it happened in the year 2000 (can’t remember the date). it was a weekend. and few days before that, my colleagues and i planned a trip to genting. we booked the ria apartments (we didn’t have a clue that it was haunted). i can’t recall if it was pahang tower or selangor tower but it was the tower nearest to the main gate. the plan was to go in 2 groups with 2 cars (5 persons each car) at 2 different times as we were working on shifts. so the morning shift would leave at 6pm and the afternoon shift at 9pm. but due to some delays, the morning shift ended up leaving at 8.30pm, and i was with the morning shift group. so in order to save some time (which we thought we could), we decided to take the batang kali road. but instead of saving some time, we got stuck in a jam. we reached the apartment at around 10pm. so we found the agent, got the keys and headed to our apartment. we were all excited and happily talking bout wat we were goin to do after that and went towards the lifts. waited for the lift, it was kinda long though.. we entered the lift still excited n talking. pressed our floor (couldn’t remember which floor). then the lift door opened and without thinking or looking, we just walked out the lift and walked towards our “apartment”. we reached the apartment and inserted the key but we couldn’t open it. at that moment, we were still busy talking and laughing bout what to do later. then out of the sudden, i “woke” up and realised that the door had chinese talisman stuck on it and the chinese incense pot with some burned incense. then i whispered to them “dude, look at the door!” then all of a sudden all of us “woke” up only to realize that all the doors had chinese talisman stuck on it and some even had chains and locks on it!! then i whispered to them “slowly turn around and walk back to the lift and don’t look back and pretend we didn’t see anything on the doors”. we didn’t realize that we had already walked halfway along the corridor. we slowly n calmly (but actually we were all damn spooked!) walked towards the lift. in order to break the scary feeling, i continued to talk bout wat we were goin to do later and pretend that nothing happened. my colleagues got me and played along. we pressed the lift, and waited n continued chatting wit one another. but our conversation started to loop as we were not thinking straight. it felt like hours. then the lift doors opened. to our surprise, the afternoon shift guys were in the lift. they didn’t know what had happened and thought that the lift reached the floor they pressed. they wanted to walk out. then we told them wrong floor and rushed into the lift. and continued to our floor. they were puzzled as our faces looked as if we had our blood drained out. they asked us y we so pale, then we said its cold. we continued to our apartment. (this time i checked the lift floor number) we didn’t tell them what had happened and continued to be as normal as possible. thank god nothing happened when we stayed in our apartment. only felt cold at night. couldn’t sleep though. we checked out the next day and told the afternoon shift guys wat had happened when we reached kl.

conclusion
1: ria is haunted

2: the urban legend about 1 whole floor left empty with chinese talisman n chained doors are true.

3: lift door opens at the haunted floor is true (i heard that the floor is now sealed shut. and the lift is now unable to stop at that floor)

4: spirits can blind u from seeing what u supposed to see (none of us saw any of the chinese talisman, chained doors and incense pot when we were walking in towards the “apartment”)

5: for those skeptics, go there and experience for yourself. probably u might or might not encounter something abnormal. it all depends on whether u r “lucky” enough to experience such encounters. it doesn’t mean that if u can’t encounter, it does not exist.

cheers n have a nice day.

The kitchen area was the most unusually cold place, there were chains and ‘fu’ if not mistaken at 13th floor, lifts stopped at certain floor for no ppl, sounds from toilet and above unit (at unusual hours), door bell rang with nobody, lifts were too slow, we always got the ‘wrong’ direction to the apartment no matter what (there were few opposite lifts facing other lifts), quiet corridors, quiet lobbies, in an occasion my possesed friend wanted to jump down from the window (next morning doesn’t know anything) and etc. All indirect approached.

I would say it was an adventurous place to stay and not to mention bang for the bucks too. The atmosphere…..you gotta feel for yourself, out of this world. Late mid-night is the time when it happens…..always.

actually noting much really happend, slamming doors sound is usual by me, crazy lift, pale enviroment.
but watch out at the lift. i donnoe but it totally scares me. smetimes when i wait for the lift, i can feel there are soo many people around me n i been watch.
just like they wait for the lift too. wtf. i don’t give a damm.. and the lift, its open itself soo many times at floor that no one there waiting.
soo scary thoe. alone and the lift play2 with u like that in the middle of nite. shit. seriously,on that moment i just prepare my kungfu boxing punch, if smething ugly show up when the lift is open. feels like the longest time i’ve been in the lift. thx god nothing show up.

But for me there are always “someone/smebody” who live there. maybe a ghost or what ever. just dont disturb them. anything happend, just let it be(unless u are confirmed they will hurt u). things like this happen anywhere, could be at ur house, hostel or office. we are not alone on earth. just relax and u need to accept it.

and.. i’ve been to genting.. and guess what? me and me bro + my dad watched a ghost movie.. TILL 12 AM!! and how dumb of me to not feel afraid.. wait.. dumb? no.. lucky..

okayyyy…
that day i went up genting with 3 friends, 1 girl and 2 boys.
my friend parents have booked us the apartment.
of course,without hesitation we just went in and stayed.

after throwing our trunks and stuff we headed to theme park and have fun.
around 9 its dark out there, we walked back to our apartment as dad and mum was in casino.
we went back and ate our dinner with maggi cup and just hanging around.

then…
after everyone bath.
its around 1 a.m…
nobody sleeps in this early hour as if the night is still young.
they had their games on and began to laugh and high.
but for me, i was sleepy cause im kinda sick.
i asked them to lower their voices down so that i can sleep.
but its hard for them cause all of them were having fun.

till 3 a.m…
suddenly.
all of us kept ourselves quiet cause everyone was getting exausted and tired.
out of sudden..

we heard a trumphet music just outside of our room blewing music for around 5/6seconds
all of us just stun right there and listen.
but there is no more,

all of us just keep the lights on and sleep till tmrw morning.
luckily there is nothing happen in the bathroom.
thank God

Is the Ria Apartment the one with Pahang and Selangor Towers? Can’t remember as I haven’t been to Genting for over 15 years.

Anyway, the reason why I did a search on Genting was because of a chat I had with my PhD advisor a few days ago. Out of the blue, he asked me if I believed in ghosts. I told him I didn’t because I’ve never seen any yet. I’ve probably been pretty well placed to see any ghosts if they did exist because:
i. I’ve lived next to a cemetery for 2 years.
ii. I’m living right next to the city morgue now.
iii. I travel home from my lab past the morgue and a cemetery at all hours of the night on my bike or by walking
iv. When I was living in Malaysia, I always preferred to drive in the middle of the night because it was cooler and there’s less traffic, so I’ve traveled along many of the highways and roads in the middle of the night.
but I’ve never seen anything supernatural before. I asked him if he believed in ghosts and he just said that he drives at night a lot and have seen some strange things.

Today, I recalled an incident on my first visit to Genting over 20 years ago. I was about 8 or 9 and I was there with my family and relatives. The adults had spent the night gambling at the casino, if I remember correctly. Only the kids were at the apartment. As usual, I was the first one up. I went downstairs on my own. Think we were staying at the Pahang Tower. I walked across to the Selangor Tower and entered the lobby. I felt very strange as the lobby seemed to be totally empty except for a desk and some payphones. There was a surreal feeling while I was walking through it, exploring the place. The elevator seemed to broken and when I lifted the phone, I heard a strange mumbling/chanting sound on the other side. I was more easily scared as a kid, so I ran out of the lobby and back to my own apartment as soon as possible. I returned a half an hour later with a few of my cousins in tow and found the place to be fully lit. The layout of the whole place looked different and everything seemed to be working properly again. No strange noises from the phones.

Until today, I’m not really sure if it was a supernatural experience. That’s the closest I’ve come. Nothing spectacular, but a bit like I entered into the twilight zone for a short while. Wished I was a little braver and stayed a little longer to find out.