Dead Persons’ Antiques
My wife is completely terrified of antiques wondering if
dead persons actually own them and even how they died. Some Asian cultures
believe that previous articles belonging to dead people might have ghostly traces
or aura energies of the deceased.
Which reminds me of the show about “The Pickers” on the
History Channel on Astro TV. The TV series is about 2 American guys who owned a
business in Iowa and they travelled to different states to collect antiques or
‘junk’– called “rusty gold”. Obviously the 2 guys do not believe of the
existence of ghost but I wondered whether they felt just bit uneasy of the old
stuff they buy. I guess I will not know.
Kenneth Chua, does not believe in this ghostly stuff either,
and he runs a fairly successful metal building contracting company. Kenneth together with his wife, Ming Yoke,
their children lives in Balakong in Selangor. One day Kenneth had to go to
Terengganu for a site meeting and after lunch he went to an antique shop. As
expected, Kenneth was very interested in old stuff and antiques. He purchased
an interesting old antique dressing table with mirror for his wife’s birthday
present.
The professional movers had to drive all the way from
Terengganu to his house in Balakong in Selangor. As the movers were taking the
old dressing with mirror they had to walk passed the living room on to the way to
the stairs.
An old Dressing Table
with Mirror
Kenneth’s and Mei Yoke’s youngest daughter, Jamie, 3 years
old were sitting in a child’s table in the living room playing with her
computer game. All of a sudden when Jamie looked up, she started crying and
shrieking with her legs tucked and folded up, frantically pulling away from her
little body. She was truly horrified with her eyes wide opened peering at the
old dressing table with the mirror.
Kenneth and his wife were taken aback and they rushed to
calm their daughter, lost and wondering what was wrong with her. Meanwhile Jamie
fell down from the child’s chair, still screaming with eyes still looking
frightfully at the dressing table. When Kenneth and his wife rushed to Jamie,
they tried unsuccessfully to pacify their daughter. Finally Kenneth had to tell
the movers to transfer the old dressing table back to an old warehouse.
