Comments on: Haunted Hotel or Singapore Changi Madness?

By: Ric Garrido

Ric Garrido — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:23:10 +0000

After a half-dozen trips to Singapore where i always stayed downtown, the village quality of Changi Village was a pleasant and different face of Singapore. I enjoyed the time I spent there outside of the busy city.

Wathcing the airplanes is a blast at that location. The Changi Village rooftop swimming pool was the best pool experience I had that trip.

By: dc

dc — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:58:27 +0000

hi dave from england i visted changi village hotel in sept/october 2007 i also felt like lead one night but i put alot down to over tiredness with jet lag and being intrested in aircraft me and my friend were up at 5 every morning for ten days and 2 many late nights i would live there now if i didnt have a daughter its the most relaxing and freindly place i have been to in my life singapore never felt out of place lovely people and hope to revisit in 2010 the lead weight not put me of lol

By: Ric Garrido

Ric Garrido — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:48:20 +0000

This is just a story of a bizarre night I experienced in Singapore. The story involved only me in the physical world and is not meant to reflect on the people of Singapore.

I love Singapore and I think it is one of the least scary places in the world to visit.

As far as my local area goes.
A local business in my home town of Monterey runs a ghost walk service. The history of Monterey is rather scary and I recommend the ghost tour of Monterey as a good historical tour of the older adobe sites in the city.

Monterey has a bloody history as does much of California with the decimation of the indigenous people, the conquest of Mexican California by the USA, and the extermination of Chinese communities throughout western towns in bloody ethnic cleansing riots during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

We certainly have our ghosts in California.

By: Tay

Tay — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:37:19 +0000

dear all !

in fact all countries around the world more or less have this type of thing(s) “paranormal”,
it’s usually everywhere regardless of country you go.
it’s just your “luck” that you encountered !
do not paint Singapore as a “scary” place to visit ! don’t tell me that your own country do not have such “supernatural paranormal” things ?

By: chris_nyy

chris_nyy — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:59:25 +0000

I am an American who has lived in Singapore for two years and really enjoyed it. Singapore is a very spiritual place, where you can encounter spirits. I had an internship at hotel on Orchard Road which was full of spirits, although I never saw one multiple co-workers and a few guests have seen them. However, what you experienced is most likely not a spirit on you. What you were subject to was sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is closely related to the paralysis that occurs as a natural part of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Sleep paralysis occurs when the brain awakes from a REM state, but the body paralysis persists. This leaves the person fully conscious, but unable to move. The paralysis can last from several seconds to several minutes “after which the individual may experience panic symptoms and the realization that the distorted perceptions were false.” People tend to experience this more when their sleep schedule is messed up, as I have when traveling from the US to Singapore.

By: hello1234

hello1234 — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:29:51 +0000

Well honestly I don’t think ghosts are that scary but maybe the spirit didn’t want you there and was just upset that he was desturbed or maybe you just sat on him and shwished him!!!

By: katelyn

katelyn — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:36:27 +0000

Hi. im singaporean living in east changi near the hotel . Yes. changi is said to be a haunted place with many encounters . I have the sleeping experience at home , however, mine is due a phenomenon called sleep paralysis . Its when your body entered REM wave sleep and get “disconnected” from the brain . If you’re woken in the middle of REM wave sleep , you probaly would not be able to move your body. its a scary experience as you can still see and hear. Many illusional sighting and hearing is reported . Do check it out online, your description matches the phenomenon.

I am someone who is able to see paranoma since primary 6 ( it only started then and became less common) i have personal experience of seeing British troops marching when i went to changi village for dinner .

hotels all over the world are the most haunted places tho . i experienced a unrest soul turning on lights switch in Redang , Malaysia . and roof floating in china . however , no harm have been done .

i have been living in Changi since i was born . i would say it one of the most pastoral areas in Singapore

By: Ric Garrido

Ric Garrido — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:18:46 +0000

When I state I have not been back to Singapore since the 2006 event, the reason is due almost entirely to the higher cost of airline tickets, and not to any reluctance to revisit the lovely island of Singapore.

I am in desperate need of new clothes.

By: QuaChee

QuaChee — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:10:20 +0000

like yr description about the lion city haha. and yr encounter – sounds lil scary.

By: 3rdEyeMuse

3rdEyeMuse — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:10:31 +0000

what a fantastic read and I learned something, to boot. thanks.

ps – Pim looks like a keeper.