Tlhe ghost of yesteryear.

Last night, I was sitting on the  balcony at the 32nd floor of a Condo overseeing the whole of  Georgetown  and by the sea with my SIL, MC and my wife . The view was breathtaking and the moon was half hidden by the clouds. The bright lights below was multi-colored while we can see the traffic crawl like ants below. Our view of the town was partially hidden by many other blocks of condos and apartments.

MC have invited us to her home which have left unoccupied after the death of her husband about a year ago and we ere there to help her chase the ghost away. No, not the ghost of her husband but any other uninvited guest. It was only a joke but she told me that every home have its own story and she still have warm feelings for her late husband.  She told me that she have kept his ashes in an urn and she is not keeping it at the temple but at her home in Kuala Lumpur. Her late husband love to stay at the condo in Penang and he would sit at the same balcony and look out at the sea if he can. MC told us that she would bring try to bring his ashes to travel with her when she come to Penang by car. She also told us that her step daughter, S also like the condo very much and she is more obsessed with the beauty outside the Condo and even know when the ferry is passing and the timing of the rising tides. She spend most of her time idling and looking to the sea day and night when she is holidaying in Penang.

Yes, every house have a past and a story through time. The longer the existence of the house, the more history and ghost. Just like every human being . If they live long enough, they will have a story to tell and there will be many skeletons  in their closet.  These skeletons and like ghost which will haunt them through their life. Some story can be told but some have to remain untold and will be lost after every passing.

Before we left for our home, I told MC that the building will stay for many more generations after we are gone and we will be become the ghost in the house. Hopefully, we will not be chase out from our hiding when the day, the building comes down for another building. If that happens, we will be gone forever.

Namaste.