she and her colleague named Aidah has got an apartment with three bedrooms, and due to my mom's paranoia or some shit like that, they both shared a room and left the others empty.
which, in the first place, i think is kinda stupid because empty rooms will just attract the beings more. said that aloud and my granny just had to agree.
while i was slurping on the maggi noodles i had cooked for myself, granny sat with me and shared what mom told her over the phone.
on the first two nights at the hotel, around 1 to 2 am, she and her colleague had heard the door of their apartment banging for no apparent reason. and then on other nights, mom was showering when she heard her name being called, but her colleague denied having ever called her.
yupp, that's it.
granny and i were saying out all the possibilities of those happenings, and we were sitting at the dining table laughing at mom's silliness.it could have been wind, cause after all they were on the 15th floor. the calling of her name was probably hallucination from the wild thoughts.
and then it was time for granny's share of such encounters.
granny used to travel a lot, with my aunt. there was that one trip they had around indonesia with my cousin and his friend.
so they put up in a lot of hotels, and there was that one time when my granny stayed behind in their room because she had been too lazy to go out anymore. she was like dadadoo when she suddenly heard noise coming from the room above.
each time she was alone, she would hear, from upstairs, the tapping of feet, laughter of a little kid, and on some occasions, a singing that was, to her, melodious. every time.
and guess what, just as granny and my aunt, cousin, and cousin's friend were about to check out, my granny realized that the room they had been staying in was on the uppermost floor. the only thing above them was the rooftop of that hotel.
another hotel they had put up in was weirder, according to granny.in this one, when she was left alone, she suddenly had this feeling that she doesn't want to do anything.
like, damn, i can't find the correct word for it. it's like, you want to do something but there's this intuition of some sort pulling you back, preventing you from making any movement to do what you need to.
she had felt that in the hotel room, and due to that weird force, she hadn't been able to get anything done. she couldn't even perform her prayers. the only thing she could do was lie down, which was what she did til my aunt and the rest returned. that was when she went back to normal.
granny had talked about it to their tour guide; apparently granny hadn't been the only one who encountered that strange force thingy.
from what i understand, it's not anything like a force, literally. it's like a mindset? i guess? well, it's hardly explainable if i ain't a witness.
granny pointed out that mom's in malaysia, which means there's kind of a low possibility of being disturbed. compared to indonesia, where there's abundant of "ilmu".
back here in singapore, granny's never seen anything, not even during her kampung days. all the hotels we've ever stayed in had never had any disturbings either. in conclusion, mom's just hallucinating.
even if that's the case, i still think we gotta be careful when putting up in hotels in countries like indonesia or malaysia. for us, the very first thing we do when we step into a room for the first time is to give our greeting.
i read somewhere then when entering for the first time, black and red clothes should be avoided. i dont know how true it is, but just saying; all this while i've had my red and black hoodie on when travelling. nothing's happened.
so i guess it's up to you what you want to believe. but still, respect must be there no matter what.
that aside, i had my chemistry paper today. i don't understand the concept, is this paper 3 or what? meaning what? physics is paper what? then why must there be chemy/phy on friday? meaning what? mcq?
i hadnt wanted to come to school just because there was lightning. but then foster bro was like, "GO." and i'm like: "..............ok." upon reaching school, saw that there were many puddles!
the cleaner seemed pissed at me.
chemistry was alright, if i had remembered what i studied. really. i understood, but i forgot stuff, and that was the main reason why i did badly, i think. the essay questions were alright though.
aku ada best friend baru. mengikut katanya; "i was, all along. i just... disappeared for awhile."
you know, all the talk about hotels is bringing back memories of my overseas trips, especially kuching (2009), langkawi (2010) and bali (2011). for me, langkawi was the best!
yes boss, i shall get going on my physics now. or maybe i shall go on a solitary escapade. it's been a while since i last went to my favourite neighbourhood. do the milk tea people miss me?
ain't that rare?
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