Finally, the Chinese 7th month is over... No, dun get me wrong. I have nothing against other people's religions and beliefs. Neither do i have anthing against ghosts and spirits. On that topic, i personally dun believe that they (being ghosts and spirits) only get 'released' from hell for holidays only 1 month each year. I believe that they are always around us (do i hear someone say 'i see dead people'?? Haha!). Not that i had the 'good' fortune of actually meeting any of them (eeeeks! Touch wood!). Still on that topic, let me relate to u some true ghost stories, singaporean style...
No, they din happen to me.. it's from a fren of a fren of a fren...
Story no 1 :
This particular person was in the wilderness somewhere in singapore (eh, dun ask me wat the person was doing there?? How would i know??). He woke up in the middle of the nite and saw, out of the corner of his eyes, 3 figures hanging from a tree. Of cos, they were wat they were, ghosts! Who in their rite mind will hang from a tree in the middle of the nite in the freaking wilderness?? So anyways, he was quite used to it, as supposedly he had the power to 'see' stuff. He wasn't quite bothered about them but for the kick of it, he woke his frens up and told them to look at THE tree. His frens were all like &!%#!%#!#@^!^$@@$%!%. :P
*eh.. u all must appreciate this blog man.... i am getting chills as i am typing this in the middle of the nite...*
Story no 2:
Then there was this singing ghost story. Also true Singaporean style, it happened in the army camp. This guy encountered a female singing ghost every time he went to the toilet to do his business. It wasn't that he minded the singing, but it was kinda distracting (so he said). So finally one day he shouted out 'Hey, stop singing! U are disturbing me!' Garang (translation: brave) rite?
Well, back to the 7th month. Yeah, i dun like it cos of all the burning. Nah. I am not one of those frenzy pro-green tree hugging sorts (though i DO do my little part to recycle and reuse). I just dun like all the smoke and soot, that's all. Which there are lots happening in the 7 month. So u know wat brilliant idea i came up with the other day?? E-burning! Yup, u heard me rite, e-burning. Hey, we have e-transfer, e-shopping and e-banking, so why not e-burning? We do burn paper stuff like pcs, laptops, mp3 players and pdas for our dead love ones. So why can't we do e-burning?? So how actually does this e-burning thing work? First, i will register a business and set up a website. It will offer all sorts of stuff (just like the real paper stuff that we burn). Depending on the items 'purchased', a fee will be charged, of cos (i will be rich!! So freaking rich!!). Then, all u need to do is to click on (which of cos will be a picture of a furnace! haha!). Then, a great big burst of flames will e-burn ur items to whoever u designate it to. No need to go downstairs in and fight with others for a spot to burn ur offerings. No need to stand there in the heat and smoke while doing ur burning. Everything is done in the comfort of ur home in ur comfy little chair soaking air-con. No smoke, no global warming, no wastage of resources (ie, paper and wood). All the environmentalists support me now! Say huraaaaay! Hahahahaha.... See, i am smart rite?! I feel soooo proud of myself.
It's time the King of Hades got some hardware and skills upgrading. :P
