Posted on Friday, March 05th, 2010 by pelf and filed in Faces of Terengganu

The kids in Kampung Mangkok, Setiu, loves to play in the sea. Every evening at about 5:30pm or 6pm, they would be cycling outside TCC House, calling “Auntie!” or “Kak Chen!” to “mandi pantai” with them. These kids have grown so attached to us that the day will not go by without anyone of them calling us from outside our locked gate. And if we did not answer them, they would attempt to attract our attention by clanking our padlock, or chatting loudly among themselves.

So one day, I decided to tag along.

We took a short walk about 150m towards the beach, some of the younger kids cycled there but some others strolled along. As soon as we were about 20m from the sea, the boys started removing their T-shirts and were getting ready to jump into the water. And not long after, the girls followed suit :D

Having a splash

Kimi, the 7-year-old boy on the foreground in the picture above, is a very adorable kid. He knew he couldn’t swim very well (or maybe his parents/grandparents asked him not to go to the deeper waters) so he was seen playing only by the beach. His routine would be to run as fast as he could from the beach and jump into the water as the waves hit the beach. He would then get up, run back to the beach and repeat his “waves-breaking” act :D

The older kids would skin-dive a bit, and swim a bit but for the most part, they would just be playing in the water. Occassionally they would get onto the beach, roll on the sand, make some funny faces and then they would return to the sea.

Who's the cutest of them all?

While you think that they would enjoy themselves so much and forget about the time, these kids would surprise you by knowing when to get out of the water and go home in time for the maghrib prayers :D

  1. evelyn says:

    Gotta love ‘em pictures.. nice shots! And what a nice experience with these kids :)

  2. Raoul says:

    they’re like Rainbows over the TCC hut!

    • pelf says:

      Yes, they are like rainbows, only over TCC House, not hut, LOL. You should come visit us one day because we’re in the middle of setting up an interactive center, with outdoor posters, preserved turtle specimens, turtle skeletons and some life terrapins :D

  3. dreameridi*t says:

    Pelf, I saw a few photos you shared on FB, I thought there would be more here. Anyway, you should definitely marked the photos as yours (they are brilliant, and you could perhaps make some dough too :)

  4. Ah Hong says:

    Pelf, it’s good to live near the sea. All the kids looks cute :D
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  5. Jack says:

    Sure seems light outside for being 6pm! And how is the water temperature? Pretty warm or somewhat cold?

  6. Nicole Price says:

    For the joys of simple pleasures, one must go to children and learn from them. From what you say, they are also very responsible and that shows how well they have been brought up. You are blessed to have them in your life.
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