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As you know the 7th Lunar month is known as the Ghost Month. I’m going to share with you some taboo associated with this Ghostly Month.

1. Avoid saying the word ‘ghost’. Saying the word ‘ghost’ is like inviting ‘them’
2. Avoid going out after dark.
3. Bring in all the clothes that you take out to dry after dark.
4. Do not disturb the offerings.
5. Do not sing after dark as ‘they’ are attracted to it.

These are some of the things that you should avoid doing during that special month.

Until next time, be safe…

How many times we have heard about walking into the forest/jungle and the taboos around it. These are a few dos and don’ts.

1. Before entering the jungle, do all your toilet business first.
2. Ask permission before entering.
3. Never call your friends by name but by sound signals.
4. If a particular rock formation looks very comfortable, like a meeting spot or resting area, do not move it or sleep on it.
5. If a particular tree in a jungle is clean around it, without any leave droppings or looks cleared artifically, don’t disturb it.
6. When you smell jasmine, don’t turn around;pack your stuff and get away as fast as you can.

Final and foremost, whenever if you’re walking in the dark, and you are in the front and counting your members at the back, in the case you got an extra count, just treat everything as normal and reach camp immediately.

I did not believe that people will get possessed, that is until i saw it with my own eyes…

I still remember, about a year ago I was selected for National Service Programme (NS). I left for the camp on the 18th of March 2007. The camp is situated in the middle of a jungle, the surrounding is beautiful. Everything went well for the first few days.

On the 22nd of March, after dinner. All trainees gathered at the dining hall which also serves as a ceremony hall. It was 9pm when we gathered. As the trainers/instructor was briefing us, one Malay girl started to cry. We thought she cried because she missed her family, boy we were wrong big time. She cried as if she is terrified of something. We asked her what’s wrong, but she didn’t say anything and just kept crying. After a while, she passed out.

Five minutes later, she regained consciousness, but all of a sudden she started to scream like nobodys’ business. One of my trainer said she was possessed. We tried to control her. There’s about 6 of us trying to hold her down. But she was stronger than us. After about 15 minutes of struggling, she stay quiet.

The next thing I know, a few person started screaming too. 12 girls, all having their menses. We are asked to leave the hall and proceed to the surau. The trainers then moved all the 12 girls to the surau. The ‘ustaz’ came to do the ‘exorcism’. All I remember is I heard lots of screaming. The whole ordeal ended at 12:30am. We called that night ‘mass possession night’.

We thought it ended there. But one girl in my dorm keep getting visits from her ‘special guest’ everday at the dusk. Sometimes she’ll scream like nobodys’ business, sometimes she’ll be quiet as a mouse. Nevertheless, she and I remained good friend until today.