The Extra Patron

I had been going to the same hairstylist for the past few years without fail as he is quite a creator and innovator when it comes to styling hair and have lots ideas for the new haircuts from time to time; plus his rates are very reasonable. 

During our hair styling sessions, we would normally chat about "guys" stuff like happening places to go for drinks where there are pretty girls and ladies etc.. (LOL!); sometimes we will talk about the latest online games and discuss about what stocks and shares to buy. However, this time our conversation switched to an even more interesting topic on a ghostly spill-chilling experience that had happened to him a few weeks back. 

My hairstylist is a handsome young man and often have friends asking him to go for drinks and dinners. This particular night, the 4 of them (2 guys and 2 girls), have decided to hit a popular karaoke center somewhere in Kuala Lumpur to belt out their favorite songs and enjoy their night away. 

While inside the karaoke room, my hairstylist friend had initially noticed that the temperature in that room was particularly cold and requested the captain of the karaoke center to help turn up the temperature. The captain obliged and went to adjust the temperature as requested and left the 4 friends to continue enjoying their sessions. However, the room still remained icy cold. 

They called up the captain again and he deduced that the air-conditioning thermostat might have be faulty and since all the other rooms in the popular karaoke center had been fully booked for the night, they had to be contend with the room that is available for them. Not letting the air-conditioning ruin their night, and knowing that after a few shots of whisky, they would be warmed up and singing out to their heart's contend instead of focusing on the coldness, they ignored the little problem and went back to their entertaining session. 

They really had a lot of fun singing for the next 3-4 hours and before they knew it, party time was over and it was time to leave. They buzzed the captain and requested for the bill and what happened next would be the most unforgettable part of their life. 

The captain brought in the bill and to as they were about to pay, they noticed that the receipt billing was for 5 person instead of the 4 friends that were in the karaoke room. They complained to the captain and the captain argued that there were 5 person in the room initially when they arrived and there were also 5 person in the room when he had came in to adjust the temperature of the room. 

Thinking that it may be the karaoke center's way of scamming people to pay more so that they can earn more, they angrily demanded an explanation from the manager of the karaoke center. The manager was very polite and confirmed that they were 5 persons in the room and would be more than willing to prove to them via a camera footage of the room where they were belting out their favorite tune. 

The 4 friends were brought to the security room and to their utter horror, there was a figure of a 5th person (a girl) sitting motionlessly at the corner of the room wearing a white dress. The captain insisted that they had brought the "friend" along and she had left slightly before they had requested for the bill as he saw her leave the room.

The 4 friends were in were utter disbelief, they quickly paid the bill and left, swearing never to return to the same karaoke center again. They were just so grateful that the spirit had not followed them back home! 

But then again, who was that extra "person"? The 4 friends knew that there were only 4 of them that day and neither no one had entered the room nor have they invited any of their friends to the karaoke center. Was the coldness of the room related to the presence of the unnatural entity? Did the girl died in the same building previously and her trapped spirit now wanders through the rooms of the karaoke center? 

The answer remains a mystery till this day and do leave a comment below if you encountered a similar hair-raising encounter!

Hauntings In My House

Sorry guys for not posting for such a long time! Work had been quite hectic for me and I really missed posting ghost stories for you guys! This story was told to me by my ex-colleague who claims that her previous house was haunted.


I have only lived here for over a year and nothing eerie had happened, until now. One night, around 1:00 am, I was the only one awake in my room surfing the net on my computer when I heard the TV downstairs being turned on. I figured it was my sister or mother who can’t sleep and decided to watch TV, so I ignored it and continue chatting on the net. About an hour later, I decided to call it a night and realised that the person downstairs was still watching TV. Normally before bedtime, I would go for a final piss before knocking out and I decided to see whoever it was downstairs on my way to the the bathroom. I got up and as soon as I opened my door, a cold chill ran down my spine, for the living roon was pitch black and at that instant moment the TV sound went away. I spent that night sleeping with my sister as I was too afraid to be alone that night.

The second experience happened to my sister, exactly a week after she refused to believe my ghostly experience and called me a "scardy cat" for that matter!

This is how it went. She was lying awake on her bed that night just before bedtime and was staring at at the ceiling thinking of something when all of a sudden she saw a shadow from the corner of her eyes. When she turn towards the direction of the shadow which was near her wardrobe, she saw a semi-translucent figure perch on top of the wardrobe. The 'legs' of the entity was dangling over the edge of the wardrobe in such a way that it kinda sways left to right. Frightened out of her wits, she screamed at the top of her lungs and the figure disappeared. That night it was her turn to crash in my bedroom.

Our parents refused to believe our stories after we told them the next day after my sister's incident until this happened to my mum.

My mum was babysitting for her sister’s and me and my sister was in our respective rooms playing on the computer. My mum was in the kitchen and the baby was fast asleep in the living room, when suddenly she heard a growling sound behind her. She turn around but there was nothing behind her. She then continue to prepare the dishes. 5 minutes later, she heard the growling sound again and this time the baby who was sleeping in the living room cried out loud. As soon as mum came out of the kitchen to the living room, what she saw scared her out of her wits. For there was an angry black, semi-decomposed dog, staring at the baby and about to feast on his little tender meat. Mum shouted loudly at it, and the dog stared at her with his blood shot eyes and before my mum could grab a broom, it disappeared.

I don’t know why our house have these hauntings, but we move out of there a month later. Our house wasn’t that old and neither is our neighborhood. Maybe our house happened to be built on top of some sacred land coupled with bad feng shui in the past, I will definitely not be there to find out!

Hungry Ghost Festival - Office 'Colleague'

A friend of mine, Michelle, related this story to me which happened to her at her workplace. Michelle works in a large logistic company in Klang, Malaysia. As a purchasing executive, she always gets bog down by her workload as there will be plenty of purchasing orders coming in everyday and she needs to deal with customers as well as suppliers. As such, Michelle works overtime after working hours till late night to finish off her work.

During the Chinese 7th lunar month every year, most of Michelle’s colleagues will normally opt to go home earlier than usual. This is because it so happened that older staffs had experienced strange things around the office that goes bump at night particularly during the 7th month and they are definitely not going to stick around to accompany those ‘brothers’. Michelle was aware of the stories but did not experienced any strange happenings and the office was a comfortable place to work in.

One year during the particular 7th month, Michelle was staying back late to finish off her outstanding workload. By 9pm, the last of her colleague, Lee, had left for home. Lee called out to Michelle across the room that he will be going back and jokingly told her not to worry as there are unseen ‘people’ (ghosts) inside the office that will be accompanying her. Michelle chided at the joke and not being so superstitious, she continued with her work.

Michelle was so well engrossed into her work that before she knew it, it was already close to 11pm. She scolded herself for being such a workaholic and sat back on her chair to relax a bit and closed her eyes. As soon as she closes her eyes, she began to hear the sound of someone typing away on a computer keyboard a few cubicles away. Thinking it was someone that might have returned back to the office while she was deeply absorbed in her work; Michelle stood up and glanced around, however there was no one in the office to be seen. She then called out to whoever it was but no one responded and the sound of typing is still clearly heard.

Michelle got up and walked towards the source of where the typing sound came from; then as sudden as the sound started, it stopped. Startled, Michelle begun to feel tense, she felt something was not right and all the stories that her colleagues had told her about the ghost in the office started to run through her head. Michelle quickly walk back to her place and started to pack up to go home.

While packing, Michelle’s phone suddenly rang. She jumped up at the sudden ring of the phone and looked at the caller ID. To her utter shock, she saw that the caller ID was coming from inside the office! Someone was trying to intercom her and the number indicated that it was from her manager’s room. She looked up through the glass panel that separated her manager’s room and her cubicle. The room was all pitched dark. And out of her imagination, Michelle swore that there was a dark figure seen sitting at her manager’s place!

Michelle immediately grabbed her stuff and ran out of the office as fast as she could, behind her she could sensed that the lights in her office flickered away instantly when she ran out. She informed the security officer to shut off all the lights in the office and before the security officer can wish her good night, Michelle had quickly driven away.

After that incident, Michelle did not dare to stay late in the office anymore unless there is someone around to accompany her, she would rather take her work back home even though it is not so convenient. It definitely is better than working the office with an unseen ‘colleague’.

Hungry Ghost Festival - Uninvited Passenger

This happened to me last year during the Chinese Hungry Ghost month in 2008 while I was travelling back to my hometown in Kuantan.

I remember is was a long weekend ahead (Monday off day), hence I decided to head back to Kuantan once I had finished with my work on the Friday so that I can wake up the next morning and meet up with my friends for some breakfast. It was about 11pm when I was driving my Honda City somewhere along the Karak Highway. For those who know this, Karak Highway is famous for is frequently haunting including the appearance of Pontianak and the infamous haunted tunnel where many people had perished.

I was aware of all these haunted ‘hotspots’ but the joy of looking forward to going back to my hometown overcame the feeling of fear of travelling alone and encountering spirits. After all, I thought to myself, I wouldn’t be so lucky today… How wrong was I to think of that!...

My first weird instinct came when I was driving through the Karak Highway tunnel. Suddenly I feel someone’s legs pushing against the back of the driver’s seat on my back, it was the kind of feeling you get when a person with long legs sits behind you and occasionally he will push against the cushion with his knee when adjusting his seating. I looked behind the rear view mirror but there was no one sitting behind me. Of course there is no one! I am travelling alone! What was I thinking?

A minute later, the same thing happen, something pushed against the back of the driver’s seat for a while and released it after a few seconds. It was at that point that I suspect that I had picked up an uninvited ‘stranger’. There was no where I can go now; I am travelling in the middle of a half deserted highway with whoever it was behind me! When the third time I felt the pressure on my back, I felt panicky as I was in a car with an unknown being, who knows what it is going to do next to me?

Out of frustration and fear, I loudly shouted some foul language in Chinese to ask it not to disturb me and all of sudden I saw my car’s door safety lights came on my dashboard display indicating that the right back door was opened. I was shocked as none of the doors where opened and as soon as the warning lights came on, the lights went off.

That was enough for me; I stepped on the accelerator and reached my destination half an hour than scheduled. I am definitely not stopping at the side of the highway to inspect what is behind my seat. The next day I went to the temple to get some amulets and placed it in my car. I related my ordeal to a medium at the temple and he said that I had picked up a lost spirit, the spirit was harmless and all it wanted was a ride to his destination. I almost fainted when I heard that.

Hungry Ghost Festival - The "DO NOTs": What To Avoid

As stated in my previous blog, today (3rd September 2009) marks the 15th day of the Chinese Lunar 7th month and it is also known as ”The Hungry Ghost Day”. On this day, the three realms of Heaven, Hell and the realm of the living are open and all the spiritual beings will be let lose and free to walk in our world today. Therefore, the percentage of bumping into them is going to be higher. Heck! One maybe standing behind you while you are reading this blog! Or even behind me while I am happily posting away!

In this post I am going to share with you some of the “DO NOTs” during this month and especially today! For those that don’t believe in ghost or spirits, please note that precaution is better than cure. You don’t want to mess with them alright.

DO NOT Step On Or Kick Praying Items And Temporary Altars By The Roadside.
During the Chinese lunar 7th month, you will see lots of people praying and offering food and burning materials beside the road. These things are meant to appease for the dead. Be very careful of what you are stepping on and it is best to go around a spot where there are offerings rather then walk through it. How will you feel if someone steps or kicks your food while you are eating or step on his clothes or even money? You would want to beat the S*it out of that guy, right? Same goes for the spirits, they are once human too. If you happen to accidentally stepped on them, apologise right away! If you get them angry, I am not sure what they can do.

DO NOT Stand Under Trees Or Under The Bus Stop During Night Time.
Normally, it is dark and cold under the tree shade and bus stop. Those ‘things’ love these kind of conditions and would normally rest and under this kind of conditions. If you have low spiritual energy on that day, it will follow you back home.

Especially For Ladies: DO NOT Use And Avoid Dark or Black Color Manicure
Ladies, if you love painting your nails, please choose light colour coat for your nails during this period. This is because dead people normally have dark-coloured nails and if you happen to bump into one of them, they might think you are one of them and you are a pretty chic, it may follow you back home.

DO NOT Place Your Baby Or Kid On The Altar/Offering Table When Visiting Or Praying To The Hungry Ghosts.
There was a case where a mother took her baby to a hungry ghost offering event, the mother suddenly dropped something while she was carrying her baby and place the baby temporarily on the offering altar while she picked up her stuff. After she got up, the baby had died and turned black. It was said that the King of Ghost thought that it was an offering for him and “ate” the baby.

DO NOT Sit On the Front Row of Any Open Chinese Operas Or Karaokes
During this month long festival, you will see that there would be lots of open Chinese opera shows and karaoke singing on makeshift stages. These shows are mainly entertainment for the stray ghosts and lost souls, and normally the front few rows of seats are reserved for the VIPs (spirits). Do not sit at any front row and it is better to stand and watch rather than seated. You will definitely feel annoyed when someone comes to ask your seat number when you are watching a movie in a cinema, right? Moreover, sit on you!

DO NOT Speed And Be Extra Careful On The Road While Driving
There is always a high rate of road accident fatalities during the first day of the Chinese 7th lunar month in Kuala Lumpur. You may argue that it is due to the recklessness of the drivers, but why does the 1st day of the 7th month always have more accidents? Why not the day before or week before? There would normally be more overcast weather and frequent rain showers during this month.

DO NOT Hang Your Laundry Outside After Sunset
It is know that the spirits will wear your clothes so when you bring it in, you will be sharing your clothes with them.

DO NOT Go Swimming Or Hang Out Late At Night
The water spirits had been released and they will roam in any places with water in it. Hence, it is wise not to go swimming during this 7th month. In addition to this, it is advisable not to roam the streets or go out partying till the wee hours of the morning, ghosts are especially more active during the night and you will definitely not want to bump into any of them, or step on their offerings when you are half drunk...

Well, here is my list of what to be careful of and what “DO NOT” to beware of during the hungry ghost month! I would definitely be staying at home for the whole of the 7th month which will last until the 18th September 2009.