Restless Brothers of St Michael

The Brothers have dedicated themselves to the school and to the welfare of the students. Bearig the spirit of Faith Zeal and Community, these brothers serve the school to the fullest. Now, St Michael has oly 2 Brothers left, Brother Vincent Cockery and Brother Matthew Bay. Brother Vincent was the school's principle and is now staying in the La Salle Centre behind St Michael. Brother Matthew is also staying in La Salle Centre and photography is his hobby. It was said that our belated Brother Ultan Paul is always with us. He is always seen early in the morning, walking around the school compound with his Bible. According to n aunty in the foodcourt, she saw Brother U Paul walked past her that morning eventhough he is lone gone...passed away. There is also another story that says that early in the morning, you will see a Brother, kneeling in front of the chapel at the third floor and he was holding a Bible. This Brother is headless, probably he was beheaded during the Japanese Occupation. I remember a good Chemistry teacher, Mrs Yee told us that everytime she came to school early in the morning, she hears water drippling in the water pipe from the Brothers' Dormitory. The dorm is now converted to Form 6 classrooms and no one is using the toilet. Probably the late Brothers who come back to take shower. =P

School Girl in Main Convent

This story was told by my sister and this incident happened in her former school, Main Convent, the historical school next to Ipoh Parade and opposite to Sam Tet and St Michael Church. It is a premier school and is over 100 years old too. It was late in the evening when the discipline teacher was patrolling the school and saw 2 girls sitting at the canteen, one was doing homework, the other just sat there. The teacher did not go to them but just kept patrolling the whole school. After the patrol, she went back to the canteen but saw only the girl who was doing homework. She went near and asked her "Girl, where is the friend sitting next to you? She went back?". The girl gave her a weird look...and said "A friend? Teacher, I was all alone from just now, doing my homework". You know what I mean. The teacher just kept quiet and asked her to go back home as soon as possible.

Tailing Girl in Anderson School

Anderson, being one of Ipoh's premier school is always well known to its hockey team and is a place for the Perak royalties to school. Anderson is the alma mater to the Perak Sultan and His male royalties. This school is very old and historical, older than St Michael and is over 100 years old. The story here gives me goosebumps when I first heard it. This story was told by my sister and she heard it from her friend. You can still see the Andersonians hostel next to the big field and close to the brick wall. Right next to the brick wall is a deep drain that separates Anderson and blocks of old flats. These flats are no longer there and had been demolished to construct new hotel and shops. In case you still do not know, it is in Fair Park nd opposite to the petrol station and church. Here it goes...long ago, there was a boy, living in the hostel and he could always see a girl of his age in the opposite old flats. The girl was watching him from the old flat window everyday. It was said that this girl looked at him so lovingly as if she had fallen in love with this guy. When this boy was walking in the hostel, he could see this girl would be watching him. The horror begins when this guy heard sounds when he was walking. Sound TAP TAP TAP were heard as if someone was following him. Everytime he turned back, no one was in sight. Then everyday when he walked, he will always hear the same sound. One day, when he turned around after hearing the sounds, he found no one again but this time, he looked down and saw the girl from the old flat, crawling behind him and she did not have lower part of the body.

Yellow Dress Girl In St Michael

St Michael's Institution is my alma mater and in year 2012, she will be celebrating her 100th birthday. Estabished in 1912 and gainig its reputation, thanks to students perfoeming well in academics, sports and even politics( former students ). Well, it is said that during WW2, ths school had been made the Japanese Headquarter where there are so many killings and torturing. It is even rumoured that there is a secret tunnel that will lead to Main Convent, next to Ipoh Parade but so far, none has seen the tunnel. Some said that the tunnel is located at the foot of The Deo Gratias statue in the foyer..so Michaelians, check it out. Ok, here it goes. St Michael has been rumoured with many ghost stories due to its long history and one of the most famous one would be the little girl in yellow dress. It was believed that this girl is one of the victims during Japanese occupation and since her death, she has been haunting the top floor of the main building. She was seen to wander around late in the evening or early morning but so far there are only 2 stories which I remember until now.

The first story:
Many years ago, there was a fire drill and all the students are required to line up at the field. There were this dicipline teacher and 2 prefects, patrolling the school to make sure everyone has left the classroom. There are 2 staircase, each at the end of the building, the far left and far right side. The teacher asked prefect A t take the left staircase and prefect B to take the right staircase. They were ordered to ascend to the third floor to check if anyone was left behind. When prefect B was ascending, a girl in yellow dress came out of nowhere descending the same staircse and ignore the prefect, ran down the stair. The prefect clled for herbut she didnt give any response and soon after that, disappear from sight. The prefect was confused to see a girl in an all-boys school. After that, both prefects reached the third floor and the teacher came up too. Prefect B asked the teacher whether the teacher got meet a girl in yellow dress since the teacher came from the way exactly where the little girl ran to( in opposite direction, they should have met). Suprisingly, the teacher denied of seeing any girl. Not a single soul is spotted since the whole building is vacant except for the 3 of them. Prefect B was shocked but suddenly, Prefect A said 'I saw the girl, I met her at the far left side, coming down from staircase.' How come a person can run down the far right side staircase but appear at the far left side of the building at the same time? It is not possible at all.

The second story:
This happened when I was in Form 2. This incident did not happen to me but to the another class of the same form. It was in 2005 where this class was having Living Skill subject(Kemahiran Hidup). The class was divided into 2 and the other half was having their lesson in the workshop while the other half was having their lesson in a class next to surau at the THIRD FLOOR. This Malay teacher was teaching and was one of my favourite teachers too. A very kind and motherly teacher. This class is divided into 2 where the front portion is used for lesson and the back portion is empty. The 2 portions are separated by wooden wall with transparent mirror in the middle. Therefore, the front portion can view the back portion clearly and vice versa. When this teacher was so engrossed in teaching, she paused suddenly and was looking at the back of the class in horror. She was looking directly to the mirror on the wooden wall. She kept quiet and looked pale. The class was silent too and most of them turned to look at the back of the class. A few students kept quiet and looked pale too. They were in horror but most of the students did not see anything and kept wondering what has caused the lesson to be disrupted. Not long after that, the teacher continue to teach and pretend as if nothing had happened. When the bell rang, the teacher calmly walked out of the class and went back. When the class asked the few students who looked pale just now, they were taken aback of what they heard next. It was said that behind the transparent mirror, which is the back portion of the class, they saw a little girl in yellow dress, was walking here and there. She walked to the left and to the right. After that, she vanished into thin air. Thse who saw her were in horror and the teacher was the first to see her but did not let the students know. She did not want to freak the students out.

Ghost Encounter or A Dream?

This happened to me when it was late at night. I was sleeping soundly on my bed with my back facing the ceilig of my room. It was dark as usual and I remember that I was partially awakened by someone. Someone who came into my room that very night. It was a woman with long hair. I think that she was wearing long robe but due to darkness, I couldn't see the colour of the robe. She came near to me and covered me with my blanket. I thought she was my mom but my mom has short hair! After she covered me with blanket, suprisingly she laid a kiss on my shoulder. I felt the kiss and it was so real. The lady went out of my room but I was still looking at her in a state of partial awake. She was standing at the corridor and this time, staring at my sisters' room. I felt asleep after that and the next morning, i asked my mom and my siblings if they happened to come into my room last night. They denied and they claimed that they were not awake at all that night. When I told them the story, my mm told me that it was just a dream but the kiss was so real. Until now, I still cannt figure out what happened that night, probably just a dream, I guess.