GHOST IN KOREA - STORY OF A WHITE FIGURE

While on vacation in Korea last year, our tourist guide, Mr Park loves to tell us stories. One of the stories he told us was his own ghost experience.

Mr Park first explained that the Korean people believe that a ghost can only physically touch you if you give your consent to them. And a consent is considered given if you look directly at the ghost. So, he reminded us, if you feel that there is a ghost presence, DO NOT look directly at it.

He then told us of his own experience with a ghost. He was just 10 years old at that time and he goes for afternoon school. His class would normally end around 5pm and he would walk back home. One day, he told us that he went back home a bit late because he and his friends decided to hangout at this rice shop after school - (Yes, Korean eat rice too)

By the time they left the rice shop, it was already around 6:30pm and it is almost dusk. While walking home, suddenly from the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of a white figure behind him. 

He froze! 

Then he remembered the advise that as long as he don't look directly at the ghost, it will not be able to touch him physically. So, he continued walking. After a few steps, he looked from the corner of his eyes again to check if the figure is still there and it was!

He continued walking, a bit faster this time. And after a few more steps, he looked from the corner of his eyes again and the white figure was still following him. 

"Damn!!" he said to himself.

So, he walked even faster and faster and faster. And every time he looked from the corner of his eyes, the white figure is still there following him. It moves as fast has he is - It was chasing him. He was already freaking out!

Finally he reached his house and immediately ran to his mom.

"MOM!! MOM!! Help!!!!" he said.

"Why? What happen??" asked his mom.

But before he could catch his breath to explain, his mom said "Wait...."

Then his mom reached out her hand to his face and picked something off the corner of his eyes. It was a grain of white rice sticking at the corner of his eye.

And slowly, it all begin to make sense to him. The 'white figure' he saw chasing after him just now was actually that white rice sticking at the corner of his eyes!!! 

Hehehe...

"So what happened to you?" asked the mother.

"Emm.. Nothing!" he said with a cheeky grin........... :)

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GHOST IN KOREA - STORY OF A HAUNTED HILL

Have you notice that there have been a lot of horror or ghost movies in the cinema lately? Somehow, this reminds me of a story told by our tourist guide, Mr Park, while I was on vacation in Korea with my wife last year. 

We were travelling on a tour bus and Mr Park, a Korean, showed us around. He then showed us a place in Jeju Island, where we should all avoid if travelling at night. It is somewhat a hill, which is located in the middle of the island. 

If travelling in the daytime, he said, it may be a good short cut to get from the north to the south of the island. But at night, he warned us NOT to go through that hill. It would be better to travel around the island, instead of passing through that hill.

"Longer time to reach your destination, but at least you'll reach your destination safely" he said. 

Mr Park told us of a story about this cab driver (let's call him Kee), who did not really believe in superstitions. One fateful night, Kee have just sent his last passenger to his destination at the north of the island. Then he wanted to drive back to his house at the south of the island. Although he have heard stories about the hill, but he always brushes the stories aside as mere superstitions. So, he confidently drove across the hill, alone in the middle of the night.

Not long after entering the hill, he saw a lady standing by the roadside. She was dressed in white and hailing his cab. Maybe because Kee has always brushes the stories aside, it did not immediately click to him on who this lady might be. So, he stopped and the lady entered the back seat of his cab.

"Where to, miss?" asked Kee.

"To the south, please" replied the lady, polite.

And they drove off. The lady's perfume quickly filled the car, very sweet and nice.

"Nice perfume!" compliment Kee with a smile, hoping to strike a conversation.

But strangely, he did not receive any reply back. So, he took a glance through the rear view mirror. His heart almost stopped when he see that there was NO ONE in the back seat of his cab!! 

(Oh no!!) He thought to himself.

Kee continue to drive. And while he drives, stories that he have heard about the hill started to come back to him. But for a reason only known to him, instead of just keeping quiet, Kee decided to call out to the lady just to make sure.

"H-Helloo miss..... Are you there??" said Kee with a bit of a trembling voice.

"Yes I am here!" suddenly came a reply.

Kee almost leaped when he heard this reply coming from behind him. He quickly glance at the rear view mirror again and still he sees no one there at the back seat of his cab. He doesn't know what to do and he can now feel his whole body freezing of fear. Sweats started to form on his forehead and he started to imagine the worse.

Out of panic, he quickly pressed the breaks and his cab came to a screeching stop!!

When he turn around to look - he saw the horrible truth! The white dress the lady was wearing is now filled with blood, which was dripping down from her face.

....

Suddenly Mr Park stopped his story there.

"Then what happen??" we asked Mr Park, wanting to know the ending.

Mr Park looked at us and smiled.

"You really want to know?" asked Mr Park.

"Of course!!" we all replied.

"Ok actually, the lady was not a ghost", Mr Park explained.

"She was actually hiding behind the driver's seat because she was digging her nose. So, when the driver pressed the break, she accidentally poked her nose too deep and her nose bleed!! Hahahaha...."

"Eeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...!!!" we all replied.

Hahaha.. GOOD ONE, MR PARK!!

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STORY OF A TWISTED DEATH

Some of my favorite TV series are the investigation kind. CSI, Law & Order, Castle and NCIS to name a few. I am always drawn into how the cases were investigated and the twists and dramas of those TV series. Sometimes the twist are so mind-boggling that it made me said "Whatttt???" : )

But this post is NOT about the TV series - it is about a real story of a twisted death. Those TV series are obviously fiction, but have you ever wonder how close those TV series are to our real life?

A friend of mine, Heni, recently shared a story she found in some magazine titled "Murder or Suicide". The story is so twisted that I had to read it twice to fully understand what happened. 

Let me try to put it in my own words...

It's a story about a man named Ronald Opus, who tried to commit suicide by jumping off the top of a 10-story building. Ronald left a suicide note indicating what he was about to do and then he jumped!

Was he successful in his suicide attempt? Yes, but not as how he had intended it to be.

Twist 1: When Ronald jumped off that 10-story building, he had no idea that a safety net have just been installed below the 8th floor to protect some building workers.

Phew!! So, the safety net that was installed should have saved Ronald's life, right? 

Twist 2: The safety net should have saved Ronald's life, BUT.... while he was falling passed the 9th floor, a bullet passed through the window and hit him, causing him to die an instant death while his lifeless body continued to land softly on the safety net.

Police investigation later reveals that an elderly man was arguing with his wife at the 9th floor at the time Ronald jumped off the building. The elderly man had a shotgun pointed at his wife while they vigorously argued. Out of rage, the elderly man suddenly pulled the trigger and the shotgun exploded. The bullet, however, missed his wife completely and went through the window instead, just as Ronald Opus passes by their window. What a timing!!

When police questioned the elderly couple later, they were both adamant that the shotgun was not loaded. The elderly man admitted that he has a long standing habit of threatening his wife with an unloaded shotgun every time they argue. A habit that his wife has gotten used to and she confirmed her husband's story. They were both surprised when the shotgun fired that day. The elderly man don't remember ever loading the shotgun.

So who loaded the gun??

Twist 3: When police investigate the case further, a witness confirmed that he saw the couple's son loading the gun 6 weeks prior to the fatal incident. It was later learned that the mother had cut her son off any financial support. The son is obviously furious about that and knowing his father's bad habit of threatening his mother with the shotgun every time they argue, the son loaded the gun with the hope that his father would one day pull the trigger and kill his mother.

Now, are you ready for the final twist??

Twist 4: The final twist in this story is a real killer. Further investigation reveals that the elderly couple's son was indeed Ronald Opus!!! 

Due to financial stress and his continued failure to engineer his mother's murder has led Ronald to jump off the 10-story building, but only to be killed by the very bullet he himself have loaded into his father's shotgun.

The case was classified as suicide, but NOT as how it was intended to be.

Twisted isn't it???

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WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT???

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT????

Last night, I had the shock of my life!! Here's what happened... 

Let me start from the beginning.

I work in an outsourcing company which supports clients in the US. My work hours has to also follow the US hours, which in Malaysia will start at night and ends just before the sun comes out. So, driving at 3 or 4 in the morning is a norm for me.

Yesterday at around 3 in the morning, one of my colleague, Mirza, invited me to go for a drink at a nearby mamak shop. So, we drove off in my car to Padang Kota Corner in Kota Damansara. I just had 'teh tarik', while Mirza helped himself to 'mee goreng mamak' and a glass of 'teh tarik'.

Shortly after, a few other colleagues from the office also joined us - Sachein, Kavitha, Edgar, Sri, Mansor, Shargunan and Mahen. They order food and drink - it is our 'lunch time' anyway. After a while, Mirza and I excused ourselves as our break time is almost over. 

We were driving back from the mamak shop going back to the office along Persiaran Tropicana, when suddenly something caught my eye - I saw a huge WHITE FIGURE among the trees just in front of us.

I slowed down my car...

"What in the world is that!!!???" I exclaimed, with eyes wide opened. 

"Mirza, are you seeing what I am seeing??", I asked.

"Yes, I think so...", replied Mirza with a bit of a trempling voice.

"What is that??" Mirza asked.

Well, before I continue, let me share with you that Persiaran Tropicana road is often regarded as the 'back road' that connects Kota Damansara and Bandar Utama. At 4am, there weren't a lot of cars or people around. In fact, there were none at that time.

Panic starts to kick in!

But weirdly, instead of driving off - I braved myself, took out my camera and started taking pictures.

  

While I was taking pictures, suddenly Mirza said to me "Look! there's another one!"

We saw another white figure on another tree nearby. In fact, we spotted a few more after that.

It did not move, just wavering in the same spot in the tree. We decided to get down from the car, and started walking towards the figure.

After closer inspection, we discovered that the 'white figures' were actually wrapping plastics from a nearby contruction site that got stuck on the trees................

PHEW!! : )

NOTE :

Hehehe... actually, I already knew those were wrapping plastics as I already saw it earlier during the day. I just decided to add some "suspense" in my writing for your reading pleasure : ) : )

If I really saw an unknown white figure in the trees at 4 in the morning, do you really think I would stop and take pictures?? I DON'T THINK SOOOOOO...

But jokes aside, if someone who did not know that those were wrapping plastics and suddenly happens to pass by this road at 4 in the morning... Seeing those "white figure among the trees" could easily give them a heart attack, don't you agree?

So, the next time you happen to drive along Persiaran Tropicana road -- be careful!!


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