In the days when I was waiting for the shipping date, I had nothing to do so I passed the time by playing four-color cards. Day after day, I finally got news of the shipping date. Without hesitation, I took the more than 300 yuan given by my father and went to Longyun alone.

Waiting for the boat to return to Singapore. I still remember the scene when my father saw me off that day; he waited on the shore until the boat was far away and was still looking around. I wonder if he felt uneasy because he could not take good care of the child, or was he proud of the brave young child?

When the boat arrived at the transfer station, it was just a rubber garden closest to the river. Residents on both sides of the 北加 river transferred here to take buses to Longyun Town to buy rice, grain and daily necessities. It was an important place for traffic. I took a bus from here to Longyun Town.

Longyun Town is quiet and peaceful, with endless unpolluted and beautiful beaches. Most Chinese live in the towns and engage in trade, groceries and coffee shops, while Malays live in the towns. Under the surrounding coconut trees is their home. They make a living from planting, hawking and fishing. In addition to selling seafood, the market also has many turtle eggs. The beach here and the nearby beach are famous turtle egg laying sites.

I still remember my childhood. When I lived in a refugee camp, my brother and I would search for cigarette boxes in the streets every morning. In the past, cigarette boxes had many patterns, were beautiful and of good quality, and we used them to play with and make some graphics. As a young person at that time, I didn’t understand the sadness.

Frustratingly, the shipping company informed me that there was no ship to Singapore, but there would be ships sailing from Terengganu. I was in a dilemma because Terengganu was far away, and I could only walk towards the distance with fear and uneasiness. Terengganu. I don’t know how I found the shipping company. Unexpectedly, due to the strong wind and waves, there was no way to ship the ship. I was lonely and helpless and wandered in a foreign country. Terengganu is a city near the sea where the majority of Malays are Malays. Planting, hawking and fishing are the main industries, while the Chinese are engaged in business, dentistry, doctors and hotels.

I first lived in a cheap hotel room, but later I slept in the corridor of the hotel because I was afraid of running out of money. I was aimless every day. I went on a tour looking forward to the early arrival of the boat. I bought all kinds of Malay food from the Malay food stalls on the beach. It was economical and delicious and it was my daily dining place.

I don’t know how long I have been looking forward to it every day (maybe three or four weeks), but the long-awaited ship finally arrived. It is a small cargo ship. It loads and unloads cargo here and then sails directly to Xingzhou. I am on the ship. The only passenger was placed on a platform high on the deck, with ladders on one side and railings on three sides, covered with rainproof tarps. There was nothing in the small space, so I could only lie on the floor. In the evening, the ship set sail.

It was pitch black when night fell. The boat was in the deep sea, and the wind and waves were strong, and it was dancing and swaying with the waves. It seemed like it was thrown up into the sky and then landed on the ground. I could only rock with the boat in the dark, and I was so dizzy that I couldn't tell whether it was hell or the world.

It was like this I don’t know how long it took before I fainted and fell asleep. When I woke up, the ship was approaching the port of Singapore, and with the blessings of heaven and earth, I returned to Singapore safely.