@/jamyangtashi Shines Spotlight On A Neighbour’s Farm Idea
On 4 December, Instagram user @/jamyangtashi shared a short feature about his neighbour, Shannon Lim, calling him someone who takes the idea of kampong spirit “to a whole new level”.
The video shows Shannon opening the doors to his Simei home — a “modern kampong house” built around something almost no one expects to see in a Singapore flat: a working home crab farm, complete with a vertical “crab condo” system and shared seafood for nearby residents.
The casual afternoon visit, captured in the post, frames the house as warm, lived-in, and rooted in community, with Shannon sharing the seafood he grows with neighbours, friends, and family.
A Farm Born From A Peranakan Story About Crab Size
Standing beside his setup, Shannon explains exactly why he began farming in the first place: He grew up Peranakan, and his grandmother — “very Peranakan” too — loved flower crabs, but always complained about their size.
So he started growing them.
What began as a simple attempt to produce bigger crabs for his grandmother eventually evolved into a larger, sustainable home farm project.
Today, Shannon focuses on raising crabs mostly for personal consumption, neighbours, friends, and family — not commercial sale.
Inside The ‘Crab Condo’ — A Vertical System Inspired By Burrows
Shannon calls the structure his crab condo: a stacked, multi-tier unit where water flows from the top and trickles continuously through each tower before returning to the main pond.
Each crab receives its own drawer space — its “cave” — where it settles in, burrows, and eats a diet that Shannon describes as scallops, mussels, clams, oysters, and similar shellfish.
He points to one crab with a laugh:
“He’s very happy where he is… he thinks this is his cave.”
Shannon says crabs stay hidden until hungry, spending much of their lives tucked away just like crabs in the wild.
The Home Doubles As A Fish Nursery And Community Space
Beyond the crab condo, Shannon also runs a fish nursery, where he plans to grow baby pompano and snapper.
These will help power a community initiative called Neighbour Belanja, a small charity project he and his girlfriend began to quietly support other Simei residents by giving away seafood for free.
Even the home furniture is shaped around farming — Shannon owns a coffee table that doubles as a hospital tank for sick fish, and currently stores scallops for friends visiting soon.
“My Modern Kampong House”
Shannon refers to his Simei space as a modern kampong house, and the idea is simple: grow his own food, and share what he grows all while keeping the kampong spirit alive.
“Maybe if I really got sick of this when I’m old and I can’t walk around much that might be convenient,” he jokes.
He then glances at his daughter and adds that someone else probably already has plans for the house’s future.
A Neighbourhood Story Worth Noticing
What @jamyangtashi captured is more than a quirky hobby. It is a glimpse into a new kind of urban living that blends Peranakan heritage with self-sustaining seafood farming; home technology with community.
It highlights how crab rearing becomes a bridge between generations and neighbours.
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