THE GHOSTS OF THE PAST, SPEAK TO ALL WHO LISTEN...
THE GHOSTS OF THE PAST, SPEAK TO ALL WHO LISTEN...
I was in Cameron Highlands with two of my girlfriends some time ago. We booked into a hotel that let the three of us stay together for the night. Everything seemed fine, we were comfortable and were making a girl talk when we heard a thump from one corner of the room. We looked but …
I was staying at the hostel of a university in Australia. It was my second year there as an arts student. I am easily scared, so I used to sleep with the lights on. And with good reason. I had a friend studying in a nearby university at the same time as me who is …
This happened to me a few years ago when my whole family was living in a bungalow in Port Dickson before we emigrated here. There was one adjourning door between my sister’s room and mine. There were two of us girls in each room actually. My room was the only one of the two that …
I was living in one of those SIT flats in Kim Keat Avenue. During my pre-university days, I would study late into the night in the tiny kitchen. There were only two bedrooms in those flats and as they were occupied by my brothers and sisters and mother, i didn’t want to disturb them by …
My great-grandmother told my mother this story to make the point when my mother was a small girl that she shouldn’t accept things from strangers One day, when my great-grandma was grinding chilli on a large grindstone in the courtyard of the house, which was quite open, she was approached by this mendicant medicine man. …
I was sitting with my elder brother on the back porch of our semi-detached house one evening. We have a lot of banana trees in the back. There was a wind blowing and the trees were rustling very loudly. Suddenly, my brother, without looking at me, said, “K, go inside.” I was about 16 years …
I used to live with another girl in a house in Chancery Lane. There was actually a third party living there. One that didn’t pay rent and never even showed its face. I never told my friend, and I don’t think she ever knew, which was better for her. This thing i am talking about …
I live in a massionette in Potang Pasir. Occasionally there are strange incidents in my house. One day, early in the morning, at about 3 am I think it was, there were several loud bangs on the door to my bedroom as if someone was trying to break in. I remember I was shocked out …
There is a house in the city area, which is famous among some Singaporeans. It is a bungalow on a hill and it is accessed by a small road. It is said that the owner of the houses hacked his family to death with an axe and killed himself. There is even a stable, which …
When I had just turned 21 my family threw a birthday party for me. We cleared the hall of our three-room flat of furniture and moved the hall divider to the side of the living room wall, facing the master bedroom, and opened all the doors so people could move in and out freely. My …