Not Scary la....

I was driving along PIE last night when it started to drizzle. The night seemed very misty and the chilling cold air gushing out from my air-con blower didnt help. As I exited PIE via Pasir Laba, I noticed the mists getting thicker. After turning into the small road leading to NTU, i could see a very thick layer of fog covering the roads as high as my car tyre level. Both sides of the roads were nothing but trees of endless darkness.

The fogs on the ground were moving very rapidly. If u r an optimistic person, you prob would imagine yourself driving on the clouds in the 'heaven'. If you a neutral person, you probably would relate the fogs to those you get from dry ice in a wedding dinner. But if you belong to the other extreme end.......

I couldnt help but recall a story shared by one of my guard commanders during my night duty in the army camp. My camp is located jus slightly further down NTU, separated by a very huge sea of cemetries. Our guard room was situated jus beside the main gate, which is facing a very narrow but long stretch of road leading to the main road where the cemetries are. In the day, you would see nothing by the roadsides except for the very thick forested areas. At night, it will be complete darkness and you would see NOTHING.

It was said that during one midnight, the guards were standing by the gates when a gush of white fog (at about knee level) suddenly came flooding from outside the narrow road into the camp compound via the gates. The guard commander quickly summon everyone into the guardroom and locked the door. It was only after sometime that the fogs got cleared up. Nobody knew what happened. I took this story as a pinch of salt when i heard it 6yrs ago.

Last evening, I get to personally witness this scene. The fortunate thing was that I was in my car and could drive off fast. If i were to walk on the road, I probably would get frightened. Still, I believe there is a high possibility that the fogs were a result of some chemical reactions between the hot road surfaces and the drizzles. But the sight is definitely enough to freak out any weak hearted ones.

And thanks to birdtan, sumantri and siewting, who invited me to watch The Shutter in their room. The dark, chilly and quiet atmosphere may contribute to the scariness, but the small laptop screen + occasional MSN pop ups from sumantri's laptop spoilt the eerieness. Sumantri asked me if I dare to drive back alone, but he didnt realise that I have experienced much more than watching horror movies and driving on the misty roads. I even drove to NUS in the later hours for a jog in the quiet and deserted SRC tracks :D