Personal and Family
Ghost In The Room
THIS IS SUMMER AND WE AREN’T IN NOVEMBER.. There shouldn’t be Halloween stories.
But a couple of nights ago, I was early for my public administration class that when I entered the room, there was only one classmate waiting for the teacher before I came in. I said “Hi” and Rhea said “Why don’t you hi yourself”, no, I mean she also said hello to me, and was in fact similarly polite to me, like I was to her when I knocked on the door and greeted her earlier.
You know, I always have this untoward trepidation about snobby and conceited women when I was younger, perhaps even until now, that I have this subliminal fear of greeting women I am not so familiar with, like women of newfound acquaintances and those that are unfamiliar colleagues at work, that I often dissuade myself from greeting women who aren’t really close to me. In fact, I often have daytime nightmares about this that I imagine how conceited women would always respond to me when I said to them “Hello, how do you do?” and they would be like “Why are you helloing me or hi-ing me like that. Why don’t you hello yourself and hi yourself?”
But enough about that trepidation, I am sure it is merely that, trepidation and baseless hesitation. I am sure 9 out of 10 women I will said “hello” today, the moment I walk outside, would return my greetings with exemplary politeness, and not with some scorn in their eyes.
Rhea and me were sitting for nearly half-an-hour and our teacher, the eloquent and healthy Mr. Patinio, who happens to be the head of the Central Bank here in the city, has not yet arrived and neither one of our classmates.
It’s kinda strange, I uttered to Rhea, how our classmates are not in the classroom at that very late hour especially when we had to take the final examination that night (our classes goes towards the early part of night). She answered, that perhaps they all had forgotten about the examination. Well, I said I doubt that. Study shows that 9 out of 10 students just do not forget final examinations.
Excuse me, Rhea asked, have you seen somebody walked outside? I said What? She asked, have I seen someone from the room went outside by walking in front of her and me? I said that’s impossible because as far as I have noticed, there were only two of us there in the room, me and her, how could that be possible, I asked her?
But really I said, did she really saw some person walking in front of us?
Yes, indeed she assured me to the hilt, like I thought she was lying or had gone lunatic.
I told her not to worry and asked her to describe what she saw.
She said that while we were having a conversation, she thought that a classmate had already came in and sat down and then went out again. And Rhea described what she saw. She saw a woman with long hair in a white colored gown, walked towards the door and went out.
I said to her that we do not have a classmate with that description, and that I swore that not one of our other classmates have arrived yet.
She said yes indeed, not one of our classmate looked that way. And we both agreed that it was a ghost that she saw walking in the front part of the classroom, while we were having a conversation, and waiting for Mr. Patinio and the rest of our classmates to arrive.
But we didn’t leave the room. We waited for Mr. Patinio and the rest of our classmates to arrive. And we took the final examination.
Wil Says —
Why do female ghosts always have long hair and wear a white gown? You should’ve said hi to that female ghost. It would’ve been amusing if the ghost replied with “why are you hello-ing me?”
Made on April 21, 2008 @ 8:04 am
eric aka senor enrique Says —
I once read somewhere that contrary to common belief, spirits do wander around even in broad daylight.
Made on April 21, 2008 @ 4:03 pm
snglguy Says —
Hmm, long hair and white-colored gown… are you sure that’s not Sadako from “The Ring”?
Made on April 21, 2008 @ 7:25 pm
Major Tom Says —
To Wil: That’s a mystery, why even in books and in movies, that proverbial long hair and white gown is identifiable. Maybe they’re true beings out there in another realm, that the fact many speaks of them in the same manner and description only shows it’s or they’re strong veracity.
Made on April 21, 2008 @ 7:34 pm
Major Tom Says —
To eric: I could most probably agree on that. It’s just that maybe, they couldn’t be seen at daytime unlike at nighttime when they could be sighted at some rare times.
Made on April 21, 2008 @ 7:47 pm
Major Tom Says —
To Sngl: Might as well have been her. But I forgot to ask. The next time around, I won’t forget to ask her,
Made on April 21, 2008 @ 7:50 pm
Abaniko Says —
Naka white gown? Aba’y multo nga yan. Hehe. But I have yet to hear a bikini-clad ghost roaming around campus.
Made on April 21, 2008 @ 8:11 pm
Panaderos Says —
I haven’t encountered one in my life but I saw a tv documentary once that said that these ghostly entities are supposed to be everywhere. A lot of them simply “choose” not to make their presence felt. I guess it’s like some sort of a parallel universe.
You have a great site here, one that I would definitely revisit. Thanks too for your visit to my site.
Made on April 21, 2008 @ 8:44 pm
donG hO Says —
haven’t really seen one. but i believe in such experiences.
Made on April 21, 2008 @ 9:23 pm
Sidney Says —
Oh, that is the “white lady”… I thought only in the Philippines!
Made on April 22, 2008 @ 8:12 am
Ferdz Says —
I always enjoyed ghost stories. hehe. that was a creepy one. She must be quite a sensitive.
Made on April 22, 2008 @ 6:13 pm
pining Says —
gee, that’s quite scary…
Made on April 22, 2008 @ 9:34 pm
bw Says —
woo… pretty scary.. dunno bro, but are you sure this girl doesn’t need a psychiatric evaluation ?
Just kidding but sometimes people are … you’ll never know 
Made on April 22, 2008 @ 10:02 pm
Major Tom Says —
To Niko: That would have been a blast. A beautiful ghost that might be.
Made on April 23, 2008 @ 8:43 am
Major Tom Says —
To panaderos: Thanks for noticing my blog.
That I could believe in anytime–parallel universe. I have little doubt that there’s such thing.
Made on April 23, 2008 @ 8:45 am
Major Tom Says —
dong Ho: Well, I hope you could experience such even just for once. There’s a mystic in it that’s sublime, a peek into another world.
Made on April 23, 2008 @ 8:46 am
Major Tom Says —
To sidney: White ladies I bet are Philippine folk mysticism, it should be made a film about it, like The Ring, and it could be famous worldwide.
Made on April 23, 2008 @ 8:48 am
Major Tom Says —
To Ferdz: I once describe ghost stories as akin to eating very hot foods, they hurt but despite of that, we could keep on wanting it.
Made on April 23, 2008 @ 8:49 am
Major Tom Says —
To pining: It was actually madame, I thought I would have run outside ythe minute Rhea spoke of that. The hair on my skin stood up and I trembled a little.
Made on April 23, 2008 @ 8:51 am
Major Tom Says —
To bw: Perhaps bro. maybe I should talk to Rhea bout seeking help. But you know, I have such experiences or sightings once in a while, even when I was a child. Maybe it’s just a natural thing. Or maybe I should seek help..he..he
Made on April 23, 2008 @ 8:52 am
barrycade Says —
i love ghost stories, and i like this post primarily because you were part of the story, which makes it even creepier than hearing passed-on ghost stories.
That classmate of yours who saw the ghost, does she walk on water, too? haha.
She’s gifted — but not the kind of gift I’d like to have. I don’t want to see ghosts! 
Made on April 23, 2008 @ 10:46 am
Toe Says —
I think it would be much scarier if you said hello to the ghost and the ghost says “why don’t you hello yourself?”
I think that it is also scary that I enter an exam room and most of my classmates forgot about the exam. I would think that I missed the exam altogether.
Good luck in your exam Major Tom! 
Made on April 23, 2008 @ 1:34 pm
Atticus Says —
now, that was scary.
how were you able to take the test without that thought bugging you?
awwww-woooooo!
Made on April 23, 2008 @ 8:52 pm
Major Tom Says —
To barrycade: I thought that she might have had some supernatural abilities. But I see apparitions in the past, once or twice, so I think it was just normal.
Made on April 25, 2008 @ 6:50 pm
Major Tom Says —
To Toe: Thanks to Toe–I have one last final exam tomorrow and i’m quite busy studying.
Oh, that would have been so scary if ghosts speaks to one who sees it. I could just imagine the horror.
Made on April 25, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
Major Tom Says —
To atticus: Maybe I just got comfortable long ago that the spiritual world is but an undeniable truth. There’s an acceptance to that somehow that I just forgot about that thought, that day.
Made on April 25, 2008 @ 6:54 pm
Jayred Says —
That was spooky ha. Maybe your classmate has the so-called third eye, and can therefore see spirits.
Made on April 26, 2008 @ 9:21 pm
annamanila Says —
I can believe that, I can believe that disembodied spirits (that can sometimes assume gauzelike form) are all around. I haven’t seen one though.
Made on May 10, 2008 @ 9:24 am