My brother Kenny got hitched yesterday at the Raffles Hotel Singapore. It is a lovely, colonial property, but just wasn't one that I was willing to splurge more than S$700 a night on for a room to sleep.
Still, I needed some place to retreat quickly too once the wedding ends because Titus does not fare well past his bedtime at 8.30pm. So we rented a room at a high-end hotel nearby.
That night baby slept poorly. I blamed it on the lack of afternoon naps due to the activities throughout Saturday. He went to bed at 11pm and woke up shrieking at 1am. His eyes were shut and his was screaming. It took Joshua and I a while to calm him down.
It was finally in Joshua's arms that Titus stopped crying, and Joshua continued to pace the length of our room to soothe him.
I sat on the bed, watching the both of them when suddenly, the TV switched itself on.
The image on the screen wasn't your usual TV programme. It was a red, grainy image, like the reception was down or the TV was spoilt. There was no sound. But there was an outline of a long, thin face.
Joshua couldn't see what's on the screen from where he was standing, but he heard the click of the TV turning on.
"Hey, why did you switch on the TV?" he asked.
"I didn't," I answered calmly, with my eyes still on the 'face'. And with that, the TV screen blacked out.
Baby went on to be woken at 3-plus in the morning, screaming again. This time, we brought him into our bed and had he sleep between us. He fidgeted a few times, and woke whining, but we were able to console him quickly.
Joshua didn't probe and I was glad he didn't. He did ask me about the incident this morning, over breakfast in the hotel lobby. He thinks the TV is centrally controlled by someone in the hotel. Now, why would anyone turn on a guest's TV in the dead of the night?
I think the poor hubby is trying to find a practical explanation for the horror. :)
I didn't feel afraid at that point in the night. What I felt was anger, thinking that it could be a spirit that had disturbed the sleep of my child.
Still, I needed some place to retreat quickly too once the wedding ends because Titus does not fare well past his bedtime at 8.30pm. So we rented a room at a high-end hotel nearby.
That night baby slept poorly. I blamed it on the lack of afternoon naps due to the activities throughout Saturday. He went to bed at 11pm and woke up shrieking at 1am. His eyes were shut and his was screaming. It took Joshua and I a while to calm him down.
It was finally in Joshua's arms that Titus stopped crying, and Joshua continued to pace the length of our room to soothe him.
I sat on the bed, watching the both of them when suddenly, the TV switched itself on.
The image on the screen wasn't your usual TV programme. It was a red, grainy image, like the reception was down or the TV was spoilt. There was no sound. But there was an outline of a long, thin face.
Joshua couldn't see what's on the screen from where he was standing, but he heard the click of the TV turning on.
"Hey, why did you switch on the TV?" he asked.
"I didn't," I answered calmly, with my eyes still on the 'face'. And with that, the TV screen blacked out.
Baby went on to be woken at 3-plus in the morning, screaming again. This time, we brought him into our bed and had he sleep between us. He fidgeted a few times, and woke whining, but we were able to console him quickly.
Joshua didn't probe and I was glad he didn't. He did ask me about the incident this morning, over breakfast in the hotel lobby. He thinks the TV is centrally controlled by someone in the hotel. Now, why would anyone turn on a guest's TV in the dead of the night?
I think the poor hubby is trying to find a practical explanation for the horror. :)
I didn't feel afraid at that point in the night. What I felt was anger, thinking that it could be a spirit that had disturbed the sleep of my child.
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