The Ghastly Apparitions
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No, this is not another Sadako animated gifs, nor are they fake edited pictures created in Photoshop to scare you. These images are real, and there is a story behind all this. If you care to listen, please sit down, while I spread the star powder on the campfire, before we tune in to another session of Are You Afraid Of The Dark… *maniac hysterical laugh - screams can be heard from far away*
The story began when I went to the Data Sari Cipta (DSC) office, the modem distributor. Of the two solutions I proposed earlier in this journal, there came the third new option. The owner of DSC, a graduate of the Computer Engineering major in STTS (Technical High School of Surabaya), decided to let me borrow one of his modems until I finished my final project. Maybe because we are both students of Computer Engineering (although I steer towards the Information Systems division), he can understand what I’m going through, so he let me borrow his modem. I was to meet him in his office and take the modem earlier today at 11 am, and this is where the actual ghastly apparitions story began…
When I arrived, the office building was not like what I imagined an office building would look like. The building used to be a hotel named Jane’s Hotel, and the office was actually only in one room of the hotel, room 106. Since the owner was away, I decided to waste my time by looking around the hotel. It turned out that this hotel was a classic hotel that existed from the Dutch colonization era (early 1900’s). There is even a map of Surabaya that is still written in Dutch, and the notes from the map suggest that the map was made in 1929. The artifacts that exist in this hotel are ethnic Javanese, with some influences from the Dutch culture here and there, especially on the layout of the hotel itself.
Since the owner was not back in 30 minutes, I took out my Sony Ericcson S700i and snapped some pictures.
• Hallway towards backyard
• Exit towards backyard
• Backyard tree and “pendapa”
• Lobby - Angle #1
• Lobby - Angle #2
• Room 106 - The Office
• Gamelan lounge
• Vases and paintings
• Hallway towards front door (apparition?)
• Receptionist desk
For the guy that told me to go out and contribute to Indonesia’s 60th Independence Day… well here is my contribution. This post shows you a building from the pre-independence days, so it should have some historical meaning in it. Besides, if I’m not mistaken I saw a painting of Teuku Umar in here, but I don’t feel like taking an up-close photo of the painting because taking pictures of a painting can be spooky. Also remember that I took these pictures on 11 am, so there’s still daylight, but I bet you wouldn’t want to sleep in this hotel in the night.
Also, for the information of those who might be interested, this hotel is for rent. So maybe if you’re not scared and you want an office or workplace with an ethnic feel and a mystical atmosphere, this will be a good place to look at. Maybe the guys from the Outcasts Community can rent this place as their Surabaya Headquarters? The address is a “good number” too, it is located on Dinoyo 100 Surabaya, so it should be easy for your customers to remember where your office is located if you decide to rent this place after all.
pray for that place. That’s all I can say.
Comment by Chette — Thursday, August 18, 2005 @ 23:48
huah….the place is so cool … wone if i could spend nights duing my visits there ….
Comment by Juli — Saturday, August 20, 2005 @ 13:50
Pay for me transport and accomodation cost, and I’ll do the ghostbuster thing for free!
Better and faster than any prayer!
Comment by truegossiper — Monday, August 22, 2005 @ 17:27
Hello. I’m accidentaly drop by to your website. Okay, in short, I got this blog’s URL from Nathan (you might know him… or not). It’s looks like you’re working on manga translation. Well, that’s a good idea for sure. Thanks for your time. (From my ‘investigation’, you’re also a PCU College student, don’t you? well same as me.
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Btw, I’m just curious about your spooky photos you uploaded here, especially the two photos on the front page. Maybe it’s just only me, but I couldn’t understand what did you talking about. It seems a plain photos for me, a plain room. I don’t see spooky things, or just I’ve missed them?
Okay, success for your great work. I really appreciate it.
God bless you,
MightyMartin
Comment by MightyMartin — Saturday, September 3, 2005 @ 21:53