BY Senor Pablo

1. Belalong

I'm sure most of you have been there. I love listening to Ms Jungle who looks after the Belalong Facilities. I bumped into her at her sibling's hari raya open house and we ended sharing ghost stories the whole evening. Bunny loves to hear them and Fejj loves to read about them.. hmmm.. interesting! Anyway, Ms Jungle told us about her sightings or hearings in the Belalong area. There is a room next to the water tank that is supposedly haunted. Some times, she told us, the noise may be small in sound but other days.. it sounded like a cow. She told us that is a bad sign as the ghost may be angry or a scarier kind. Interestingly, western tourists always asked for that room.. I guess they want to experience in seeing the ghosts. So, next time you stay in Belalong, depend on your wishes, you can ask for the room near the water tank or otherwise.!

2. Sixth Sense

Bunny has a chinese-muslim convert school-mate that came to the house to get cakes that she ordered. Since it was her first time to our house, we offered her tea and such. Our conversation got on about her ability to see things that we normal being can't see. She said that she might have got it from her grandma who has the same ability. I don't think she was lying or pulling our legs as her stories were convincing. One instance, she told us of seeing pontianak hanging on Aru trees at Muara by the beach, coming back late from an evening function. The other instance also was when she took her child to RIPAS in the evening, for an outpatient consultation. She saw a being following them on top of her car. She said that it was a Jinn who lives on the hill across RIPAS where they sell Rabbit satay and such. Someone must be slaughtering near the hill and the blood must have been an attraction for these Jinns. So, she got panicked and quickly drove home to her hubby, not muttering a single word. One lesson I learnt from her stories was that she told us ghosts are normally afraid of humans but actually humans are afraid of them because of their ugly features. She advised us that if we happen to see one, just be bold and say in our hearts.. please don't disturb us we have no intention to disturb you. She added that ghosts can hear our inner voice or what is going on inside us. So, just be brave and tell them off!

3. Supasave Area

A few years ago, I bumped into the Brunei Forum postings on ghost stories and it was interesting to read about our local scouts' experience during jamboree near the Supersave area in Gadong when that place used to be a jamboree site. The scouts used to see limbs and legs hanging on trees during their night duty.

4. Kota Batu and Bukit Panggal Highway

This area needs no explaination as many expereince seeing passengers in their cars late in the evening. My advise, switch on the AL-Quran radio channel. One time, a friend told me she can hear someone singing following the songs on the radio..

There are more but I stop here. Most important is don't show your fear but be brave and equip yourself with Ayatul Kursi. Insyallah, all will be well..

If you enjoy listening to ghosts stories, tuned in to Asrol's show on Kristal FM on late Thursday evenings. The music is enough to give me goose bumps..hehehehee