Posted 5:25 PM

Here I shall scribble a quick summary about the NTS Ghoulish Trail I went on friday night. NUSSU tour services combined with SPI, the Singapore Paranormal Investigators, led by five passionate ghost hunters, the youngest being a 16 year old malay boy.

And nobody went with me. =(

There were about 20+ people, mostly in pairs, some in 3s and 4s, and some, like me, alone.
But I managed to "hook up" with another guy from SOC, and he's pretty ok.

0745pm We set off from NUS PGP to Ford Factory, the place where General Percival signed the surrender to General Yamashita in WWII (not sure about their ranks, should be general or lieutenant general). It's a torn down building supposed to be open to the public but later closed down by the national heritage board or something. There's a malay guard staying there all the time to 'jaga' the place. I tried talking to him but he couldn't understand english, neither could I make sense of his malay language. We were given only light sticks. Nice experience. Not very scary though.

9pm We left for Hillview mansion, in the western part of Singapore. It's this 5000 square metres mansion on top of the steepest of slopes. It was a frightening feeling just standing outside the tall gates. You have to walk in about 150metres (info from tourguide) before you can reach the house, and from where we were we couldn't even see anything more than darkness after 50metres. A pity we couldn't enter because the last time the tour brought people in the guys screamed and fooled around so much the tour group was afraid the neighbours would call the police. Hence no risk this time.

0935pm Toilet break at some petrol station.

0950pm Pongol House (spelling) this weird house sticking out in the middle of the field in Pongol. Just a drive by. Of course in the night anything looks scary.

1030pm Pulai Spirit Tree. Near Expo. This gigantic tree which got struck by lightning, and another fig tree growing beside it. Many offerings, chinese and indian, scattered all over roots.

1110pm Old commando camp. Now this place to me is the scariest place all night. Reminds me of the time me and my army friends sneaked into old changi hospital in 2001. I didn't see 'anything', but the place was scary enough. And all of us just ended up scaring one another by popping up suddenly through a door. Especially that guy wandering around alone without a torch!! WHAT are you doing!! (we were given torches to share in groups.) He gave me a fright man! Imagine someone with no light walking around. No sound and all.

1145pm Mount pleasant cemetary. We came across this place where there were tin cans tied on a string to a tree. To warn gambling people when police come? To tell them there are "things" in the air? Very weird. Many tin cans tied up high up. The SPIs challenged us to pull the strings which will pull the cans. Chinese myth has it that ghosts / spirits might appear in response to these sounds. (like those wind chimes and bells in movies) Only the ang moh and another brave man went to shake shake. Haha. The SPIs joked that don't be surprised to find there are 'things' following them home.

Approaching 1am, back to NUS. And I drove home. Wasn't much of a scare as expected, since it was supposed to be an educational trip, and I certainly learnt quite a bit, about different cultures and their myths. It was very fun. The guides were humourous on top of their knowledge. We all laughed as they struggled with the indian names of the gods.

Good fun. Worth it. If they are going to different places the next time, I'll sign up again!


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