Saturday, February 9, 2013

Twilight zone!



It was a dark and stormy night. No, actually, it wasn't.

It was about 7.30 in the evening and still a bit of light left in the day. My parents were sending me to the airport in Kuantan and I arrived late because there was a jam on the way due to an accident. After a somewhat rushed goodbye I headed towards the boarding area and out of the boarding gate towards the plane.

In the Kuantan airport one has to work towards the plane, much like how one boards Air Asia planes. My parents and I have this ritual going on whereby they will stand behind the fence at a particular spot so that as I'm walking towards the plane, I get to see them and wave goodbye right up until I am actually in the plane.

So as usual when I exit the boarding area and head for the plane I turn around and there they were, my parents, standing at the fence and waving goodbye. I in turn also wave goodbye and in the course of walking towards the plane, I turned around at least 3 times and wave goodbye, and they also waved in return.

I then get on the plane and the landing was pretty scary, just before touching the runway the plane veered sharply to the left and I thought we were gonna crash for sure! People screamed, I accidentally grabbed the arm of the person siting next to me. What?? It was a natural reaction I tell you! Anyway, we didn't crash. 

 Upon alighting, I called my parents to tell them about the scary landing, and they asked me why I went into the plane so fast without waving goodbye, I should know that they would be waiting at the fence. Whereupon I told them that I did wave at them and they waved back! But they swear that they never saw me at all and hence, never waved at all.

!!!

Since then, there have been a couple of weird occurrences, like my tyre getting punctured but when I took it to the tyre shop, the man said there were no holes in the tyre, and it looked as if someone let the air out. And then the tv speakers suddenly didn't function and after a while, came back on by itself. Similarly with the hair dryer.

I don't believe in ghosts or fairies or elves or goblins, but Pahang is famous for 'orang bunian' which is something like fairies or elves in Malay folklore. If all of this is their work, I hope they follow me home to Kuantan tomorrow and stay there where they belong!

2 comments:

  1. u dont have org bunian...u have...bad eyesight and electrical outlets.

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  2. I do have bad eyesight, but I'm certainly not blind!

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