Archive for the 'ghosts and ghouls' Category

you’re scaring me, kulas!

June 13, 2008

me, mama, and tia caring were playing with kulasito this afternoon when he suddenly looked past tia caring…way past tia caring, above her, in fact. then he frowned, lips pulled down in an inverted U, and started crying. he would look above tia caring once in a while and cry. told him [...]

things that go bump in the middle of the night

March 25, 2008

our building has its usual share of ghosts and ghouls. there is the usual white lady of the balkon who seems to be waiting for somebody (seen by tricycle drivers daw), the usual kapre on the roof (seen by the boarders), the usual aswang that knocks on the doors of the apartments (also heard by [...]

spirits and men

February 10, 2008

i’m not one who easily believes in taong-lipod stories, but i still like to play it safe and say “tabi apo” whenever i pass by huge trees or dark corners full of foliage or a little stream because, who knows, you just might step on one. i’ve heard stories, too, of how they were sent [...]