It was the year 1126 when Admiral Ching Lo, a high ranking naval command officer from the Sung Dynasty chanced upon an island south of Temasek. The once powerful flowing sails of his war ships were now just rags of torn cloth; the vessel’s dark wooden hull resembled a giant tree which was split showing splinters of white. With rations running low due to a prolonged storm and an unfavor able attack by a small fleet of pirates, the 2 ships under the Chinese flag was forced to seek refuge as it was virtually impossible ...