This is almost too spooky to write. It happened a while ago. While watching the horror, thriller flick -- What Lies Beneath on TV, my mobile phone rang. The time was approximately half an hour to midnight. Who could possibly be calling me at this hour?!

Incoming calls in the wee hours are never desirable. They usually mean:- 1) Bad News and 2) Wrong Number. The caller ID showed an unknown landline number. I answered the call, and expected it simply to be a case of that someone had dialed the wrong number. But, it turned out to be from the office instead -- the security guard. He sounded quite kan chiong and explained that the reason for calling was that from the CCTV, he saw someone was asleep on one of the desks in my department floor.

"No way! There's no way anyone could still be inside, let alone at this hour. Moreover, the main door has been locked.", I said to him. He said he could not make out who this person was as this person was facing backwards. I asked him if there were any vehicles belonging to the staff parked around the office are. He replied none. Then, I asked him to try intercom to see if anyone would pick up the telephone. But he dropped hints that he was not up for it. Well, okay.. he was pretty kan chiong lah, can't totally blame him for freaking out. But then, he's the Security Guard! And to think that we've put our trust, our lives in their hands all these times?! Sigh!

So, I made the call instead. No one picked up! *whew* Then, I called the security guard to let him know that no one picked up the telephone and urged him to try the intercom again. I also told him that there may be a possibility the CCTV had gone bonkers, perhaps showing still images of frames recorded earlier during the day. Thereafter, I called my Boss. He was taken aback by the whole thing as well. Who could possibly be doing graveyard shift?!? I told him of the possibility that the CCTV might have gone bonkers, showing only still images. But he said that's impossible. He said he will get someone to go over to have a look.

10 minutes later, he called back. No more fuss. The CCTV was indeed showing still images.

Imagine if all these were to happen in the 7th month in the lunar calendar. Hiaks!