i used to stay in a 4 room flat rented from an Uncle in Law, at 70 Telok Blangah Heights since demolished.
there was always a night light switched on but i will always cower in my blanket no matter how warm till i fell asleep.
apparently there was always a feminine presence that keeps watching me from the door, sometimes right by the bedside.
then it did not appear as I got older and went to Primary school, i mostly forgot about 'her' till the night before we moved to a new flat when I was in Pri 2/3?
by that time the night light was not necessary but I sure as hell felt and saw 'her' again at the door, watching me intently...even feeling sad and seeming to say good bye to me. I was so exhausted by the tension I fell asleep the moment she 'left'.
some years back my cousins started recounting the stories when we passed by the empty plot of land now, which got me thinking as I never told them what I experienced.
Apparently there was a lady whom was someone's mistress and lived in the flat, she committed suicide by hanging after a death threat to her lover whom did not make it back to see her in time. My mum was alerted when some neighbours remarked to my mum she might not have bought the flat if she knew what happened, but mum did nothing nor offered prayers as 'she' did not 'disturb' my mum.
but 'she' did disturb other members of the family whom lived in the house, and she only disturbed males like my father(had a few women that time), my uncles(still playing around) giving them a tap or two at the basin or kitchen. the master bedroom was always chilled and the bulbs never lasting even after they rewired it a few times so no one really occupied it but i always like to go in the afternoons as it was always so cool even without the fan. (those times in 80s i was a scaredy cat but still want to watch Jiang Shi Xian Sheng series of movies then after cower in blanket again lol)
Uncle-in-Law(had a few women that time) and Aunt with their 3 kids decided to move back to their HDB flat from their home office in Jalan Besar one day so asked my mum to start looking for her own place.
They moved back bringing all the stuff.....on the first night Uncle went to bed first in the master bedroom...the bed shooked so violently he was startled and went to the washroom hoping he was just imagining things...apparently washing his face he experienced more than taps and saw something he went pale from.
They moved out that very night back to Jalan Besar...went to one of those chinese mediums whom recounted to them there was a lingering spirit there whom had no peace...they performed some prayers...ceremony there but never moved back after and sold to a couple with a kid whom did not report any disturbances it seems.
70 Telok Blangah Heights was en-bloc with residents moving to 80+ now at the base of mount faber where Alkaff Mansion is, it was demolished after and remains an empty plot of land today.
apparently 'she' only disturbs men with multiple women in their lives...lol