Nightmare.

Had a nightmare which kept me awake till morning. Sure, I do experience nightmares occasionally, but this one was so surreal and detailed, that it still stayed fresh in my mind up to this moment. It all began with me paying for my plate of mixed rice in a coffeeshop, and then proceeded to look for an empty seat. Much, much searching later (the coffeeshop was surprisingly huge), I finally spotted one and hurried over. The other 3 individuals person sharing that table were already halfway through their meal but none of them replied when I enquired if I could have a seat there. They didn't even bother to look at me, still facing down, focusing only on their food.

But the moment I sat down, the 3 individuals looked straight at me and immediately turned pale, much fear can be reflected from the expression from their face. Still they said nothing. Just staring. Then I noticed that the guy sitting opposite me repeatedly moved the pupil of his eyes from center to the left, as though signalling me to turn to that direction, which I did. Nothing weird, just another couple of individuals having a meal in sight, chatting away merrily.

But still, he kept repeating, and suddenly, I felt that he's trying to tell me to move away from that seat. Yet, plain silence when I tried to confirm the meaning of his actions. Frustrated for not being able to dine in peace, I inched away from that table, grumbling and cursing along the way. All of a sudden, an old lady next to me gave her seat to me, which I declined, noticing that she had yet to finish her meal. She insisted and out of nowhere, pulled a chair close by, sat down and continued eating. I thanked her and made myself comfortable.

As I was about to have a spoonful of rice, the old lady took out a wooden pencil and positioned it on the table, the tip facing the direction of the previous table and mumbled that I should't have sat there. Confused, I set my sight on that table and saw a white figure, kind of transparent. with long jet black hair, sitting where I was just now, something not in sight initially. Totally stunned, I could feel cold sweats trickling down on my cheeks; I felt petrified and paralyzed.

Really scared, I looked away immediately, focusing only on my food but occasionally stealing glances of the figure. I realize that other than me, the 3 individuals on that table and the old lady, no one else knew of the it's existence. Then, the figure began inching towards me slowly, the sound of chains being dragged echoed in the background, clear and sharp albeit all the commotions in the coffeeshop. At the same time, the old lady together with the 3 individuals hurriedly left. I still remember praying hard, ignoring the fact that the figure is getting closer by the minute. I wanted to scream for help, but my throat was so dry that I couldn't even make any sound, also unable to move, felt like my energy being sucked away. I could hear my own heartbeat, so fast that its beyond normal.

Then, it stood next to me, for sometime, before slowly placing its head in between me and my food as I was still looking downwards. It got closer and closer and finally, began to turn its head around, to face me, as its hair begin falling back bit by bit... I shut my eyes tightly but something was trying to pry them wide open. I'm afraid, really afraid...

And that's when I was jolted up, then unable to continue sleeping as I was scared to close my eyes. Even now as I'm recalling the nightmare, my heart skipped a few beats. Talk about nightmares, shiet...

On a totally unrelated note, there'll be no updates for the few days to come as I'll be off to Redang, Perhentian and Lang Tengah (I think) for holidays, make it a very much deserved one. My previous vacation was to KK, Sabah, August 2006. Hence ends the countdown, where some thought I was counting down to the day where I shall propose the girlfriend. Blek!

Countdown: Heading off tonight for an exciting tomorrow...