Boo says the Pumpkin

It's Halloween...

and i was thinking...why not post something to commemorate such an eventful day of the year?

Halloween...the night when all things evil roamed the face of the earth...when it's not safe to even step out of the house without first dousing yourself in holy water, reciting the Hail Mary 3 times and spinning around on your right leg twice...

ok, i made the last bit up.

but yes...ghosts. what do i think of ghosts now that i'm 19 and in Sydney? as an aside, my uncle once gallantly told that "There are NO GHOSTS in Australia..!!" after hearing that remark from him, i've always aspired to live in australia not because of it's amazing fish and chips, copious amounts of seemingly-free beer or cute caucasian guys...but because it was free of ghosts.

i used to believe in spirits when i was younger...i BELIEVED in them with as much strength as my little heart would allow me to and up till now i'll still swear that i saw something in Auntie Mazzie's house in Singapore...i'll not go into detail, but i'll just say it was a shadow of a woman right in front of me, while i was eating breakfast, impossibly cast on a wall that had no light sources shining upon it to create any shadows let alone that of a woman's.

i freaked and ran to my mom only to be sent out alone to the dining table again.

damn it.

sorry, i realise that my thoughts are a bit scattered...that's what happens when i talk about spirits...i'll try to reorganize.

ask me now if i believe in ghosts and i'll pretend i didn't hear you and i'll walk away. it's not that i believe in them, but it's not that i don't either...i'd just rather remain in a state of ignorance. if they don't exist, the world is a happier place...if they DO exist, well..

being a malaysian, it's sometimes hard to scoff at such things...the belief in the supernatural is HUGE...name me a malaysian who does not believe in spirits and i'll call you a liar. i might be silly, but when i was in malaysia, i'd never dare to look at a cemetary at night, when i look at a grove of banana trees i'd unknowingly shudder and heaven forbid if i ever made fun of Them. however now that i'm sydney, i don't do such things anymore...

i've got a theory.

in sydney, people generally do not believe, and hence, without belief, nothing can materialise. get me? without people believing in such things, nothing can latch on the idea and take form.

on the other hand, malaysians believe in them with heart and soul, and from belief stems materialisation. when you have a whole community believing in roughly the same thing, an idea can be formed and actually be made true. it's the same theory as believing in God. and as you should know, our country is RICH with ghost stories and personal accounts of the supernatural... everyone knows someone who's seen something or heard something...

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argh.. i'm not even making sense to myself...

i'm sorry you had to go through that...

A VERY MERRY HALLOWEEN TO YOU TOO!