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Forty minutes from home
Each week she takes the ferry from Batam to work a geriatric ward.
- Entrant
- Nurul Aini
- Nurse
- Batam / Singapore
- Submitted
- 2026-03-02
The first ferry leaves at six. Nurul knows every seat, every officer, every face making the same crossing.
"My patients call me their granddaughter," she laughs. "I already have grandchildren of my own in Batam."