I’m not sure what’ll happen to me if I were to see a real ghost, might say, “Is that all you can do? Show me more tricks so I can write about it.” Lol, I think it’d be fun meeting Fong; he seems like a cool guy.

I used to be scare of the Bodhi tree for years as a kid. I had a couple of bad experiences in reference to the tree. One time was when my teacher’s house was hit by a branch of the tree. When I walked to visit her I used to be scare of those gigantic trees.

Also at Wat Nong Bonh there were so many of the trees along the walls of the temple. When you first enter the temple the location of where dead people are cremated is to the left with all the trees. I had to walk pass those trees at night to take English classes after dinner. When my sister passed away, I was so afraid that she would haunt me because of some fights we had before. I also had to walk by those trees at the back of the temple for typing lesson. My English classmates used to scare me by jumping out from the dark behind the Bodhi trees. They also told me that when I walk under the tree at night and hear all the noises, that’s the noises from all the ghosts at the temple! They were older than me and were boys so I was expected to be pick on. After English class, I would run home so fast until I can see the street lights. But I didn’t want to quit the English lesson and never told my parents about how afraid I was of the ghost.

So, when I was standing there with Fong, I told myself, you are not a kid anymore, don’t be scare of the noises, the wind, and all the shadows at night time. Interestingly there was a little Tad near the tree with bit and pieces of offering.

I noticed that people in Laos will have a mantle or Tad so they can make offering and ask for good business.

All of a sudden, I heard some noises from the top of the Bodhi tree, as if the branches were breaking off and heard a sudden drop from the tree. At the time I didn’t know what to think, but what ever it was, it was huge. I’m not sure of what really happened, but all of a sudden, there were dense fog that formed underneath the Bodhi tree. The fog got thicker and formed into something that look like a giant size human, almost half the size of the Bodhi tree and the head was almost as big as the ceramic pot (oungk nom), long messy hair covered the white face but the eyes and lips were bright red. That thing smiled at me, its mouth opened until I could see the white teeth and it looked straight at me. I stood there froze, still confused of what really happened. The thought ran through my mind of all the possibility of what this might be, as soon as I realized that it might be a ghost, I got so scare, I covered my face and started to scream.

Then Fong took off running…lol.