Originally posted by sillyme:
I stayed in a kampung when I was younger. The longkang was one of our playgrounds. The canal had dry banks. We would run up and down the canal walls. But yeah, we never played there when it rains.
Later in my life (we moved to a HDB flat), I had two friends who drowned while playing along the canal. She fell into the canal and drowned. Her brother tried to rescue her drowned too. Yes, the current is very strong, so don't overestimate your swimming ability.
I was from a village too.
Sorry about your friends.
