Thursday, March 27, 2008

Urban Legends

Last night, after watching American Idol and just before CSI started, wifey was hanging out the laundry in the spare room downstairs. She usually does the daily laundry at nights and hangs it in the spare room for the night and normally puts it out to dry in the morning. Who knows it just might rain at night and we don't wanna have to wake up running out in the still of the night just to take the clothes in again.

By this time the boys are already sent up to bed and as usual I'll be in the hall watching TV while waiting for her to hang the laundry. Yesterday after she finished, she sat on the couch next to me and said she thinks there was 'something' in the room with her cos all her hairs stood on end for no reason. And 'something' in my vocabulary refers to the supernatural! Ok, that got me freaking out. I'm a coward when it comes to the supernatural and no, I'm not shy to admit that ... LOL!


I asked her if she was sure cos for as long as I've lived here in this house and that's a mighty long time, nothing spooky has happened at all. She says yes, she's was quite sure of what she felt. I'm sure there could have probably been a million other explanations for the goosebumps she had but I was brought up believing that if you for no apparent reason feel all the hairs on your body stand on end, that means there's something supernatural happening next to you. Maybe a spirit was passing by or something sinister and evil followed you, etc, etc.

Hey, that's what my grandma use to tell us when we were young, okay. I mean, back then my grandma had loads of stuff about the supernatural and its effects on the living. And we lived in a house that was spooky with its own tales to tell. In fact I'm sure half of the stuff she told us were probably to frighten us into behaving ourselves but I'm sure some of them had some truth in it. Like what happened to wifey last night. I've had on occasions felt that way too. I can be alright one minute and then the very next, I'll feel every hair on my body stand on end for no reason. And most of the time its happened in places that had some history so I do believe it's caused by something supernatural.

Anyway, that scared the daylights out of me to the point that after watching CSI, I told wifey to wait for me while I switch off the lights and all that before heading up to bed ... LOL! Told you I was a coward, didn't I? Yes, the supernatural does scare me. God knows I've had some spooky stuff happen to me in the past before. I've even posted about them before and you can read about them here and here and also here if you want. Yes, I've had a lot of experience with the spirit world to not believe in it. So like my good old dearly departed Grandma would say:

'When you feel like that children, something is there with you.'

She'd tell us all as we huddled up together listening to her. I lived and grew up with my cousins in an old and spooky by night neighbourhood and after dinner, the family would all gather in the front porch to chit chat and sometimes things turned towards the supernatural and that was when we'd hear all kind of urban legends, for want of a better word. Grandma would tell us all the things that we're not supposed to do for fear of invoking the wrath of the spirit world. Man, we'd, well me really, have sleepless nights after her tales. I would be so frightened out of my wits that I'd cover myself from head to toe with my blanket, and have pillows propped up all around me to protect me from whatever it was out there. I was your regular Shaggy without his Scooby ... LOL!

And looking back at her stories I was amazed I believe all of them. She'd tell us that we couldn't whistle after 6pm cos that the Devil would come, you can't cut your fingernails at night cos the Virgin Mary will shed tears, don't point at rainbows or your fingers will fall off, don't play hide and seek at night cos you might never be found (Nessa did a post on all this sometime back called The Old Wives Tales), don't hang your laundry out to dry at nights cos the devil might come and mess with your clothes and you'd end up with bruises the next morning (Emelda posted something about spirits pinching her), don't play outside after 6pm or the spirits will follow you home, don't answer back if someone calls your name out at night, the list goes on ...

Notice how everything happens after 6pm or at night? Don't tell me there are no ghosts in the morning? And why is that? They all work or what in the daytime? LOL! Anyway, with a list of taboos like that, it's no wonder I ended up being a great big coward in all things concerning the supernatural! I don't believe half the things I was told though cos I do whistle late at nights, I do cut my nails at nights, I've even answered when I heard my name being called once at night (and there was no one there but that's a story for another day). But I do believe in a lot of other stuff I was told, like the hair standing on ends for no reason part. That has to definitely mean there's something sinister there with you!

Well, I seriously hope it was a one off thing cos I don't want wifey to feel that way again tonight (oh and btw, wifey isn't a coward like me ... LOL). I've lived in that house for a long time and have never once felt anything sinister happening there and I don't want it to start now. I can't deal with it! Hmmm, maybe it's the spirits of the mango tree I disfigured the other day come to take revenge on me. And that's also another of grandma's stories about spirits living in trees and stuff.

*sudden realization*

Oh man, maybe it is the spirit of that darn mango tree! I knew I should have just left that tree alone. Maybe I'll go make up a sacrificial alter to appease the darn old tree when I get home, capture one of those squirrels that runs around the place and offer it as a sacrifice to the tree or something. LOL! Or better yet, I could just get one of those alarm system monitoring units set on infra red or something that will give me enough warning to bolt out of my house the next time a spirit decides to drop by for a visit ... LOL!

34 comments:

  1. Aiyo.. like that cannot take you for graveyard-sight-seeing lah ni! I love going to these places, you know.. especially the Christian ones. They have beautiful angel statues! :D

    I'm a big fan of supernatural stuff, you know! Few years back, I almost got my brother to buy me an EVP so I could listen to ghost talking! (Did I tell you that?) lol

    Anyway, always keep a rosary beside your bed or a scapular.. in case you're scared. *teehee*

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  2. Cindy - You know what? My buddies and me have visited the graveyard at midnight once before. We were crazy, just wanted to see what happened! I was so scared that I almost fainted ... LOL! What an experience la. Fortunately nothing happened.

    Yeah, you did mention about the EVP thingy. I think you should get it and try some recordings and let me hear, I'd probably faint but it'll be cool ... LOL!

    Actually my rosary is in the car la, but if I'm scared I just wake wifey up ... LOL!

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  3. BOO! hehehe...couldn't resist that..
    I love watching or reading anything to do with supernatural but I think if something supernatural actually happen to me, I will faint from fright! (oopssss, maybe I shouldn't said that..now the spirits know I am scare too!)

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  4. Anything involving the supernatural definitely scares me as well. Your post by itself was enough to creep me out!

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  5. i skipped the juicy part of ur post cos i am alone at home now..

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  6. cindy: wahh.. you would definitely enjoy the graveyards in New Orleans then! Cantikkk but spooky even in broad daylight!

    As for you Nick, you're just like Rafiq la.. penakut!! And I hate when he gets jumpy cuz then he'll just scare me even more! I've never experienced anything supernatural, not that I'd want to anyway! But I'm curious, do you watch horror flicks?? Horror flicks can flip me out for the next few days!

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  7. I love watching all those supernatural shows, but I would probably pee myself if I ever thought there was something in the room with me.

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  8. These supernatural things are for real, man! One of the aunties in the kampung can communicate with them........ Can even see 'em...

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  9. Tell you what, Nick! Mostly women are braver than men when come to this supernatural stuff! They enjoy watching horror/ghost movies and love ghost story-telling and scare the shit out of them! LOL!

    I also enjoy watching horror movies (hubby never a fan of it!). So far, I havent encounter any supernatural incident (touch wood! I dont want to encounter any), but i believe there is such things surrounding us! Just that we cant feel, touch and see them!!

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  10. lalalalal..i was reading your reply back to Cindy..Lucu la. Wake your wifey?? hahahahahha

    Hey, i didn't know you can't hang baju at nite! Maybe i was doing just that the other day and got the blue black mark kan? Cos yes, i do wash and hang clothes at nite. :D

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  11. I have my moments. Sometimes berani, something penakut. *chuckles*

    Good thing that you'r'e wife isn't penakut also, else the 2 of you would be in trouble whenever these things happen. :P

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  12. I am a believer I must admit, but sometimes my imagination runs wild and I end up scaring myself stupid!

    I hope all is calm in your house now.

    Oh and that is one scary picture!

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  13. Jen - LOL! I'm sure you couldn't!

    I love the supernatural too, unfortunately being a coward doesn't help all that much ... LOL!

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  14. Jillian - LOL! I know how that feels, I got freaked out just writing this ... :D

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  15. lxndreasb - LOL! Well, you can always read it when your hubby is home and in broad daylight, it probably won't be as scary then ... hehehe ...

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  16. Syura - Hey, Rafiq's bday falls on the same day as mine, right? That makes him a Piscean right? That explains it, us Pisceans are just born cowards! LOL!

    I love watching horror movies but just like you I get freak out after watching it. I watch Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam once in the afternoon all alone and I was so freaked out that I couldn't even take my afternoon nap! LOL!

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  17. Tammy - Hahaha ... I'd probably do the same thing too ...

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  18. Osindak - Hey, one of my uncles could see things too and I was always freaked out when he was around ... LOL!

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  19. Rose - Yes, I believe most women are braver than men when it comes to spooky stuff ... LOL!

    After my own experiences I know for a fact they do exist!

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  20. Emelda - That's what wifes are for right? To be woken up in the event of the supernatural happening ... LOL!

    Actually I don't know how true that fact is. Probably just another old wifes tale la ... hehehe ...

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  21. Haizum - I'm intrigued by the supernatural but am just too big a coward to find out more ... LOL!

    Well, I'm glad wifey is such a big coward like me ... hehehe ...

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  22. The world according to me - I do that a lot. I imagine all kinds of stuff and scare myself silly at night ... LOL!

    So far, so good, no more weird feelings at my place :D

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  23. wow, u like that show also..have a nice weekend

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  24. it's 1:25am now and I'm reading this post of yours! remind me next time not to visit your blog past midnight! *joins hubby in bed and hide under the covers*

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  25. geee!my hubby is a coward too.I was once went into a hunted ghost house in geting highland,you know what my hubby push infront and hide behind me.:(
    I don't like to watch horror movie.

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  26. my man.. what's a cool experience.. LOL.. ya know, to me, as long as those "supernatural" things don't appear right in front of my eyes, it still ok wif me.. listening to weird sound and feeling something moved and feeling like saw "shadow" and so on, I was experienced it a few times.

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  27. Hazel - I love horror movies but am just too scared to actually watch them. Sometime I have to force myself to sit through the whole movies without covering my face ... LOL!

    Nice weekend to you too :D

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  28. Sting - LOL! Next time I'll put a disclosure at the beginning of the post to indicate Unsur-Unsure Seram & Ganas so you can always skip it and read it in the morning when it's safer ... LOL!

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  29. Sweetiepie - LMAO! I'd probably do the same thing and push wifey in front too if I was walking in to a haunted house!

    You don't like watching horror movies? How come?

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  30. Faizal - Yeah, I'm lucky that no real ghost appeared in front of me and I hope it never happens ... LOL!

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  31. Boo! Hahaha...something is coming and I don't know what! I used to get all freaked out about the supernatural, but now, I sleep right through it. The ghosts will have to physically wake me up - let's hope that doesn't happen! I would be shivering in fear...lol!!!!

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  32. I don't believe in ghosts but sometimes there's a lot of unexplained things that scare the hell out of me. :o)

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  33. Bobby - LOL! I'll wager being woken up physically by ghosts wouldn't be all that appealing now ya? I probably die of fright! LOL!

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  34. Cidao - Yeah, I have to agree, it's the unexplained stuff that really is frightening! Oh and I do believe in ghosts, I've had a few experiences in my lifetime to know that they do exist!

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