spirit of the coin




it was when we were camping at an abandoned house on pulau ubin that we played 'the spirit of the coin'. we drew a chart with numbers and letters and a place marked 'home'. 'yes' and 'no' were also marked on the chart. when we were tired of playing and wanted to stop, we would ask the spirit to go to 'home'. we used a ten-cent coin.

we did not play throughout the duration of the 5-day camp; i think we played on two nights. we would ask personal questions like "when will so-and-so get married?", "how many children will he have?" and "will i pass my driving test?".

up to now, i still do not know if some paranormal or supernatural forces were behind the movement of the coin. three of us played the 'game'. each of us touched the coin with our right forefinger and concentrated our energy on it. after a while, we seemed to be under the control of some unseen forces and the coin started to travel over the chart.

we were quite serious about the whole matter because we had been warned not to fool around with the 'spirit'.

years later when i thought about it, i tend to believe that we had consciously or unconsciously selected the answers/responses. anyway, most of the predictions did not come true.