Abandoned HDB Flats

 

• You have 20 to 30 minutes to wander around the whole ghost town. Be warned on the potential dangers in this estate, and any action that you take is totally at your own risk. There are strayed dogs around, foreign workers nearby, and (may be) triads hiding out. Places are badly deserted and vandalized. You may walk in pairs or in small groups to recee every floor of the building if you dare too. You will see how some houses were evacuated in a rush with many things still left behind; see (and imagine) how the shops were operating busily in the past and now gone with the wind.. Surely it is more interesting than OCH. But please see for your eyes only, don't touch anything and don't take anything back. Use your common sense to deal with anything suspicious. Always be observant and cautious. When things are not right, run!
  
  After you return to the bus, tell us what secret you have discovered. Interesting stories would be shared around in the bus on our way heading to Kranji.

Ghoulish spots to see about

• The abandoned residential flats
• The abandoned shop houses
• The abandoned coffee shop & market
• The abandoned car park
• The banana tree jungle opposite
   

Ghoulish information to learn from

No joking.  This is truly a Singapore's ghost town.  This place is damn eerie at night.  You will hear stray dogs howling, ghost whispering and laughing in the wind...


The Ultimate Mystery

You are encouraged to brainstorm in the bus after visiting this ghost town.  Why this Kranji HDB was abandoned as if the residence has left in just overnight?  Be prepared to hear many wonderful explanations from each other.


Rumours of Banana Tree Spirit

In every season, the banana trees are ready to blossom and their purple jantongs (hearts) which contained their flowers would start to appear.  Soon the flowers would burst through and transform themselves into little green fruit, as small as a baby's fingers.  These would grow quickly and within a month there would be beautiful bananas on long stems ready to be cut down and hung up to ripen.

In the Kranji Banana plantation, there is a Pisang Raja tree - King of Bananas.  The flesh and the skin of this particular species of banana was the color of gold and it tasted like no other banana.  But one day, the Pisang Raja tree has been vandalized.  Tied tightly around the jantong were strands of cotton sewing threads.  They were of seven different colors.  Why would anyone want to do such a thing?  Somebody from the neighbourhood was trying to force the spirit of the Pisang Raja tree to grant him a special favour.  By reciting jampi-jampi (magic verses used by witchdoctors) and tying threads tightly around the jantong, the flower buds would be deprived of moisture and would die.  The threads would only be untied if the tree spirit agreed to grant the person the favour.  Because of the tightly wound threads around its jantong, the tree spirit could be heard to groan in pain.

There the culprit near the Pisang Raja tree, prayed out loud "Spirit of this tree!  I command you to give me the first prize number in this week's lottery!  If you don't, I shall destroy your jantong and you shall die!"

Two days later, he won the lottery and moved out from the HDB flats into a condominium.  On the same day, the Pisang Raja tree died because the thief didn't keep his promise and untie the thread.  And the revenge from all the banana tree spirits from the whole farm have come into the HDB estate, in search of the thief..  We don't know what had happened.  But all the people hastily moved out from the HDB estate as if they had just vaporized overnight.     -- Source: "There Are Ghosts Everywhere in Singapore", Vol. 2, The Publishing Consultant.