New Shoes

It was a busy day for me at the office. I did not even go to the ladies until exactly 3pm on that day. I was wearing my new pair of plastic shoe (which was a trend at that time). I was walking toward the toilet which was was situated next to the locked stairway which link to the rooftop. The toilet was quite far from the entrance which adjacent to the office and hardly anyone could hear anything from outside.

You see, I was curious why the shoes made one kind of sound when walking. Anyway I just ignored it and enter the toilet. After I had finished my business, I was looking at mirror and doing my hair. Suddenly I heard a same sound that came from my shoe. I was wondering. I didn’t walk or move but standing, how come the shoe could make that sound. Suddenly I felt a chill and I could swear I felt somebody was breathing heavily behind me. I look into the mirror but there was no one! I felt really scared and panicked but I did’t dare to turn back my body. So I quickly ran towards the entrance. I felt the journey was longer than when I came in just now.

When I reached, I opened the door and I shouted so loud that my colleagues could hear me and I almost faint upon that time. After I had calmed down and told them what happened, I found out that day was the first day of GHOST MONTH.

The Angel

It was eve of Hari Raya! Me and my mum was busy that day! We have to prepare cooking, clean the house and do the house chores! I was in Primary 5 that time when this happen. The year was 1999. Please believe what i’m saying here! This are all true!

Here the story begin. I was helping my mum in the kitchen cutting some vegetables when suddenly i heard a knock on the door. So i went outside to see who was it. I thought it was my dad who haven’t came back from work! No it was a strange person whom i never met before in my whole life! A ‘women’ who is selling cakes and ’she’ bring her son along which is still baby around 4 months!

It was pity for ‘her’ cause ‘her’ son nose broke and ’she’ even can’t afford to pay the medical bills! ‘She’ was drassed in a poor dressing! My mum called her in as ’she’ seems to be a little tired! The women age is about 25 to 30! ‘Where do you stay?’ my mum ask with a puzzle face. ‘Oh i stay at Serangoon Ave 5!’ As i know there is no such place in Serangoon as i’ve been staying here for more then 6 years! My mum continued,’What block is that?’ Then the women answered,’Oh i’m not sure of the block cause now i’m staying with my aunt just few weeks ago!’ She was saying in a sweet voice and i can tell you that the ‘women’ is so beautiful!!!!!

As i was beside my mum, she told me to get the glass of water for her! My mum ask her about the cake as she don’t wanna ask more bout her! The cake was quite expensive. The cost is about $6! So my mum bought 2 cakes which cost about $12. My mum pitied ‘her’ so much that she gave her $20! I can tell you ’she’ thank my mum for nearly 10 times!

Then ’she’ got to make a move to some other places! As for my custom, whenever we leave the place of a malay house, we have to kiss his or her hand! So i kiss ‘her’ hand and she kiss my mum hand!

‘She’ left the house and i felt something that was wrong! When the ‘women’ left the place, this was something strange; the women dissapear just like that with a flickering light! I ran to tell my mum bout this! She said that she knew that an ANGEL came to OUR HOUSE!

Doorbells?

Well… this story took place in this year 7th month and last year want. Last year during 7th month..at about 3/4 am.. my doorbell will just ring..non-stop. It will countine until about half an hour. As we thought that maybe our doorbell was spoilt my dad decided to get new batteries for the doorbell and repaired it. But on that night.. the same thing happens.. the doorbell just won’t stop ringing..As my mum was curious she decided to look at the window from upstairs her bedroom ..to her surprise she saw a white figure pressing the doorbell. She was so shocked that she deicided to went back to sleep.

This year … something weird happens again. Well you see … my telephone is 1 line but is connected to 2 phones 1 upstairs.. 1 downstairs. My phones were working prefectly fine in the mornings and afternoons but during the same period of time, 3-4 am … the down stairs phone will just ring.. is really surprising as the upstairs phone did not ring at all.. and worste … the ringtone will different from my normal ringing tone…is was going “DO.. DO…” while my phone actually gives out a “do do .. do do ” ringing tone.

Being curious but scared.. my mother decided to pick up the upstairs phone.. she hear clucking noises and she hurried put down.. till now … the phone still rings .. i hope that it will stop after this year 7th month…

Hungry Ghost Festival

This happen to me on the 20th August 2001. Why i remember so clearly because it is the first time I get involve in this and I hope that this will be the last time!

This month is the hungry ghost festivel and I am a free thinker so I don’t really believe in ghost but yesterday i encounter this! I am taking my boyfriend motobike home. I usually take out the helmet before reaching my block so that i can enjoy the wind blowing toward me. Suddenly my helmet was entangled with my necklace that make me feel very uncomfortable.

When I look at the rear mirror, I saw a head with a helmet beside me. My helmet was behind me so how can my helmet just place beside me????? At that moment, I feel the chill down my spine. I did not say anything because I don’t want to frighten my boyfriend!

After I reach home, my maid was telling me ” Miss, there are apple in the fridge” I answer back OK! But there was another sound say ( THERE ARE APPLE IN THE FRIDGE) (THERE ARE APPLE IN THE FRIDGE) I ask my maid how many times must she say? but she said ” I only say once what!!!”

The whole night, I can’t sleep well and I am just wondering, was that ‘thing’ watching me????? So always remember if you are not the rider, please don’t look at the rear mirror or else you will see something you don’t wish to see!!!!

My Husband

My husband can actually see those “thing” during the 7th month which we call the Ghost Festival. When neared to this festival, he will always make it a point to be back early, but something will surely cropped up to make him be back home late.

There was this particular year, he was driving along ECP which was the 1st day of the seven month. It was around 12 midnite, suddenly from a distance he saw a lady dressed in white standing at the road shoulder waving at him and asking him to stop the car for her. As he got nearer to the girl, he saw that the girl had an errie smile. He quickly put it to the 5th gear and speeded home not caring if there were any traffic police around.

The other incident was also another 1st day of the 7th month, he was also driving along ECP, he saw 4 women 2 by 2 pushing the baby pramp along the road shoulder! It was 12 midnite, who the hell would want to take the babies for a stroll in the the middle of the nite along the road shoulder?

And the last incident was it happened at his own house! It was one of those days in the 7th month. He managed to reach home before 11pm. As he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly remember that he had forgotten to place a nite coupon for his car as he did not manage to get the season carpark for that month. He quickly put on his shirt and went downstair. He lived on the 11th floor but lift is on the 12th floor, so he had to walked up stair As he was climbing half way, he heard a howling sound coming from upstair, he looked up. He had a shocked of his life! He saw someone dressed in whole white, with very long and messy hair and his hands were lifted up 1/2 way like the vampire we always see in movie! My husband cannot tell whether it was a male or female cos the face was covered up but he will always remember that pair of eyes cos they were lookin up and very errie. It was floating down towards my husband! He quickly turned and rushed back home. He slammed the main door so hard that it woked his parent up. In order not to scare them, he told them that there was a cat outside the corridor.

The following week, we went to ask a medium, he told us that his 11th floor corridor is unclean and the thing he saw at the staircase is a wandering spirit. This year 7th month is coming, i make sure he come back early.

A Girl

Before my NS days, i used to jog everyday at the park near my flat. I would always see this beautiful young girl jogging. We almost see each other everyday and i had grown so used to seeing her.

There was this whole week when i didn’t see her, i wondered but had soon forgotten about her. 1 month after the dissappearance, she appeared again looking as lovely as before. I wanted to approach her before she goes missing again. But a browse of the obituary page in the staits times changed my mind. I couldn’t believe that they looked identical.

That night, i went jogging again and there she was. I was tempted to ask her what happened but i didn’t. I never see her that much nowadays. Only when the chinese 7th month came was when i could see her, running downstairs my park just like everyother days.

12 years had passed since my NS days and she still looks the exact same when i look out of my window during the 7th month..the beautiful girl whom i used to see everyday. When i asked friends living nearby, no one saw her before but they did remember a girl by the name of Clare…

The Bundle

I dunno if this can qualify as a ghost story but its true and actually happen to my family.

It all started a day before Hari Raya. As usual, my dad would boil ‘ketupats’ along our corridor. At the same time, he was cleaning the potted plants outside when he felt uneasy and went straight to a particular plant and dig up the soil. To his suprise, he found a small bundle. It was gold in colour and had some siamese words inscripted on it. Being inquisitive, my dad opened up the the bundle and saw a piece of small Buddha chain in it. At that point of time, he felt goosebumps all over his body so he quickly threw the whole thing in the rubbish chute. That proves to be a grave mistake!

The next day was Hari Raya and we all went out but my mum was feeling sick. It was weird coz the previous day she was ok and in an instant she was sick. My little sister too fall sick and kept on vomitting. I didn’t suspect any foul play coz i was pretty sceptical bout the whole thing. I thought nothing would happen to me but i was wrong. I fell sick too the next day. My whole body was aching and felt feverish. I couldn’t get up by the time it was dusk so i just lay down.

The very next day, my mum, my sis and i went to the doctor but the medicine couldn’t do anything to alleviate my pain. I still refuse to believe that it was because of the buddha thing.

31st of December was a day that i would always remember coz it was then something happened to me. It was 12 midnite when my fever shot up so i went inside my room to rest. I was awaken by two voices asking me to wake up. I could hear the voices clearly and felt that “they” were standing at the foot of bed. I was certain that the voice belonged to a male and a female but the voices was foreign to me. It didn’t sound like any of my family members. The voice just keep on calling me to wake up. I felt my whole body go numb and i couldn’t even utter any prayer. I managed to gather up my courage and told myself to be prepared for the worst when i open my eyes. To my relieve, there was nothing or anyone there when i open my eyes. I quickly ran to my parent’s room and slept there.

I told myself that since i has having a high fever, then those things that i heard must be my hallucination and my condition became worse after that. My hands and legs became cold and my lower half felt paralyse. Upon seeing this, my dad decided to call someone who could help us.

The person who came is quite young and he’s an Indonesian chap. He told my family that it was due to the buddha thing and we all felt sick coz my dad brought that thing inside the house. As he was checking who is the person responsible for it, the lights in my house started to flicker and went off for a few seconds. I was damn scared but i told myself to be brave.

The Indon guy said that the person who did it is someone living in our blk. That person was jealous of my dad and the person’s intention was to paralyse my dad but it backfired and instead, we girls had to experienced it. I was so overwhelmed with anger after hearing that. How i wish i know who that person is so i could do something about it.

Thanx to that person’s help, my whole family has recovered and nothing bad happened eversince. Hopefully no more of this nonsense shit but i’m still curious about the voices that i heard. Were they trying to scare me or what????

Hungry Ghost – Laundry

Since young, I have heard of a rumour that says during the Hungry Ghost Festival, it is not wise to hang your laundry outside your house after sunset. Does your family do that?

Personally my family do not indulge in such rumours but yet I have never seen my mum not bringing in laundry before night fall. As far i can recall, the laundry will be in right before dinner every night.

If you believe in in supernatural, then it is believed that the spirits will don your clothes so when you bring it in the next time, then you would be sharing your clothes with them

But I believe there are other logical answers such as why do we hang cloes outside if the sun is gone? I believed in the Kampong days, parents will tell the kids not to wander out at night especially during the 7th month and so while they are such superstitious, would they try to bring in their clothes earlier too so they wouldn’t need to step out at night? So using the same analogy, had the ‘bring in clothes earlier during 7th month’ being passed down through generations because of that? Or are there real spirits that could lurk under your clothes? I don’t know but what i do know is this – what is the point of leaving your clothes outside when the sun is gone?

7th Month

The Hungry Ghost Festival starts somewhere between July and August every year. It is an event where believers said spirits from hell were released on a one month holiday and they are roaming around looking for food and fun. As such believers have certain rules where they observe as a show of respect for those spirits.

During the 7th month, it is common to see the swimming pool having lesser business. People are quite reluctant to stay out till late. There will be road shows being held with singers and performers putting out a show for our brothers and sisters which is called “Ge Tai”. Chinese would never marry in this month thinking you might be inviting uninvited guests who will of course eat for free. But there are people who believed otherwise. Naturally the cost of staging a wedding is going to come down due to bad business so many would take the opportunity to get married in order to save cost. Then there is another group of people who believed that the 7th month is infact a lucky month. At the stroke of 12am, many people can be found making offerings, burning hell notes for the heaven as according to their beliefs, it is an auspicious time to do something good for the heaven. They believe the deeds would be returned many times over.

Then, there are people who believed that you have to be careful when you go out because the floors would be littered with “kim jua” which is ashes and it is believed that stepping on them can bring bad luck. People also spend lesser time at playgrounds and parks believing spirits are loitering and they could follow you home after that. The most important rule of all is do not anyhow pee on bushes when you’re out as chances of our brothers sleeping in those bushes are high and you can imagine what he is gonna give to you if you pee on him.