Old Changi Hospital & Commando Barracks.
Posted: June 1st, 2007 | Author: faddy | Filed under: Dear Diary, Photography | 45 Comments »
During the 2 days 1 night chalet at Changi, the cousins and I decided to visit the ‘haunted locations’ around the area. In fact, the infamous Old Changi Hospital was just across the road from our chalet; tell me, who wouldn’t be tempted? Haha.
The initial plan was to tour the places under the starry skies, but because we were watching a film on Pocongs which ended only at 330am, we decided to postpone the trip to morning so that I could take pictures as well. Hoho! Finally, my virgin trip to the location!
The climb up the steep flight of stairs in itself was very creepy; my wild imagination keeps replaying scenes from the Pocong film and after a headcount, we stepped into the premises, where Anz and Ahmad, who had been to the place countless times (but at night) led the way.
Being the scaredy cat that I was, I couldn’t really stop to take proper pictures as I just CANNOT stand to be left alone in the dark empty rooms as the rest shuffle in and out in a quest to look for the entrance to the basement. Thus, pardon the bad photography :/ Cannot make it. Haha.
Some of the rooms were really pitch dark and we had to maneuver around using light from handphones and lighters. It could be my imagination, but at times I felt really uneasy, as if someone was just looking at all of us.
So anyway, like I mentioned, the cousins were on a quest to get into the basement. The story was that the basement used to serve as the hospital’s mortuary and thus was the most keras (erm, full of spirits?) location in the entire premises. It was also said that the entrance to that place was the only one which remained lock and cordoned off from public.
However, one of the cousins had a tip from a friend that the lock has been broken and the entrance was just to the right of the main entrance. Weirdly though, we circled the entire area thrice, poking into EVERY room and yet we didn’t manage to find the door.
And I say circled, cuz it seemed like even though we consciously decided to move to different areas of the buildings to search for the door, we somehow ended up where we started at. Hmm…
Have any of you been in the mortuary? If so, where exactly is the location of the place ey? I’m rather curious. Telltale signs : Pitch black and very very smelly, according to my cousin’s friend.
Tired and frustrated, we then decided to leave the place to head to another location. Anz says that around the vicinity, there’s a derelict Old Japanese School. Together, the 6 of us trudged down the gravel road from OCH’s carpark down the hill, until we finally saw an old building.
At first I thought it was the Japanese School, as it seemed that the whole building just comprised of classrooms, classrooms and more classrooms with wide open spaces. However, after reading Izad’s post on haunted houses, now I know that it was the Commando Barracks.
As Anz and Firdaus were too darn tired to climb up the stairs, they left myself with the 3 other guys to explore the place. Thus, my intention to take photographs again was hampered as the other 3 quickly moved from one room to another and I just CANNOT be left in a room alone, being the scaredy cat that I am hahaha.
But overall, I find that the Old Changi Hospital was waaaaay scarier then the Barracks. I felt more unease there, and there were just so many twists and turns and pitch dark rooms that I just find it hard to understand how kids can go there at night and not get lost haha.
Have you been to any of these two locations? Any ghostly experiences to share? I know some people who actually were possesed at the Hospital, suddenly walking up the rooftop alone, or laughing to himself suddenly, and the group who kept going down the stairs but just couldn’t reach the first floor. Erk.
Will I go to the places at night?… Most likely not. Wakakakakakka!
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Wow, look at all the pics there, very cool :) You’re still brave you know, since you went there. For me, I used to like exploring abandoned buildings when I was young. But then they cordon it off and its hard for me to enter.
I love the pictures Faddy :) Really spectacular
Thanks Rinaz! Very brave? haha you should have seen me screaming like a sissy telling my cousins and brother to wait for me :P Anyway, even the buildings right now have cctv. they say, its luck ah if they catch you…
Thanks for the compliments on the pictures! :D
nice picture there fad!!!
Thanks Nuulsue! hahaha. My cousin gila eh this morning sms merapek2? wakakkaka..
you went in the day? go at night la, more exciting!!
TAKOT LAH! hahha i pengecot u know!
asking for trouble only!! my sis once told me a story about some yaya papaya malay guy who went missing whilst exploring that area with his friends!! *shudder* and oh! ask hana abt her experience with a djinn……scary shits.
be careful faddy!
=P
eeeekkk! scary… abeh canne? missing persons? agaknye dia mmg nak hilangkan diri ke kau ni ponnnn. Ape be careful be careful? faddy dah KLUA building tu ok, alhamdulillah takde pape woohoo!
HANA!!! Ape citer ape citer?!
wah seh.. u damn brave la.. if it’s me, kirim salam sudah.. sungguh tak berani.. hahaha… babe ur pics damn damn beautiful la…… I’m falling in love with you…your pics i mean.. hehehe.. take care ya love!
im falling in love with YOUR pics lah hidayah! hahaha so chio ok! maybe satu hari we can form a bloggercumphotographerwannabe (BOPHOBE) group and organize photo trips! hahahha..
at least you have the bravery to actually step inside. I don’t think I’m able to do that…hahaha, terkencit-kencit/terkentut-kentut nanti…
but already looking at pictures makes me shiver..(well, slightly)
i like the graffiti pictures though.
HAHA ok u made me laugh mcm orang gila baca your comment ok sarah. Sungguh the mengarot caann!??! hahahaa…
Graffiti pictures, i have a few. i suggest you walk along the old buildings at dhoby ghaut/city hall/prinsep there, banyak graffiti pictures u can take. some are really nice and unique. with YOUR phototaking skills, CONFIRM POWER!
You have good eyes for photography! Cantik cantik gambar. Ada satu tu gambar no. 7 (from top) semua posing macam nak buat music video. Heehee.
It’s my first time visiting here.. will come again. I really enjoy this entry :-)
haha thanks for the compliments Lynn! Sungguh terharu saya heheheh.. music video clip? hohohoho! i think boleh jugak, in that pic we have a guitarist and vocalist… tinggal drummer je kekeke…
Sure, you’re welcomed here anytime! thanks for dropping by ya! :)
FADDY~!!! WHERE is the kick when you went in broad daylight darling~!!!??
SHAZ~!!! You also don’t be yaya papaya ok… this place is not for you sweetie~!!!
UNCLE SHA~!!! You’re the athlete rigghhhtttt~~!!! So you’ll have to be there when one fine day we take Faddy out on a night trip to that place, so if she needs to run, she can hop on you and YOU sprint~!!!
LOL~!
and oh… babe~! that photo with the signage that says, “NO PHOTO-TAKING”…
i really laughed when i saw that~! maybe not the rest.. but almost everyone i know who goes there take photos lah okay… so a bit redundant when i saw that signage! hahaha!
hop on me? you want a saddle with that :-p … hiyeaaaa gidde’up
hahha wah dah jadi kuda pulak!
HAHAH hana! kau dah jadi mcm faddy pulak, reply to the comments hehehe. can i hire you :P
anyway, wakakka TAKOT LA pegi mlm2 buta. sedangkan siang2 terang2 buta i dah mcm pengecut, ape lagi malam2?! siao! hahah confirm like what sarah cakap, “terkencit-kencit/terkentut-kentut nanti”. HAHAHHAHA.
Yah lor, very slenger they put up the sign. waste $5 govt money. aku curik kang!
aiyoh, that old changi hospital, pagi ke petang ke malam ke, confirm menyeramkan.
by 6pm, that place is totally creepy.
my friend lah. gatal go and drive there and my other girlfriends pun gatal nak check out. we only managed to go out of the car, have a look at the building, then jump back in.
i have the feeling of being watched and i really felt uneasy. in fact, i was the 1st one to jump back into the car!
badan aje besar eh.
LOL!
hahha 6pm? i go at 10am dah bulu roma naik ok! so the brrr scarryyy! hahaha..
Anyway HAHAHHA you and your friends so cute. next time pergi, bawak all your hasberns ah. like that i think korang confirm tak masok balik kereta hehehehe. :P
and your badan is SMALL lor!
im so true to my region. im such a west side boy. the only time im going to the far east is if i hafta visit my relative’s hse there.. or picnic at changi. other than that, i’ll be chillin at the hottest hippest coolest most happening place in sg, Jurong Point.
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u watch the CD pocong? ouh cool~! Ehk, atleast u brave to explore the place even though at a bright day.. if for me, tkpela.. takot sey~! sejak2 tgk crita hantu ny mcm2 kat fikiran.. hehe~! Bt i like ur pic.. nyce~! :)
hahahha yar lor, i masok, seribu satu cerita hantu masuk dalam otak. Frust!! anyway, u kan byk kawan2, go big group ah, i think tak takot sangat :)
Thanks for the compliments, Fana! :D
nice pictures. got here thru izadnhana. :)
Thanks for the compliments aisyah’s mom :D Hope you drop by often, and would you like to exchange links?
nite time is EVEN more freaky i tell you!!!!
its like bulu roma ternaik kejung!!!
wahahahahhahaha…
been there twice,
and it still left me with CHILLS!!!!
wahhh you go malam ah?! YOU REALLY TAKDE KEJE LOR!
and WOOHOO SQUASH BESOK!
Great info and great pics u have there. Love it! And ur trip to those 2 places is a good experience right? I think to differentiate, u must go there in daytime and night time. Hehe! But I guess night time more scarier. They often say that there’s a woman who will keep looking at the 3rd or 4th level at one corner of this room, tepi tingkap at OCH. I didn’t manage to get to the mortuary coz the police were rounding and we ran like one typhoon kids. Haha! Tak nak kena tangkap dengan polis, so everyone ran. LOL!
My grandfather used to work at Japanese school as a security guard. There was this one time where he was doing his work in his hut and this thing disturbed him. And it happened petang and also malam. But seeing my grandpa as someone who can’t be bothered, this thing went away. Lol!
Hey hey Idasie! Thanks for dropping by and for the compliments, really appreciate it :)
Alamak, go night time i forget it la ok. i’d rather be labelled pengecot or selenger bachin den go there at night haha. and AHHH its 12:16am and i just read your story now i wanna die already hahaha…
Yah, kalau kene tangkap police, if im not mistaken, fine is $500 per head. Gila btol hahha.. As for your grandpa, SALUTE dia lah! hahhaa!
Do you happen to have a blog i can drop by? :)
fadddd! haha. dgr2 takot? heh. why never go at night? confirm gerek nyer… ((:
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Dengar2? kau dah baca pon ja! hahahhaa.. takot ah gi malam, u went before ah? huhuhu. share experience ah!
ok i link u bebeh. we exchange links up ok. dont be a stranger, yakkan every year 2 hari je jumpa. hahha! (hari raya and family day hehhe)
faddy!
wah!! luki u!!!!!
ade map tk? pls?? pls???
eg: u draw one 4 me lah…
i nk gi bt tak tahu, care to email me more info on hw to gt there…
hahaha map on how to go OCH? ok u wait, i send u email by this monday ok! :D
you are so berani! I watched jgn pandang belakang and that was enuf to spook me for many nites to come…
HAHA NOT BERANI LOR. my cousin was like laffing at me ok. anyway, jgn pandang belakang i think not so scary leh.. mcm okok baby je. the nenek was hilarious somemore..
“Ape nama cu?”
“Dharma,Opah.”
“Ape? Dharmaopah?”
“Tak.. Dharma je..”
HAHAHAH!
u take great pix..! claps claps
haha didnt know u know the existence of my blog. Your pictures are better lor, as usual. must get a DSLR of my own soon man…
Hello Faddy! Hehe.. I’m here for the second time. LOL! Ur blog attracts me alot lah. And maybe we can link up? Shall we?
And I never know the Police will fine those trespassers for 500 bucks?! Wahlau! So much..haha! But two of my frens kena tangkap and being question. The rest of us all lari lintang pukang and met at the bustop. LOL! Lucky they tak kena fine or wat. Haha!
hahahah! thanks for returning idasie. sure, we’ll link up yay!
And yalor, i also dono pasal the police until my cousin told me. apparently she was at the old woodbridge, den kene tangkap by the guards. guards told em that nasib baik guards, bukan police. a grp of scramblers and harley davidson riders before that kene tangkap police and tros kene saman cuz they were so rude. pfft.
you went in the day mestilah boleh amek gambar… cuba try malam, nak buka mata pon tak boleh make it.. i went there night time in a group with bikes, i dah takut… sampai one time tu teni tried to play tricks on me nak takutkan beta si pengecut hantu…
what he did, he switch off the engine off button instead of matikan from the kunci.. and he act as if got hantu kacau kita… you cant imagine how my face looks like at the pillion seat.. i terus kejam mata and baca ayat qursi kuat2, sampai tersasul baca doa makan. everyone laughing like mad sia… but we couldnt explore further cos ada police car, didnt let us go in lah. lucky me… if not surely i cry.
i heard at the mortuary room, got one malay uncle do night guards with a big dog. so dont play play! my friends ever kena chase by the dog before..
aaaaaaahahahah. ok that was hilarious, i cannot stop laughing. mengarot sia yanni smpai doa makan all klua. teni is so super duper classic, should do it more often hwhhahaha.
Aiyoh, nasib baik i never go then! tak pernah dengar pulak pasal big dog tu… scary mary! dah lah i takut hantu.. takut anjing plak tu. confirm pengsan wahahahaha!
heya.. hopped over from sha’s bloggie. :)
wow, even though ur pics were taken in a hurry, they’re still super good IMO! it’s interesting to see pics of the old changi hospital taken in daylight, cos the last time i went there, it was about 2am. =_= i was super chicken about it, but since my friends were so ‘on’, i had no choice but to follow suit. we didn’t see anything, but i felt the hairs on my neck inexplicably rise when we were crossing this spooky hallway on the second floor.
i’m pretty sure that place is haunted, but i guess there were too many ‘tourists’ about that night for anything to make its presence known. :P
Hey hey snack monster! haha you’ve such a cute name ok. Anyway, thanks so much for the compliments on the pics. I try my best lah, but i know i could have done better :(
As for gg there at 2am, waaaah very brave already lor you followed ur frens. i would have chosen to go home or something haha. Feeling2 bulu roma naik is like a MUST for a trip there, from what i read. luckily never ‘kena’. hhaah!
thanks for dropping by, hope to see you hear more often ;)