Roadside Terror BY -D-

in one of the "scary Bruneian places week" posts, one of them was credited to me, which came from an old thread in a forum years back. as you may have noticed, there's a big lack of details there, since the thread asked for places, rather than the the story. that, or i was in a rushed or something. well, here's the full story;

i don't exactly know the name of the stretch of road this takes place, but it basically leads from Mentiri to Bandar, passing the new RTB building in Subok as well as the immigration building. now from Mentiri, before passing the RTB building, there's a downhill slope, where once you reach bottom, to your left is what seems to be a small place to park a good number of cars, followed with a slight uphill slope. there's actually a small waterfall there, along with a track leading deeper to the forest. i've seen a lot of people go hiking there. and i've heard just as much people telling me the area there is a Wasai.

this took place in 2002 if i'm not mistaken. it's been less than a year after my eldest sister had gotten married to, in my opinion, the most disgustingly annoying, loud S.O.B i've ever met. i hate him (only time i can tolerate him is when he's in a bad/tired mood, or when he shuts up). not having a house of their own yet, they lived over at my place. unfortunately for me, their room was right next door to mine (yeah, wedding night jokes and all that).

there was this one time, that year, i had trouble sleeping. while i was already used to my brother in law's snoring, for the whole week after my sis got back from a trip to Singapore, he's been groaning and moaning in the dead of night. anyone would assume they were having a "session", but the fact he had a fever and he seems to scream just before he stops all the moaning fortunately, suggested otherwise.

apparently, on the night my sis got back from Singapore (it was a late night flight), she and the hubby, who was driving, decided to use the stretch of road i mentioned earlier, right after 12 midnite, heading to Mentiri, as a shortcut after they stopped by elsewhere. the street lamps weren't working at the time, so they turned their headlights on high. as they drove down the hill, getting closer to the waterfall area, my sis noticed the car was slowing down, till it reached a snail-like speed. she asked the hubby what was wrong. "I don't know", he stuttered, as cold sweats started forming, "my feet feels really heavy right now".

just as they reached the bottom of the slope and about to drive uphill, from the edge of the area their headlights were shining on, they saw the figure of a lady in white, floating, crossing the road, right in front of them. they didn't get a really god view of the face, however, they were sure she was looking their way as she crossed the road. once on the other side, she just stood there, near the guard rails, staring at the car as they slowly passed by. both my sis's and her hubby's only choice was to look ahead and ignore her.

it wasn't till they reached the next traffic light, the hubby started reading verses from the Quran, while my sis tried to change the radio station.