Letters From the Battlefield

KANYAW, MOO-MOO, and the GHOST IN THE SAMURAI STATUE

LETTERS TO SHIK 1

February 23, 2013

Hi, Shik!

May kalakihan yung bahay nila ha! Yang mga Chinese stuff na nasa picture ay tinuturo-turo ng pamangkin ni Ryan, tapos sabi niya may moo-moo? Antique ba ang mga yan? Malamang may moo-moo nga.

Yung boss ko kasi dati, may life size samurai statue (hindi yung sword kundi yung Japanese soldier) sa bahay nila sa Tierra Pura, which also happens to be the preschool. Tabi nung classroom ko yung receiving area nung bahay, tapos a glass door separates my classroom and the sala. Nandun sa sala yung antique samurai statue.

Every now and then, sumisilip yung isang estudyante ko sa sala. Sabi niya may tao raw na yellow na furry na green ang shirt. Week after week, yun yung sabi nung student ko - merong yellow furry man with a green shirt sa sala. Eh, di ba nga, kapag consistent yung sabi ng isang bata kahit pa lumipas ang ilang araw, ilang linggo, o ilang buwan; ibig sabihin na factual yung sinabi niya. Eh, hindi nag-change yung story niya kahit pa lumipas na yung ilang linggo.

Many months forward, nung nagkaroon ng maraming aksidente among the students sa school, pumayag itong boss ko na kumuha ng pastor to do warfare prayers around the place. So isinama ko si Pastor Tyre doon, kasama yung prayer team of 3 people (a seer, a hearer, and a feeler).

Kararating pa lang nila sa classroom ko to meet my boss, itong college classmate ko (member sa church ni Pastor Tyre) tingin ng tingin sa glass door (yung papuntang sala), tapos titingin na naman sa labas ng classroom (which is the playground). After paulit-ulit niya itong ginawa, sabi ko, "Nakikita mo sa glass door yung reflection nung monster sa playground?" (This is a story for another day, pero balik muna tayo dun sa samurai statue.)

Sagot nung classmate ko, "Hindi ko sure. Iba kasi yung kulay nung nasa playground at nung nasa glass door. At mukhang hindi reflection yung nakikita sa glass, kundi nasa likod ng door." I asked kung anong kulay? Sagot niya na brown yung nasa playground, yellow na may green shirt yung nasa likod nung glass door. Nakikita niya yung nakita nung student ko!

Anyways, nilibot nina Pastor Tyre at nung team niya yung classrooms. At sa bawat classroom may either naririnig o nakikita yung prayer team, which nakikita na nung mga students the past months and even the past years. When they finally got to the sala, nakita nung team yung samurai, sabay nagbubulong-bulungan sila. I have a reason to believe that the yellow furry man in green shirt has something to do with the samurai statue.

Sabi nung boss ko, "May nararamdaman kayong something sa statue? Hindi ko pwedeng i-dispose yan, kasi sa mommy ko yan. Nabili niya sa Japan... Malamang hindi siya papayag na basagin yan dahil nabili niya yan for around... Converted in peso, 300 thousand."

That was around 2001 or 2002, but the antique samurai statue was bought way before I worked with them. Pastor Tyre explained that antiques sometimes have certain spirits, especially if the antique had been used in a ritual or has been dedicated in an occult ceremony. It would be better to destroy such antiques. But, of course, it is entirely the owner's discretion to destroy it or not. Three hundred thousand is even a huge amount right now, ano pa kaya nung panahong binili yung statue? In short, the statue stayed in the sala.

So, going back sa Chinese stuff sa bahay nina Ryan, na may moo-moo according to his pamangkin, dapat basagin at itapon. Pero hindi naman yun sa iyo. So wala kang choice kundi hintayin na may mangyari munang freaky so they will get rid of it.

Mawi-weirduhan kasi sila if you volunteer the information, tapos walang readiness sa hearts nila to receive it. Baka hindi ka na papasukin sa bahay nila. Hehehe.

Pray ka na lang for an opportunity to tell them. Usually, kailangan may mangyari munang masama or, at least, freaky sa bahay nila. Saka mo pa pwedeng sabihin na may nakikita na moo-moo sa mga figurine.