REMEMBER SINGAPORE - Urban Legends

[autumnbronze]

mamago:

autumnbronze:

Mamago, :hugs: to you.


Just chanced upon your post. Had goosebumps reading it.
Did your friend seek treatment from the temple? What was the outcome? Did her parents ever try any other alternative treatments?

Hi, AutumnBronze.

Thanks for the :hugs:

Yes, she did went thru some sort of taoistism rituals but did not help....

She became reclusive, withdrawn and aggressive at times, she could cried loudly all night long, banging on her parents/sister's room door asking to be
let in but only for less than 5 minutes she would wandered out, and this could repeat all night long.... She injured one of her psychiatrist with a pen, the wounds was so deep that it required stitches... Things got better only after she was put on medication, but she was never fully \"recovered\".

Canada was a better place for her, she stayed in an institute that took very good care of her. She passed away in 2005 due to other medical condition.

Hi Mamago,

Thanks for sharing :hugs:

I know this must have been difficult for you.

I hope this sharing would have provided you an opportunity to put this chapter of your life to rest and move on ..... :snuggles:

[Nebbermind]

9. Pointing Finger at the Moon


Never heard of this. Is it really unique to SG? I thought this is similar 'donch clip nail on the bed if u r preggy or at night'.

[pinky]

Nebbermind:

9. Pointing Finger at the Moon


Never heard of this. Is it really unique to SG? I thought this is similar 'donch clip nail on the bed if u r preggy or at night'.

another piece of advice regarding this :
pointing at the full moon on the coming aug 15th (chinese calendar) is a big no no bec your ears will rot :yikes:
Read this article from yesterday wanbao.

[mamago]

pinky:

hi mamago,

it must have been a traumatic experience for you.
you mean your friend never really recover from that incident?
:scared:

Hi, Pinky.
Thanks :hugs:

Sadly, she never did.... never recovered to her \"normal/old\" self..... though the medications were able to control her aggression and crying.... but a part of her was taken away, somehow...

[mamago]

autumnbronze:

mamago:

[quote=\"autumnbronze\"]Mamago, :hugs: to you.


Just chanced upon your post. Had goosebumps reading it.
Did your friend seek treatment from the temple? What was the outcome? Did her parents ever try any other alternative treatments?

Hi, AutumnBronze.

Thanks for the :hugs:

Yes, she did went thru some sort of taoistism rituals but did not help....

She became reclusive, withdrawn and aggressive at times, she could cried loudly all night long, banging on her parents/sister's room door asking to be
let in but only for less than 5 minutes she would wandered out, and this could repeat all night long.... She injured one of her psychiatrist with a pen, the wounds was so deep that it required stitches... Things got better only after she was put on medication, but she was never fully \"recovered\".

Canada was a better place for her, she stayed in an institute that took very good care of her. She passed away in 2005 due to other medical condition.

Hi Mamago,

Thanks for sharing :hugs:

I know this must have been difficult for you.

I hope this sharing would have provided you an opportunity to put this chapter of your life to rest and move on ..... :snuggles:[/quote]
:hugs: Autumnbronze

[Way2GO]

Nebbermind:

9. Pointing Finger at the Moon


Never heard of this. Is it really unique to SG? I thought this is similar 'donch clip nail on the bed if u r preggy or at night'.

Its not unique to SG. d 'superstition' arose fr Chinese folklore.
Was it pinky who said she has experienced it twice - getting her ear cut after pointing at d moon?
Weird.

[Way2GO]

Nebbermind:

3. $1 Bagua & Road Tax Labels


I think the older paper notes still have this silver bagua halogram on them. But it seemed to be gone for the plastic notes.

There cld be numismatical reasons for d octogonal shape of d S$1 coin.
Dis n other polygonal shaped coins were also minted by other countries.
d feng shui story is prolly spinned to fit after d fact.

[Mychildren]

Mamago,

Usually,when we encountered such things, the first we do is to go to our pastor for advise. They'll then prayed together & chased the ghost away.
U must be very scared till now. So does this affects your thinking in life now?
:snuggles: :hugs:

[MR06]

mamago:

In Memory of W.



1990 summer, a group of 6 girls took a short holiday to Macau; staying at Mandarin Oriental Macau, located at the quieter side of the city. They shared 3 rooms, room 1618, 1620 and 1622.

.........

On the first night, girls settled down late, all hyped about the day's excitement and all the girlie chit chat, at 1+am, everyone bid good night and returned to their rooms.

I was sharing a twin-bed room, room 1618, with my best buddy, W.
After washed up I fell asleep almost immediately, but W was the more ai-sui one, taking her time in the bathroom.

About 3+am, I was jolted up from my deep sleep, and shocked to see that W, lying on her bed, but was kicking furiously and making some muffled gurgling and croaking with chokes. Her hands as if were prying something out from her throat and her legs were kicking high struggling hard. I stood there frozen for a good while before I dashed to her side, yelling her name and reached to her hands trying to pacify her, but her fingers were almost blue of exerting too much strength seemingly grabbing on something that she wanted to yank out, but there wasn't anything visible that was chocking her!! I tried desperately to wake her up thinking that she might be choked by phlegm or her own vomit. Then the scariest thing unfolded in front of my eyes, a choking ring mark started to appear on her neck, while her hands were some 2 inches above her neck trying hard to pry open her \"invisible assailant\", the choking ring mark on her neck got darker within a mere 1 to 2 seconds, her eyes were popping out and tears flowed non stop and her tongue was sticking out.... That was the scariest moment in my life, I left the door opened and ran to the next door 1620 for help, when we return, the room door of 1618 was locked, from inside!!! While the rest of the girls were screaming and crying, I passed out...

When I regained conscious, I was in an ambulance, being transport to the A&E. W was warded for \"injuries\", she couldn't speak for some 3 months before regaining her voice.

She was so traumatized that she refused to step out of her house, stop socializing, and stop going for lessons.

4 months went passed but with no \"improvement\", her parents finally agreed that she needed psychiatrist help. But, it didn't help her much too...

Hongkonger are superstitious in nature, though they are Christians but her parents decided to seek help from a famous taoist temple at Kowloon. I accompanied my terrified buddy, together with her parents n younger sister, we visited the temple and as we walked passed all the fortune tellers' stalls at the gate of the temple, one very old and blind 算命佬 yelled at us, \"Stop there! Don't enter!\" that shocked everyone, we stood there wondered what's wrong, he approached us, though he is blind but he managed to \"identify\" W, he reached out to grab her left hand and said to her: \"you shouldn't have extracted your front teeth! Now your luck has run out!\"....

(For aesthetic reason, W extracted her 4 mis-aligned front teeth for denture, but only few that are close to her knew about it...)

...........

W did not complete her degree course and was never married, she migrated to Canada with her parents in 1997 where she remained a psychiatric patient.

She passed away peacefully in Toronto at the age of 35.

I'm sorry to learn of this traumatic experience of yours. Thought I would not have time to read Urban Legends stuff but was just browsing when I chanced upon your post.

:hugs: put it behind you.

[concern2]

ksi:

fightingmom:

[quote=\"ksi\"]Have way2go shared his experience? :?

Eh.. Nope. Only the Notti stuff he and his bunk mates did to that poor mama's boy...

He distracted himself...kekeke Tomorrow...we shall hear...[/quote]Nothing from him yet hor... my goose bumps still waiting for him.

Maybe it is too traumatic for him to recall - remember what he last said about the incident?