Clarifications on Ghostly Apparitions

Clarifications on Ghostly Apparitions

Have you wondered why someone, especially at nights, out of the corner of their eyes sees either a stationary back apparition lurking in a darken corner for a split second.

Some older people believe that these are ghostly apparitions which can be seen for a split second by normal people. These apparitions are people who have died and called “permanent” ghosts and they reside in specific houses, buildings, cemeteries etc. Or these apparitions can be just wandering ghosts going nowhere and everywhere. There are people who believe that wandering ghosts like to stay temporarily and live in abandoned houses or buildings.

 Lurking Shadows from Branches on a Tree

George, my cousin, have moved temporarily together with his wife, Hui Ping, to Puchong in Selangor. George recently retired and. However they found with the recent hikes have increased their cost of living.

They went to a small town in Perak to look out for the rental and food prices. They were having something for drinks and Hui Ping asked whether George noticed something unusual in their temporary house in Puchong. According to his wife she had seen flashes of a black apparition in their house.

George was a bit shocked to hear that as he had seen the same thing! George did not tell anyone including his wife about what he saw. There were many times while watching tv at nights when from the corner of his eyes he saw something in black with super speed flashing towards their storeroom. When he checked the storeroom there was nothing there.

His wife, Hui Peng was terrified about supernatural stuff and she refused to talk about it except unless they were on holidays (for from their Puchong home). In fact, Hui Peng had to turn all the lights on (including the bedroom) before she goes to sleep.

Wandering Ghost at Home

Wandering Ghost at Home

A housewife faced a spate of mysterious and impossible incidents in her home.

Wandering ghost (for lack of better term due my inexperience) can occur at any place or time. I have written a story in my other blog titled “Ghosts Everywhere!” with ghostly apparition occurring at a public place. Whereas this actual incident happened at a family’s home.

Hasmah lives with her husband and three kids in the sleepy town Yan in the state of Kedah, Malaysia. She has lived together with her family for more than 10years at their house. Life at their house was peaceful but uneventful.

 A Typical Malay House

One day Hasmah walked to her 14 year old son’s bedroom and was mildly surprised to see him there. He was on his bed scrawled in his back engrossed playing with his computer game. Hasmah asked about his tuition class and was told that the tuition teacher was sick and he said his father was also back.

Wondering what was going on, Hasmah walked to the living room at the front portion of their house. However there was nobody in there and just as she was about to call out to her son, she glanced at the window of her house.

Her husband was in the courtyard, facing outward squatting and tending a flower batch. This is most unusual, as her husband dislike this activity, thought Hasmah, as she walked down the short stairs from her living room.

My Granny’s Get-Well Present

My Granny’s Get-Well Present

I received my ex-granny’s get-well present….it took over 10 years to arrive.

According to Kirsten her relationship with her granny (her father’s mum) when she was growing up was normal. Granny stayed at one the back room of their house in Ipoh in Perak and would alternatively send to my aunty and her family house in Melaka.

There were no spectacular memories about her granny except the times when she and her brother got in trouble with her mother and they were thrashed using the slender-like cane (‘kena rotan’). They would run to the granny’s room for help. On seeing their predicament, granny would face her daughter-in-law with both legs firmly planted and with outstretch arms trying to protect her 2 young grandchildren. Granny would jump left and right purposely getting caned herself while rescuing the kids. (what a great & super granny)

There was also a recollection by Kirsten so long ago, both of them was so bored they decided to question their granny about the existence of God. She looked absolutely horrified besides she will be dead by then. The two kids kept pestering their granny until she finally reluctantly gave up and promised to do that.

As time pass by Granny went to her daughter’s family for a visit but fell ill and passed away. Kristen’s parents and brother rushed back for granny’s funeral. Kristen however was on a writing assignment and could not make it back in time.

Several years after that Kirsten had married and the couple moved to Johor Bahru in Johore.  One day, Kirsten was taken by her husband to a local hospital. She was diagnosed to have dengue and the hospital but they were told that the wards were already were jam-packed with patients.

They decided to go home where Kirsten could rest and hopefully get better. Kirsten’s husband called her parents to let them know of the condition of their daughter. Kirsten’s parents promptly arrived the next day to check on their daughter. They decided that if her condition does not improve the next day, they were going to take her other government hospitals or even private hospitals.

Haunted Thai Hotels

Haunted Thai Hotels

Thailand is reputed as the most haunted country especially her hotels.

The country to our north, Thailand, is according to many believers of the supernatural is filled with ghosts and/or “kong tau” (black magic). Stories about ghosts and the paranormal in hotels in Thailand are most frequent encounters compared to other places. Tales of hauntings at Asia Hotel (I have written in another blog), Holiday Inn, Baiyoke Sky Hotel, White Orchid Hotel, Holiday Inn etc. in Thailand.

White Orchid Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand

Guests in these hotels had encountered strange things like scratches on the body, noises or knocking late in the night, long hairs found in the dressing tables (when only guys are staying there) and some even saw a black apparition crouching on the bedroom ceiling!

Back to my ghostly tale in Thailand, Walter Teng works in Alor Setar in the northern state of Kedah. Walter would travel regularly to Thailand to meet up with his clients, in fact Walter would joke that he has been to all the major cities and towns in that country.

Old Morris Minor Car

Old Morris Minor Car

“….recognized the distinctive colour & the make of the old Morris Minor car but it suddenly sped off…. could it be haunted??”

Ariffin & Kim Meng are only best friends in school but are neighbours.  Kim Meng stays a just the street away Ariffin was always around that Kim Meng’s family considered him as part of the family. Kim Meng’s mother was always warm and caring and his siblings were a laugh a minute. The laughter and the tears together will last a lifetime.

As for Kim Meng’s father was a strict and quiet person and it would be great compliment if Ariffin got a ‘grunt’ as acknowledge from him. As for Kim  Meng’s father the pride and joy other than his immediate family is his car.  He drives a ‘vintage’ Morris Minor and without fail when he gets back home, he will wash his car.

Morris Minor

Over time Ariffin found a job and settled down in Kuala Lumpur.  On day Ariffin got a call from Kim Meng saying that his father has passed away. Kim Meng was a bit surprised that his childhood friend wanted to pay his respect to Kim Meng’s father with Kim Meng saying that it was unnecessary. Ariffin was adamant and he applied to take leave from his company and drove all the way back to their hometown.

After the funeral, it night time and Ariffin was driving back to Kuala Lumpur. He noticed there was a “old” car in front of him …. it was the Morris Minor the exact model that & make Kim Meng’s father had.

Demonic Rage

Demonic Rage

“… her face was twisted in utter hatred ..”

Possession has been defined as a domination of by an evil demonic spirit. Demonic possessions occur in numerous incidents throughout in Malaysia as in other countries. These are generally done by exorcist who expel or cast off the demon, devil or ‘hantu’ from the affected victim. Other the word exorcist, in Malaysia, they are also known as Taoist or Buddhist master, sifu or bomoh etc.

A Girl Being Possessed

I remember many years ago, I was asked to go our factory in Shah Alam, Selangor. There was a disturbance there and my colleagues said and it was one of our factory workers. The factory worker had climbed almost to the top of a lanky tree and he was wildly waving his hand on a rather thin slim branch while shouting at us in a strange language.

Robert, the Quality manager, suggested that we should get a pastor from a nearby church which we readily agreed. The bewildered & somewhat scared pastor who despite his best effort got instead got urinated by the possessed worker. As the flustered pastor said, that it was better to get a bomoh who is more experience in these local situations.

Oops before I get carried away (probably due to old-aged) I should get back to my tale about a possessed woman.

Local Paranormal Experience

Local Paranormal Experience

“Where got ghost….went to Genting, Kellie’s Castle etc and nothing happen!”

Genting Highlands Reputed To Be One of the Haunted Places in the Country

I heard some experts say that most people cannot see a ghost except those people who are gifted or possessed with the “3^rd eye” can see ghosts. Alternatively those people with low wan shou or  yun fei (spiritual level are low or down) can also see “dirty things” like ghosts.

Whether wondered about the people who are not only scared but simply horrified of the vision from the afterlife in their everyday lives. Here is another story about a guy who is a scaredy cat with anything connected to the supernatural or paranormal realms.

Wei Fatt and my brother are school friends in Johore Bahru before his whole family moved to Kajang in Selangor. Some of his friends knew about his reluctant ability to either, sense, hear or even see the dead but accepted it anyway.

One day Wei Fatt was asked by his boss to do and a Quality assessment at their factory at Pasir Gudang in Johor. The company booked a room for him at the New York hotel in Johore Bahru. It was late when Wei Fatt finally checked in the hotel and made his way to his hotel room.

As he noticed that as he walked nearer to the room, he heard soft sound of children giggling from one of the rooms. As he reached his door the giggling suddenly stopped. There was nothing there, no ghost but an over active imagination. As he was exhausted, he took a quick shower and he went to bed.

Sweet & Unexpected Goodbye, My Pet

Sweet & Unexpected Goodbye, My Pet

“....Fluffy is dead…but I just saw her”.

Dog at the Sliding Door

Pint sized Fluffy was a 5 year old mongrel has been a constant companion of Sasha. Fluffy will wait patiently at the window every day until Sasha is back from school. In fact I was told that whenever Sasha got back from school, the little dog will get into hilarious frenzy of leaping & spinning around Sasha in joy.

Sasha would go her room to do her homework and Fluffy would follow and rest on her cushion and would wait quietly for Sasha. They would take leisurely long evening walks together in the neighborhood. Sasha’s parents joked that they were like ‘twins’ and would go practically anywhere together.

 As time pass by Sasha went to a local college in the island state of Penang. Sasha’s parents were still working and Fluffy was left alone. One day an anxious neighbor made a call to Sasha’s mother to inform they found Fluffy’s dead body at one neighborhood road. It seems that it was a car accident …. It was a hit-run accident.

Sasha was having her college exams then and her parents’ decided to only tell her about the incident after her papers. The severe shock and grief might even traumatized her if she found that Fluffy was killed. One thing left to another by the time Sasha’s exam is over, Sasha’s parents felt that it may be better to tell personally about the tragic incident after Sasha is back home from college.

Creepy Front Door

Creepy Front Door

“…I always felt there is something mysterious or downright creepy about my front door!”

My wife and I decided to take a short and cheap trip to visit the town of Kamunting in the state of Perak, Malaysia (I definitely can’t afford an overseas trip..…). During our trip there, we met some old friends, Mr and Mrs Lai for dinner at a Chinese restaurant. We talked about everything and nothing, when we jumped to the topic about peoples’ strange experiences in their lives.

Suddenly Mrs Lai eagerly whispered, “….I always felt there is something mysterious or downright creepy about my front door!”  She then related her experiences when she and her husband moved into their present apartment after their marriage. They were just a young couple then with a baby daughter.

The Front Door of Mr & Mrs Lai’s Apartment

One day Mrs Lai got a call from her sister (Yee Cheh) saying that she is on the way to their apartment. They were yapping away and played with the baby when Mrs Lai decided it was time for the baby’s afternoon nap. Mrs Lai place her baby in the master room at the same time her sister took the opportunity to use the bathroom. After Mrs Lai’s sister was done she used the wash basin in the bathroom to wash her hands…when she heard someone knocking at the front door. Mrs Lai replied in a hoarsely low voice asking her sister to find what the person wants.

Probably grumbling, Mrs Lai’s sister thought it must be the neighbours or worse, some sales person trying to sell their stuff as she walk briskly towards the front door. As she nearly reached the front door… the heard the knocks on the front door again and she was knocked flat of her feet….the knocks came from the front door but it was coming INSIDE the door!

Mrs Lai’s sister was so terrified about that incident that she swore she will go back that apartment again!

Supernatural Guardian

Supernatural Guardian

There are numerous people who have encountered ‘helpful’ spiritual entities, or according to Christian terminology guardian angels or just supernatural guardians in their everyday normal lives. Countries as diverse like the United States to Malaysia have experience these strange incidents of so-called, “supernatural guardian”.

Existence of Supernatural Guardian?

Melanie Kee seemed to have born with a lucky star as her family always laughed and joke that a “fairy godmother” is looking after her. Melanie and her best friend, Kamila, moved to a flat in Batu Pahat in state of Johor.

One afternoon, Melanie was standing on a stool above the raised cabinet in the kitchen,  when she fell slipped backwards on the stool. As she struggled to maintain her balance to no avail at the exact moment she felt a pair of hands on her back holding her. When she regained her composure she turned to thank Kamila (the only one in the flat) but to her surprise that was no one around!

Later she found that Kamila was busy on her laptop in her bedroom… and there was no one around.

Mischievous Entities

Mischievous Entities

Now you see them…then you don’t!

Ghostly Writings on the Door?

Mischievous entities, paranormal beings or ghosts which have been describe as cheeky, naughty or mischievous at the same time undoubtedly truly damn scary. Some of these people have experience scary mischievous ghostly elements but I personally believe more than that, it’s a clear sign of the ghosts are simply saying that they are around in the realm of the living!!!

1^st Story

Vicky and Mira, both 14 years old, are not only classmates at school but also best friends. As it was a school holidays, Mira invited Vicky to have sleepover at her house. Mira’s family, which consist of both parents and elder brother and sister, lived at Bukit Jelutong in Shah Alam, Selangor.

The two girls were busy chit-chatting about the boys, dressing and even when to the shopping mall to make up a costume for Cosplay. When finally the 2 girls were fast asleep, with Vicky sleeping on a mattress on the bedroom floor just beside Mira who was in her bed.

Vicky suddenly woke up and sat up, her throat was parched and dry (probably from overzealous chatting with Mira). She saw that Mira was happily sleeping in her bed and realized that there was light peeping through the narrow gap beneath the bedroom door.

Vicky slowly crept downstairs to the living room downstairs where she found Mira’s mum was engrossed on the TV with some Korean romantic drama. After taking her drink she joined Mira’s mum with the romantic movie marathon.

After an hour later, a half-asleep Mira came into the living room and she looked terribly confused looking at Vicky who was with sitting with Mira’s mother. Mira gestured quickly to her bedroom and muttered,” ..how…you are here??..”

When we have calmed Mira down, she explained that she saw Vicky asleep in her mattress when she woke that night. She decided to go downstairs for a drink and silently trotted down to the living room and there was her mother…and Vicky!!!

Unexplained Random Hauntings

Unexplained Random Hauntings

These are just only 2 random tales by readers of the many mysterious unexplained ghostly hauntings in Malaysia.

A Haunted House?

I think it is not right to categorized buildings which are unkempt derelict houses, old schools, hospitals etc. as being haunted just by their physical appearances. Whether these are demonic entities, pontianaks or simply just wandering ghosts which can roam anywhere as opposed to residential ghosts. Residential ghosts have a special affinity or very strong attachment (whether good or bad) in that place. Anyway to cut to the chase, I have 2 unexplainable eerie stories of people who are living in absolutely normal looking houses.

1^st Story

19 year old Rina was studying at an outstation college and her exams were over. Her family hometown is in Jerantut in the state of Pahang. She had homemade gifts from her entire family, as for youngest brother, 6 year old Hafiz, which had a hand painted face mask of Ronald McDonald.

The famous Clown from McDonald’s

One night, Rina was washing the dishes after dinner and the rest of the family had adjourned to living room to watch a TV program. Rina was facing the sink which was just beside the kitchen wall with partially opened louvers. It was only 7pm then and the night was getting a bit dark except for the neighbor’s dim low-wattage night light which provided some illumination.

Unexpected Tales

Unexpected Tales

Two scary tales about unexpected incidents in normal everyday life’s in the land of Malaysia.

Ashraf was looking for another place when he was informed by a colleague, Megat. Megat kindly offered his friend to stay him and his family while looking for a place of his own. Ashraf and Megat are maintenance workers for a local company in Kuala Lumpur. Ashraf accepted his friend’s generous offer and they stayed in a high-rise PPR flats (Public Housing Project) together with Megat’s family.

A PPR unit

After several nights, as Ashraf was packing his sleeping mat on the cement rendered floor at the congested living room to sleep. The night was sweltering hot with not even a breeze in the night air. However Ashraf fell asleep because he was so tired from work.

Ashraf had a truly terrifying nightmare that night, he dreamt that he was chased by a very old and hideous woman with her hair plastered and clothes soaked and dripping wet with water. Ashraf woke up with a start and he was totally surprised that his entire body was absolutely soaked. He quickly up from his sleeping mat and looking down he saw the entire mat was dripping wet…..but the just surrounding area of the mat was bone dry!

When Megat and his family finally woke up, they inspected the living room’s floor and the ceiling for water seepage but found nothing was amiss. Ashraf and Megat even when to neighboring block but found that were no water leakage.

Ashraf’s friends said that it must be a “hantu air” (water ghost) that he encountered that night!

The next incident happened when Mimi Chan and Sara Khoo who only are best friends and were once college mates. Sara invited Mimi to stay with Sara’s family in Teluk Intan, Perak. One night when Mimi was sitting on the sofa watching TV, Sara’s mother came to living room, half-asleep and looking distressed. Mimi asked, “Are you alright aunty?”  Sara’s mother said just had a weird dream about her mother and was wondering whether she should call her in Pahang. Mimi immediately said that it was already past 12am and she advice Sara’s mother to call her mother tomorrow instead.

They got a telephone call early the next morning, it was Sara’s mother brother saying their mother has passed away. Mimi never told anyone of her conversation that night with Sara’s mother thinking is was just a coincidence.

Several years later when Mimi was now working in Ipoh, Perak, she was informed that Sara’s mother have passed away. Mimi was fond and close to Sara’s mother after spending a number of years living with them. Mimi drove down for the funeral and after that they had a wake (a traditional ritual for a deceased person).

Mimi was sitting on the sofa when the eldest uncle {Sara’s mother brother} said that he recollect a particular incident, a long time ago after their father died and when Sara’s mother was just 4 or 5 years old was playing in the living room in the evening. Her brother then approached her and asked what she was doing. She smiled shyly and in a soft voice told her brother, “dad-lah…he’s so funny”.

Mimi was shocked to hear about that story and wondered whether Sara’s mother was “sensitive” to seeing or sensing dead people from the other realm.

Ghost Child At A Resort

Ghost Child At A Resort

Ghost child also referred to as “kuai qwai” in Cantonese or as “toyol” according to Malay folklore. Many real-life accounts have been told about the “kuai qwai” in Genting Highlands where some people have described as an unholy den of ghost children. On the other hand, “toyol” according popular beliefs is a mischievous ‘child’ that gathers and steals small items from people’s homes. However in this incident involves a lost child in a beach resort in Malaysia.

Adrian Raj went with his family for a vacation at Kemaman in the state of Terangganu. Kemaman with a pristine beach and seafront, seem to be an ideal location for vacationers. Adrian was busy outstation and unfortunately he did not make it in time for the trip in September. He nonetheless persuaded his wife to go their long awaited vacation in November, which is the beginning of monsoon season.

Map of Kemaman in Terengganu, Malaysia

They rented a room for 5 days’ stay at the resort of a family owned business in Kemaman. One night, after their young son was fast asleep, Adrian’s wife was continuously complaining about their spoilt vacation. It was late at night when Adrian decided to have a smoke and went downstairs (his wife did not allowed him to smoke in the room).

He went downstairs to a back of a fairly large garden, slightly away from the main resort. It was extremely dark night but it was lighted up with florescent lights on poles around the garden and he can see fairly well. He was sitting on a bench and lit up his ciggy when the skies suddenly opened up and it poured. He ran to a nearby covered roof structure with only the steel clad columns exposed. It was raining pelting and raging heavily, with lightning flashing around the skies.

Adrian tried to call his wife that he was late due to the thunderstorm only to find he accidentally left his mobile in the room. He was looking around the surrounding, wondering whether he should make a quick dash to the resort, when he looked at the playground he suddenly noticed…..that a small figure was sitting on of the swing.

Never Look Directly At a Ghost

Never Look Directly At a Ghost

“……you can look up or down but never look directly at the face of a ghost!”

A lot of people have seen at one time or another, at the corner of their eyes, saw a flash of a shadowy figure…Huhh!..as they glanced at dark of the bottom of the stairs, the corner of the room etc. and when there is nothing there…they might think it is just a figment of their wild imagination.

However some people believe that unless a person is gifted with “yin yang” or the “3td eye”, most people will not “see” or even fell the presence of ghosts. Unless, for example, if a person is fast asleep and suddenly awoke, he or she might accidentally see the dead spirit. Like a woman medium said that it is ok to look to the left or to the right or even up and down but never look directly at the face of a ghost!

“Why cannot look one???” my friend asked but the medium stare angrily at him but did not answer. Maybe the answer can be found in another incident that a reader encountered when visited his friend in Melaka, Malaysia.

Amar and Jude were college mates and they were going to Jude’s place in Melaka for the holidays.  Amar was introduced to Jude’s parents, Mr and Mrs Tai, and to his younger sister, Katie. They had 3 bedrooms which were for Mr and Mrs Tai, another for Katie and the Jude’s room for the guys.

However Jude felt sick after a few days and were told by the doctor that its best to rest a few days. Obviously Amar could not sleep together with Jude and they decided it was too inconvenient to sleep in the small dining room. Instead Mr and Mrs Tai decided on the store room which was located downstairs just beside the kitchen.

On the first night at the downstairs room, Amar was busy checking his Facebook on his tablet when he heard a faint scratching sound on the window. He looked out to the window but the sound of scratching on the window has stopped. Jude looked out of the window and saw the dimly lilted lights from the lamp posts but nothing was there. Chuckling to himself silently saying that it is just his imagination, he must stop believing such nonsensical stuff.

The next night after he went to bed, he was lying on his side opposite the store window, he woke up when he heard sound of someone on the rocking chair. He pretended to be asleep and he turned his body in the opposite direction of the window…..he saw in the gloomy darkness…. a lady sitting on the rocking chair!

Hauntingly Discovery in a ‘First’ Apartment

Hauntingly Discovery in a ‘First’ Apartment

Trials and tribulations of living in a haunted apartment.

Kristin finally found her first job as a market research for a painting company at a town of Kluang in the middle of Johor and southern portion of Malaysia. She rented a place with 2 other girls in the outskirt of that fairly large of that town. Her apartment, located on the 4^th level, of a good sized residential multistory building.

Kristin was so happy to get the job and living in a “new” apartment that she did not realize that was something odd about the apartment. Probably the first incident happened after she moved into the apartment, was after taking a shower, she was putting her nightdress when a faint but distinct smell in the bathroom.  She looked around the small bathroom but there were nowhere around but it the odour of a male… but there was no male around, only her and her two girl flatmates. Thinking she must be thinking too much, she soon forgot about the incident.

However a few nights after they were watching tv, a flatmate said that she felt a strange presence of a of a man in the apartment. Uurgh! exactly the presence felt by Kristin!

The following days there were strange incidents, for example, the refrigerator was left opened (which they thought mechanism was faulty), the light in the dining room would suddenly turn off (wiring problem) and Kristin’s alarm clock which continuous ring at odd times (which they assumed that it was an old and cheap alarm clock).

Kristin was given a small round bowl with a goldfish as a present by her brother when she moved to Kluang in Johor. The goldfish was placed in a small table outside Kristin’s bedroom.

A goldfish Bowl

One morning, Kristin was late for work (her alarm clock did not work) and she was rushing to brush her teeth and putting her clothes on. As she reached the front door she casually glanced at the small kitchen…. her goldfish was happily swimming in a GLASS of water!

Some Haunting Encounters in Malaysia

Some Haunting Encounters in Malaysia

Some people actual experiences of their spooky & supernatural incidents in Malaysia. These are just 2 among the numerous eerie records from people’s real life accounts from the country.

Sharmila, 16 year, was walking back from school activities one day. The rain has finally stopped but her neighborhood was very quiet as it was dark around 7 pm that day. She was rushing to her home for her dinner when she noticed an old man standing silently on the neighborhood lane. She was a bit shocked when the old man suddenly said to her, “Not frightened walking alone?” (translation: “Tak takut jalan sendiri?”) She was a bit terrified and ignored him as she quickly moved and rapidly walked pass the man.

She was more horrified when she had got the impression of a man’s heavy breathing close behind her. Sharmila quickly took off and ran as fast as possible for her house when she heard the sound of a man’s continuous laughter.

Puffing and panting she saw with a relief to see Mr Lok, a retired teacher and a neighbor, walking towards her for his nightly walk. Sharmila was out of breath as she bent down her body and she quickly asked Mr Lok whether he saw the old man following her. Seeing the strain on her face, he replied, “…. nobody there, only you….how come you were walking funny?.. like avoiding something…”

Was it a ghost that Sharmila saw?

The next story is when Andrea was growing up and she visited with her mother, their relatives’ wooden house in Teluk Intan in Perak. Andrea was busy with her colouring book when she realized that she could see her own shadow from the sole light bulb in the bedroom.

She then heard her mother yelling at her from the other room to take a shower and get ready for a dinner as it was getting dark. Reluctantly she got up and moving to get her pajamas from her bag she saw there was another shadow in opposite wall!

Confused and taken aback, she turned back to the other wall…to see her own shadow. Really feeling lost she turn back again at the other wall only to see the other shadow…. but the shadow looks larger in size and furthermore she could not understand why 2 shadows when she is the only one in the room! She screamed and staggered from the room looking desperately looking for her mother.

Whenever Andrea was in their relatives house, she insisted that at least one person must be around, even when she goes to the toilet!

Precautions During Hungry Ghost Month – Part 3

Precautions During Hungry Ghost Month – Part 3

I think I better finish the 3^rd installment and the final series about Hungry Ghost Month. As stated previously, these are precautions to follow during that month where wandering or restless spirits are most active. These spirits or ghosts are released from Hell and can spend the whole month roaming the realm of Earth.

The remaining list of precautions and tips are as follows:

Do not step on the Ashes from Offerings

10) do not celebrate birthday at night (guess it is ok in daytime)

11) for Chinese operas, do not sit on the front seats (as they are catered for the “brothers & sisters”)

12) do not get married during that month (I guess ‘they’ might “kacau” – translation, disturb)

13) avoid talking about ghosts (might offend them)

14) do not disturb the food offerings, joss sticks or candles

I would like to recount a tale from Ganesh who claim that he does not believe in ghosts. This incident happened during the Hungry Ghost Month. Ganesh was feeling absolutely bored as most of his friends are not allowed to go drinking and chit-chatting especially during the nights. Ganesh visited Ah Meng at his house, which Ah Meng was forced by his parents to stay at home. Ganesh and Ah Meng were smoking at the little patch of land (garden-lah) and it was about 2am at night.

The night was cool and so quiet when they heard dogs barking furiously but gradually stopped. Then Daisy, a dog owned by Ah Meng’s family, started barking yelping furiously and the hairs on neck were virtually standing. They tried their best to calm Daisy and looked where the dog was looking and noticed that a “mist or fog” was travelling on the neighbor drive and it seemed to be travelling on a path. After the mist finally passed by, Ganesh noticed that Daisy eventually stopped barking. However the dogs from the opposite side of Ah Meng’s house started barking.

The Cat That Can’t Die

The Cat That Can’t Die

She saw a neighbour’s cat lying lazily in her garden…

Sue Chuah was so happy to be back in her hometown of Taiping in Perak after spending 4 years studying in New Zealand. There were so many experiences to share with her family & school friends and so much to catch up on. Other than that, there are resumes to write and hopefully she will get a job soon.

Her friends were coming back from work and they were going for dinner and to celebrate and chat about their lives. Sue was so anxious as she was putting her shoes in the garden beside her house when she saw, “Percy”, a Persian cat who was a neighbor’s cat. Percy was lying lazily beside some daisies in their garden with his face looking contently in the distance.

Typical Persian Cat

Precautions during Hungry Ghost Month – part 2

Precautions during Hungry Ghost Month – part 2

This is the 2^nd part of “Precautions during Hungry Ghost Month” which many Chinese considered at the most terrifying month of the year. Countless people who follow their religion believe that the gates of Hell are release on the 7^th month of the Chinese lunar calendar and wandering or hungry spirits can wander in this earth for a whole month.

Offerings of food for Hungry Ghost Month

Millions of people of which had encountered spooky and unbelievable incidents from deceased relatives but also the restless spirits of people who had untimely deaths. The precautions are tips for people to follow and prevent them from such unworldly incidents. The other precautions for that month are :

5) do not visit the sick in hospital, attend a funeral, move house or to start a business.

6) do not go camping (especially tress with large long and overhanging leaves) as they            contain yin energies. This energy signifies darkness, stillness as opposed to brightness and laughter which is the yang energy.

7) do not simply open the main door all night (negative energy!)

8) do not wear black or red clothes (not even red underwear)

9) do not travel outstation or go swimming (and meet up with the water ghost, air hantu in Bahasa or sui qwai in Chinese). These waters ghosts are situated at the seas, rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps or even ditches. They lived underneath the water and they could have died from drowning or simply missing.

Anyway, I better stop at Precaution no. 9 (which I will continue as Part 3 later) as I have another spooky tale about an incident of a water ghost in the month during the Hungry Ghost month.

Aden Yoo, a teenager lives a small town of Gemencheh at Negeri Sembilan which is located about 30 km from the much larger town of Tampin. It must be a weekend when Aden and his friends decided to go to a pond nearby for fishing during the Hungry Ghost month without telling their parents about their activities.