This is taken from SPI's website one.... so enjoy....
Des is a frequent ah beng cyclist who occasionally hangs around
with his ah beng friends by going cycling (to where I don't know)
if he isn't chilling out under void decks speaking Hokkien
vulgarities, gufawing and idling time away.
If you know the Bedok North area well, you will know where is the
Red Swatika Primary School located and the stretch of lonely road
(many cars passes by there often but in terms of pedestrians it is
very secluded and lonely) that is heading towards Bedok reservoir
road. In the middle of the road there is the PIE over crossing it
like a huge bridge. Needless to say, under that highway it is VERY
dark, not to mention run-down as you can see weeds growing outta
the 'pillars' of the highway. Look around and you can only see
vegetation, wild bushes and even draping vines from the highway!
This only goes to show that the Government did not bother to send
someone to try keep the area physically clean. Anyway, even before
the story was told to me I heard from the typical ah sohs in my
neighbourhood that that area under the PIE is VERY dirty...
spiritually dirty. Yep... I walked under there a few times (cos got
off at wrong bus stop) and did actually feel my hair stand a number
of times. Maybe its just chilly....
Des related to me there was once he was with a group of about 6
friends cycling to Bedok Reservoir coffee shop from Bedok North Rd
when suddenly one of his friends' bicycle tyre punctured for no
reason and the poor beng got to push his bicycle all the way to
their destination. Naturally, anyone going from Bedok North Rd to
Bedok Reservoir would have to pass by that stretch of dirty road
and also, under the PIE. Also expectedly, the one pushing the
bicycle was also at the back and last of the group.
It was around midnight to early morning when they happened to pass
under the PIE. Everything went on smoothly until the last guy got
stopped by an old lady dressed in a very old typical China samfoo.
She was in a dark corner of the bridge and was beckoning the last
guy in the group to come over.... it was quite a distance and
rather dark but he could roughly make out her presence. Here's what
Des told me:
" I dunno what happened but my friend just went over. We all were
quite shocked as so late already, where got people, especially old
lady doing at that ulu (secluded) spot. We don't know what happened
but he came back running and told us to rush off as that old lady
kept on holding back onto his bicycle and asked him to help her dig
in the ground. She was pointing to the ground all this while. She
told my friend that her grandchild was buried underneath and that
she needed him to help her dig him up.... then when we looked
closely, we could see that her eyes were hollow!! Without a word we
all pia (dash off) from that place as fast as we could!! Even my
friend, as if he got so much sudden energy, he ran all the way
pushing his bicycle almost as fast as we were cycling!! "
That was a few years ago when it happened but somewhere later on he
asked his mother about the PIE thing and she revealed that a few
years back a young little boy was playing along under the PIE when
don't know how, but he got hit by a vehicle and died on the spot.
The newspapers even came out an article on that. Everyone in the
Bedok North neighbourhood knows the family of the boy. Apparently
it seems that he was his grandmother's only and favourite grandson.
So we all know the rest here ......
