PULANG SAYA

This story is from my grandmother that passed away several years ago. We are still living in an ancestral house at Tanza, Cavite and the house is really old. The architectural design was inspired by Spanish era with capiz slide windows and marble staircase. We also have a mini-garden at the back of our house filled with greenery. We have lots and lots of plants and trees growing in our backyard. 

Sundo

Si Lolo

Incoming third year college ako. Yung BF ng barkada ko (barkada din namin) eh umuwi galing States. So nagyaya na mag-out of town. Naisipan nung isa kong kaibigan na sa kanila na lang kami for three days.

So hala, Sugod mga kapatid ang ginawa namin. Dalawa ang bahay nila. Yung una eh yung tinitirhan nila talaga at yung pangalawa eh katiwala lang ang nakatira. Yung lugar nila eh hindi naman liblib. In fact, parang nasa Maynila ka lang. Dun kami nag-stay sa pangalawang bahay.

Multo sa Computer

Last year nag text sakin ang isa sa mga student ng AMA, Practical nursing student siya.

Gusto ng papa niya na reformat ang PC nila kasi nga di nrmal ang takbo ng pc at marami silang gagawing ID

Nung diagnose ko na ang PC, tadtad ng virus, tpos ask ko sila kung meron pang e backup na mga file.

Black Lady

Yong isa ko pamangkin na babae shes 6 years old that time. Isang tanghali sa may bahay nila may nakita syang nakaitim na babae sa may gate nila may kasamang bata nakatingin sa kanya di sya natakot kasi di pinamulat ng ate ko ang mga multo sa kanila as panakot so akala lang nya tao sa labas. Tinawag nya ate ko wala naman. Tinawag nya ung kapatid nya na babae din 5years old that time nakita nung kapatid nya ung babae na nakaitim. Sabi ng pamangkin ko nakikita daw nya ung mag ina tuwing tanghali umaaligid sa bahay nila. Isang gabi nakita ng pamangkin ko sa room nila makatayo ung mag ina sa pinto binabantayan sila pero walang nakikita ung ate ko nagkasakit ung pamangkin ko after a few days takot na takot parati. Nasa abroad kasi bayaw ko kaya inutusan ako ng mother ko na samahan sila kahit isang gabi. Ramdam ko sa pamangkin ko takot na takot sya kasi grabe higpit ng yakap nya sa akin pero ung kapatid nya himbing ang 2log. Isang taon ding ganun sya nakikita nya ung mag ina naglalakad sa kung saan sa bahay nila. Sa awa ng diyos wala na daw sya nakikita.

La Vista Entities

Gutom

Huwag matutulog nang gutom. Iyan ang naging bilin sa akin palagi ng aking lola. Hanggang sa kanyang huling sandali, iyan ang ibinulong niya sa akin. Eh paano 'yung mga taong walang pambili ng pagkain? Di ba itinutulog na lang nila ang gutom?, tinanong ko sa kanya minsan. Ibang kaso iyon, sagot niya. Basta huwag kang matutulog nang gutom kung ayaw mong magaya sa Lolo Pepito mo.

Ang Manikang Sumasanib

Ang susunod na sulatin ay batay sa mga nakalap na kwentong-bayan, "patotoo" mula sa mga nakaranas, at/o mga salaysay na bagaman walang matibay na sandigan, maiging lumaganap hindi lamang sa kabihasnan, kundi sa mga liblib na kanayunan ng Naic. Samantala, upang mapangalagaan sa kung anumang maaaring maganap, hindi ilalantad ang kanilang mga tunay na pangalan.

SMALL VOICES

 This story was told by my team lead in my present job. Our building is one of the oldest buildings in Valero located in Makati Philippines. It is a 7 story building but we usually occupy the third floor. It is a call center by the way. One night our shift starts at 9 o’clock pm but my team lead usually comes early to updates our daily stats and answers some emails. It was around 7 or 8 in the evening and agents are not allowed to use the stations on the third floor because we follow a seat plan and the 4th floor stations are the first to be occupied. 

Haunted Office

Year 2003-2006, I worked as a Data Encoder in one of the oldest building in Binondo (so called Chinese community) when I had most of the ghostly experiences in my life. I was new at the company and very excited because it was my first job. My shift starts at 8:30am-5: 30pm. I used to go to the bathroom and fixed my self first before going to my cubicle and do loads of work until my shift ends. In this case, I don’t have any time for spooky encounters or to listen to what my officemates usually do.

Pure Evil

Itong susunod na kwentong ito ay ang pinaka-nakakatakot na naranasan ko sa buhay ko. Nangyari ito sa mga taon ng aking Kolehiyo. Kasama ko ang Pamilya at Kaibigan ko sa bakasyon. Ang Nanay ko at ang Ate ko ay kasama ang ma matatanda ng pumuta sila sa probinsya para magbakasyon. We would meet them half way to our grand parent’s house the next morning where we planned to visit the old folks.

Our 100 Year Old House

Sa alam namin, nasa ilalim pa ng Spain ang pilipinas noon, 333 taon na katanda ang bahay namin. Ang bahay namin ay ginawa noong 1800’s. Lahat yun ay gawa sa kahoy, tumitindig parin hanggang ngayon, paniwalaan niyo ako talagang matibay ang mga kahoy na yun hanggang ngayon hindi parin nasisira.

Doon ako sa bahay na yun pinanganak at pinalaki, kaya ganun marami akong make-kwento sa inyo na nakakatakot. Ang bahay namin ay may dalawang kwarto at isang hagdanan na laging dun tumatanggap ng bisita.

Taxi Number 45

It was a dark night when Julie and Chris are walking by the Bayside Road. It has been a cold night and having only a few vehicles passing through this road made it even colder.

“Sabi ko na sayo! Dapat hinintay natin si Gary doon sa party para may masakyan tayo pauwi. Eh nahihirapan tuloy tayong makahanap ng taxi sa lugar na ‘to. Wala atang dumadaan na taxi dito eh!” complains Julie to his boyfriend. Chris then replies “Jul, it’s getting late na and the party was getting a little boring already. Tapos parang ayaw pa umalis ni Gary eh. Hintay ka lang, may taxi din jan maya-maya.”

Sa Aming Bahay

Nung bata pa ako, mga elementary pa ko, may mga bagay bagay akong nakikita pero hindi ko na lang pinapansin, syempre dahil bata pa, naisip ko na baka nga guni-guni ko lang ang lahat. Sabi pa nang pinsan ko maaga raw akong mababaliw dahil sa mga kathang isip ko.

Sa Bahay ni Lola

nung una kong punta sa bahay ng misis ko may mga nakikita nako...

may mga batang sumisilip sa kwarto ng mga katulong, meron din nakita anak ko sa likod ng bar, may nakakita na may kalaro baby ko na nakikipagtaguan... hindi ko alam pero bigla ko na lang silang nakikita o nararamdaman. hindi ko rin maipaliwanag. 

Spirit of the Glass

This happened when my mom and dad was out of town... My brother invited his friends over for lunch...... After we ate lunch, I went up to my room and read a book... I don't know that one my my bro's friend brought a game quijo i think..,,, a spirit of the glass board game... So, they played... They called on spirits which answered their questions... Spirit of the glass is true, i've seen it move without hands... first, they called on the spirit of Jose Rizal, then Marilyn Monroe... 

Doppelganger

Our family is sleeping in just one room before (the only light comes from the altar). one night, natulog ako sa sahig then silang apat sa kama. it was so hot so nagising ako. kita ko nanay ko, naka-jacket pa! sabi ko tuloy sa sarili ko, "ano ba to? ang init-init dito sa pwesto ko, sila pala nilalamig na!"...so i turn to see where the electric fan is. baka naman nakatapat lang sa kanila. YOU KNOW WHAT I SAW?... My mom. andun sya, inaayos nya yung bentilador. so i was a bit confused. tingin ulit ako sa kama. andun din yung nanay ko! paglingon ko sa bentilador, yung nanay ko, gumagalaw, dahan-dahan, titingin na sa'kin. She had red, flaming eyes. Bigla akong pumikit and that's all i can remember. 

The nxt day, me lagnat na ako. later on, I asked mom about the jacket she was wearing that night. she said she cant remember how she lost it but it was not on her possession dati pa.

Swing

It was summer of '94. All our neighbor -friends were hangin' out at our house. Our street has a pretty steep incline. Diba pag ka flat ang street, di mo na makikita yung sa katabi niyong bahay dahil sa pader?Kami naman dahil pataas nga, kitang kita namin yung loob ng bakod ng isat isa. This will all make sense later.

Television

2nd Floor

I was working in a callcenter, lagi kong iniiwan yung magiina ko sa bahay namin. Kampante naman ako kase kasama naman nila sa compound eh yung magulang ko at mga kapatid na babae na may mga pamilya na rin. Kung kaya minsan ang ginagawa ng misis ko eh iniiwan muna nya yung panganay ko sa kuwarto namin sa taas, bali second floor namin at iniiwang nanood ng mga favorite children movies nya like Barney, Dora etc. 

Dormitory

I think ghosts always appear in dormitories and one time, when i woke up early in the morning at about 430

just to go the bathroom so that i could place my things, kc in that dorm, we have one big bathroom with about 5 cubicles of shower and 5 toilets.. the bathroom was almost opposite our room and you have to cross the hall...

at both ends of the narrow hall are windows... :I

Teacher's Camp

Peephole

I heard this story from a friend. There was this young lady who stayed in a hotel somewhere in the Philippines. She had a conference at that same hotel. Late one night she tried to sleep but couldn't because somebody was making a racket in the hallway. Somebody screaming, footsteps, knocks on the wall. So she got up and peeped through the peephole on the door. All she saw was the color red. Next morning she went up to the front desk, fuming mad because she didn't get a good night's rest. 

Mr Technician

I was working in this company in Hermosa, CA and It was 7 pm when I left the building. I was already eating my dinner at home when someone paged me from work, telling me that our main fileserver broke down, needing immediate attention. I work 8 hrs. a day (9-5) but when things like this happen, either the technician or the sysadmin should be there to fix the problem. I called our technician but he wasn't available so I went by my own.

Sweet Dreams

I was ten yrs old (and stupid) then, my brother, sister, me and our yaya were lying down in one bed (we were still small then and we lied down horizontally wrt the queen sized bed so that we practically fit in it comfortably)....another household help was lying down in a banig but in the same room...we were sleeping, then for no apparent reason, I woke up (naalimpungatan)..then I realized that I had to go "weewee"...so I was trying to wake up our yaya who was sleeping beside me to accompany me to the toilet... I didn't know what time it was but I was pretty damn sure it was way past midnight.....I can still recall that night, the sound of the insects (kulisap ata o kuliglig) from the neighboring trees were so annoying...then suddenly total silence...that silence caught my attention and for no apparent reason I turned my head to look out the window to investigate what was going on (while still lying down in bed)

Engkanto

The building where I used to work is notoriously known to house a lot of "engkanto" (not ghosts) because it is most of the time deserted and nasa forested area. One night our division was working overtime kasi we were preparing for a symposium. All of us were in the auditorium at one end of the building. My office mate asked me to accompany her to our office (at the other end of the building) so sumama ako. We were walking towards the Payroll section (takot na kami, actually), which is halfway, when we heard a knock behind the glass window. We didn't see anybody behind the glass. So we just looked at each other and made a crack, "Sino yon?" asked my friend. "Multo siguro," I answered. We both laughed nervously. We haven't finished laughing yet when it knocked again. This time we ran towards our office, realized noone was there, and ran back to the auditorium. I guess, I was fortunate (or she was fortunate) because there were two of us at that time.

Callroom (Retold)

When I was doing my psychiatry rotation during my internship, I was on duty on my own, together with one resident. At around 3 a.m., I was in my call room, located in a mezzanine at the psych wards, when I heard loud footsteps going up the mezzanine and then seeming to move around just outside my door.