane 9 lim chu kang. feeling a bit adventurous also, i parked the car by the side of the road and, armed with a long stick - in case of dog/s - i ventured to follow an obscure track to its end. the paved track gave way to an unpaved path which ran alongside a swamp.

first, i saw a shed, then some flowering plants and then the very house which had set me wondering everytime i looked at it from the fishermen's jetty at lim chu kang end. the house appeared a bit run-down, with some tiles having been displaced. however, i could see a fridge and some other household items - evidence that it was occupied. as if to prove my point, someone emerged from one of the rooms.

it is such a wonderful hideaway house. it is located by the seaside and it is so nicely tucked away that only the odd hikers who happen to stumble upon it will be the ones to disturb the peace and serenity of the place. it is an ideal hide-out; you cannot see it from the road (lane 9) and anyway, hardly anyone goes to that area. you will not expect to find a house at the end of those tracks.

the site will be great for a restaurant. but, first they must clear all the flotsam - likely to have been brought in by the tide from across the straits - at the mangrove area because it is a real eye-sore.