When i was young, i lived with my grandmother as my mom was busy with work. My grandma live on the first storey. One day, one of her neighbours who lived on the sixth storey came running to look for my grandpa as he was a holy man. She told my grandpa that her 17 yr old daughter was possesed. My grandpa & grandma rushed upstairs, i had to come along as no one will be in the house if grandma & grandpa went upstairs. When we reached upstairs, i felt so cold. We entered the house & My GoD…the air was so still…& it was so quiet except for the screaming of that girl. The house had an eerie feeling. As it was around 7+, all windows & doors were locked…muslims believe it was to prevent wandering souls from entering the house. I see a few kids in the living room, they were young, juz like me then. My granpa & grandma was going to enter the bedroom where the possesed girl was, so they left me outside, saying “budak-budak duduk luar, tak boleh masuk tau. “Meaning children shuldn’t enter the room, must sit outside. I sat quietly & obediently outside.

From where i sat, i culd see what was going on inside. My grandpa ask for a glass of clear water & he recited some prayer. As he sprinkle the water on the girl, she started screaming hyterically. She even strangled her own mother but my grandpa stopped her. Her piercing screams echoed the whole house, turned to a hoarse voice, then to a horrible laughter. I could see all this as she lay down, head nearer to the bedroom door. I was so scared i started crying. My grandma came running out to ask me what happened. I just told her “nak balik. Nak balik.” meaning i want to go home.

As i was standing at the gate of the house looking for my slippers, i looked up & saw the look on the girl’s face. She was staring at me..eyes wide…& she NEVER stopped staring. She smiled… smiled at me so eerily…her smile was like ‘joker’ frm ‘Batman’ show. My hair stand on end & I started crying again…she still staring at me. I was trembling at the gate wearing my slippers…as i was too afraid, i wore one side of the slippers, held the other side of the slippers in my hand and ran as fast as i could..screaming “nenek tungguuuuu!!” which means granma wait for me…my grandma went first, waiting for me at the lift. I felt relieved when i was in the lift with my grandma, i realised i wore my slipper wrong side. I still felt cold. I could never forget the way that girl stared at me…eeeEEE!!!

My grandma told me never to daydream when i go out at nights…esp on thursdays & fridays. It turned out the girl was possesed as she daydream while waiting for the bus at the bus stop on that nite, a friday nite. How she managed to go home, possesed, i dunno..it keeps me wondering! That girl had high fever & only recovered on the next week Saturday. When i see her while i play under the void deck(when i was 8 of course), i would run away. She wuld wonder why but nobody would tell her. I remembered her name was kak Lilin. Dats wat i call her, i dunno her real name.