GHOST BEATS BOY

It seems that old England is a place for spooks to be and they're not shy to let you know they're there. Heck! They'll even beat you up for it. The boy said he did not see anyone throughout the whole thing but said it sounded like a man because of the heavy breathing.

That's what happen to a 13-year-old boy, who had finished school and was alone in their home in York Road, Hartlepool. He claims he was suddenly pulled upright, dragged across the living room, taken to the front door and thrown out into the street. His attack lasted for five minutes before the startled youngster fled to a neighbour's house.

His mother turned to the church after the attack where he was left bruised and bewildered by what his family say could only have been a ghost or poltergeist.

READ MORE :http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/Boy-13-39beaten-up-by.5446561.jp

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Fire! Fire! Fire!

The Hungry Ghost Month has come and gone, soon it will be mooncake festival again. Although I don't remember much of my childhood due to an accident, sometimes a familiar sight, sound, smell or touch can revive old memories still kept in the damaged parts of the brain.

In this case it was these lanterns. I am not talking about the modern plastic lanterns or the ones with Ben10, Transformers or Pokemon. It these traditional wire framed, translucent plastic and hand painted ones. These are quite rare nowadays, many kids prefer the battery operated types. One of the reasons maybe quite obvious or is it.... these old lanterns use a candle inside for a light source.

T-Rex Lantern

Anyway, I asked my mum about the time when I was a kid to piece together this story. I think I was around 7 or 8 years old. Back then, we never heard about the lanterns you guys and gals are used to. Some of the kids still carried a milk tin with a candle inside and the richer ones would have beautiful handmade paper lanterns. I wasn't rich but I had a lantern like the one in the picture.

I loved dragons and my lantern reflected my preference. I think my sister had a bunny and my cousin carried a rooster. Well, "rooster boy" is the focus of my story. We were having fun with our lanterns when my cousin's lantern's light went out. He grinned and took out a candle from his pocket to replace the one that was used. The genius forgot matches, so asked if could help by lighting his candle.

Anyone would tell you that if you try to put a lighted candle in a lantern would be tricky. As you can imagine, his candle touched the inside of the lantern and it started to burn!

"Fire..! Fire! Fire!" he shouted. But it was too late, in a matter of seconds his beautiful rooster became Kenny Rogers Roaster and was roasted reduced to a roasted bunch of twisted wire and ash. He cried and ran home. Pity him. I guess we all were bad to laugh at him. It was funny to see the lantern burn. (So... bad..)

Anyway, he proudly had another one the next day, so I guess he soon forgot about his fire incident.

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Here in Sg. Ara, there are certainly many dogs of various breeds, colour and sizes while some are friendly others are not. So an old idiom comes to mind when I look at all these dogs. Although I must say that sleeping dogs are among the cutest things. There's something about the idiom warning that rings in my head, don't disturb a sleeping dog or else it will bite you!

The same thing I can say about our poor tired fathers if they come back from work and fall asleep on the armchair or sofa. Best you let him wake up before begging him for a Bakugan or a Ben10 watch. So the meaning of the idiom is don't look for trouble or avoid restarting conflict. Kicking a dog or waking up father is a definite No..No...

Eg.

a. I think you should let sleeping dogs lie and don't do it yourself.
- (avoid unesscessary trouble)

b. He has forgiven you, you better let sleeping dogs lie.
- (avoid restarting conflict)

For more interesting idioms,
check out.... http://www.idiomsite.com/

Ghostly Encounters in the Ghost Month!

Everybody knows the hilly strecth of road near Relau going to Ayer Itam, everyday many cars, lorries, buses and motorbikes traverse the road. For old cars and motorbikes, going up hill is a challenging task. Anyway.... early one morning my friend used the road going to work. As she was riding her old rickety motorbike, she noticed an old man walking in the middle of the road. He acted like he owned the road, without a care in the world.

"Does this old man has a death wish of something?" she wondered.

Just then, she heard a car zooming up the hill, from behind. She wanted to shout, to warn the old man but the car was too fast. She looked in disbelief as the car hit the old man but nothing happened. It was like the car went through the man!!! So as she passed the old man she dared not look, hoping her old motor bike wouldn't breakdown. She knew what "it" was. I use the word "it" because, the old man wasn't a man. Quickly, she passed the man and was well on her way to Relau.

I also had another student relate to me a similar story when I told her about the "old man", She and her cousin were coming back to Relau late at night and used that strech of road. As they were coming down from the hill the pair spotted an old woman walking by the side of the road. When they got near to her, she DISAPPEARED!!! That's so spooky as it was after midnight. You can bet your pokemon cards, bakugan and BEN10s that they won't use that road again whenever its late.

The funny ending to the story is my friend told her friends about the old man and they decided to play the number for old man for 4D Mangnum. Guess what? They won the 1st prize, all of them got a few thousand ringgit each except my friend who got a fright and some white hair!

Since this is a ghost month, be careful ya! :) Tell me your ghost stories if you have one. If it's intersting I'll put it up here.

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Bless you..have a Roti Tissue?!

Haaah.....haaah choo! I need a tissue. sniff sniff... Oops.. That's not what I wanted. Anyway, I recently ordered Roti Tissue and ... Wow, was it big! It starts of as ordinary Roti Canai dough but gets stretched and stretched until it becomes paper thin. A drizzle of sugar and drench it with condensed milk and roll it up into a cone...Tadaaa! Roti Tissue. I wouldn't recommend you blowing your nose on it.


Looking at it, I didn't know which end to start from. Luckily the helpful "mamak"* offered a tip.

"Start at the top!"

The Roti Tissue is very crunchy and crumbles in your hand. That is when its not sticking to you courtesy of the condensed milk!! If you want to try Roti Tissue, go to Indian Muslim restaurants like Pelita or Dinas here in Sg. Ara.

*Mamak = Indian Muslim

The flu, UFOs and my new laptop!

I've returned from my trip from KL and looking forward to getting back to my normal routine. But as luck would have it..... I caught the flu. No...no H1N1 but I was real scared. I had high temperature for 2 days and my faced looked like a zombie out of Resident Evil. The skin around my nose was peeling and red. On top of it all I went 2 days WITHOUT food. Just slept...mumbled...moaned and dreamt.

A week ago, I decided not to wait for PC Fair and bought my laptop straight away. I went to a trusted dealer and she gave me the same offer she was going to give at the fair!!! Yahoo... I also got something extra from her, a notebook lock. So now I am the proud owner of an Acer Aspire Timeline. A sleek 14inch gun metal grey, 8hr batterylife dolby intelcentrino, windows vista machine. Its ultra thin and light weight, you don't feel it when you carry it. It has wifi, bluetooth,camera everything!! You all will get to see it soon. :) I just need to outfit it with the latest tools.

Lastly about UFO, there is a saying "where there is smoke...there must be fire". If people all over the world are seeing something, then there must be something to see. It is not some Durian, Rambutan or Ciku errr.. I mean Ali, Ah Beng or Rajoo that had seen it. Accountants, Lawyers, US President, Pilots etc... Come on, would they tell a lie? What about the UFO in Texas where the whole town saw it!!!!!! Who is crazy now? But most people who've seen the UFO are afraid to come forward as they might be laughed at.

So, conclusion. I believe something is out there. I want to know (IW2K)