THE GHOSTS OF THE PAST, SPEAK TO ALL WHO LISTEN...
THE GHOSTS OF THE PAST, SPEAK TO ALL WHO LISTEN...
This happened to me when I was on a trip to Batam with my family in the year 1994. As we were only staying for a nite, all of us checked in to a room. Thank goodness, the hotel room was comfy. It was even considered grand compared to what we saw at the immigration. …
Hey guys have you ever heard of the Bunians? Ok here it goes of a story my late grandfather had told me before when i was a kid. In the early 1970s my grandfather (Mustapha) worked in a large plantation in the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. The plantation was situated south of Lake Toba, …
Something I intend to tell after my visit to a small town in Painan, West Sumatra last month. I witnessed a ceremony around Independence Day in August. They called it traditional dancing which, to be honest, I’m not liable to get excited about having seen enough traditional dances to do me a lifetime. This, however, …
This was actually what happened when I was posted to Makassar, South Sulawesi. Being a Singapore expatriate, I was allocated to live alone in a 3-story building rented by the Singapore entity, which I was working for. Itâ?Ts considered a high-end residential area in Makassar with all these houses spread apart some distance away. Thick …
My first trip to Bali was during Chinese New Year of 2012. People there are very devoted in their religion same like the Thais. A very spiritual island, many religious sites to visit and some with a touch of mysterious stories. My first spiritual encounter was inside a hotel. Unlike in Thailand where I would …
I experienced one pretty spooky incident once. My work requires me to travel a lot to most countries in Asia. Most of the hotels I stayed are the usual 4 star business hotels, from the newer boutique types while others are the older and aging hotels from the 80s to run down digs in rural …
