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      This event is first broadcast here.

      TNP Link.

      Not much of a fright, but many a bite
      Jack Neo fans get bitten by ants during cemetery trek to promote his new movie
      By Charlene Chua
      August 10, 2009

      HE GLIDED out from the shadows, casting an eerie white light on the unsuspecting crowd.

      Screams erupted from the women as they hastened to clutch their boyfriends’ arms.

      Jack Neo had arrived.

      The local director was a surprise guest at the Where Got Ghost? Spooky Night tour at the Bukit Brown Cemetery between Lornie Road and Mount Pleasant Road on Friday night.

      And the film-maker turned out to be the main attraction for the evening.

      Said Jack, 49: ‘I’m extremely excited to be meeting my fans and accompanying them on this ‘supernatural’ tour.

      ‘I’m sure we’ll have a great time discovering ‘new things’ tonight.’

      The tour was organised by Golden Village to promote the supernatural comedy Where Got Ghost?, Jack’s latest flick.

      Where Got Ghost? stars Richard Low and Tay Ying Ying were also present but snap-happy fans were contented to just queue for pictures with Jack.

      The agents from Asia Paranormal Investigators (API), our tour guides for the night, urged the 240-strong crowd to walk in pairs as the promised spine-chilling expedition began.

      Wrong footwear forward

      Unfortunately for those in slippers and shorts, the chills that they experienced had nothing to do with unearthly sightings.

      The path that lead to the first stop was infested with ants, and in that short 15 minutes trek, the little critters crawled and bit their way up the mass of stomping feet.

      Dogs were heard howling in the distance and this would have been creepy, save for the fact that it was masked by the loud, slapping sounds from the tour group.

      Men, women and children were beating away at the gnawing ants, a comical sight given that they were ominously surrounded by 80,000 graves.

      Fans who walked alongside Jack seemed to be having a better time as they chatted happily with the cheery director.

      Tired and dripping with perspiration from the incessant swatting, we finally arrived at an old house that looked, well, normal.

      Mr Charles Goh, 41, API’s founder, told us that this is a place for temporary workers to stay before the Qingming Festival. They earn their keep from cutting the grass around the tombs.

      Upon closer inspection, we saw the first ‘ghost’ for the night.

      Clad in a fiery red gown with long, crimson hair covering its face, it stood alone, silent in its unmoving stance.

      Instead of shrieking their heads off, curious onlookers proceeded to poke the Cher lookalike until a consensus was reached.

      ‘This one, real one (human),’ muttered the disappointed crowd.

      A Sherlock Holmes wannabe proclaimed that he ‘didn’t even have to touch’, pointing at the pair of worn-out sports shoes left in plain sight beside the careless ‘ghost’.

      Aloisa Tan, 10, the youngest in the group, was also unfazed and merely stared at the fake phantom.

      ‘I’m more scared of the ants,’ she countered with a cute grin.

      But some real fear was experienced at the second stop, where we arrived at the house that belonged to a dead fortune teller named Tan Boon Cheng who was buried at the cemetery.

      Ferocious barking came from within the premises.

      As our guide launched into the history of the place, a frantic female voice rose from the crowd.

      ‘I stepped on dog poo!’ the unidentified woman yelled to her friend, causing a wave of panic among the sole-searching flock.

      This, however, did not deter the patient API guides, who furnished us with a lively commentary till we emerged from the cemetery.

      Ms Clarissa Lu, a 40-year-old primary school teacher was all praise for the tour as it was ‘informative’ and ‘suitable even for young children’.

      But her attention suddenly waned as she spotted Jack and excused herself to wait in line for a photo opportunity with him.

      And the night ended exactly the way it began.

      Charles Note: API apologies for the first group which include the Reporter for the discomfort suffered due to the biting ants. It seem they unwittingly alighted from the coach onto some ants’ nesting grounds……. the other 2 groups suffer no such fate

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        This event is first broadcast here.

        TNP Link.

        Not much of a fright, but many a bite
        Jack Neo fans get bitten by ants during cemetery trek to promote his new movie
        By Charlene Chua
        August 10, 2009

        HE GLIDED out from the shadows, casting an eerie white light on the unsuspecting crowd.

        Screams erupted from the women as they hastened to clutch their boyfriends’ arms.

        Jack Neo had arrived.

        The local director was a surprise guest at the Where Got Ghost? Spooky Night tour at the Bukit Brown Cemetery between Lornie Road and Mount Pleasant Road on Friday night.

        And the film-maker turned out to be the main attraction for the evening.

        Said Jack, 49: ‘I’m extremely excited to be meeting my fans and accompanying them on this ‘supernatural’ tour.

        ‘I’m sure we’ll have a great time discovering ‘new things’ tonight.’

        The tour was organised by Golden Village to promote the supernatural comedy Where Got Ghost?, Jack’s latest flick.

        Where Got Ghost? stars Richard Low and Tay Ying Ying were also present but snap-happy fans were contented to just queue for pictures with Jack.

        The agents from Asia Paranormal Investigators (API), our tour guides for the night, urged the 240-strong crowd to walk in pairs as the promised spine-chilling expedition began.

        Wrong footwear forward

        Unfortunately for those in slippers and shorts, the chills that they experienced had nothing to do with unearthly sightings.

        The path that lead to the first stop was infested with ants, and in that short 15 minutes trek, the little critters crawled and bit their way up the mass of stomping feet.

        Dogs were heard howling in the distance and this would have been creepy, save for the fact that it was masked by the loud, slapping sounds from the tour group.

        Men, women and children were beating away at the gnawing ants, a comical sight given that they were ominously surrounded by 80,000 graves.

        Fans who walked alongside Jack seemed to be having a better time as they chatted happily with the cheery director.

        Tired and dripping with perspiration from the incessant swatting, we finally arrived at an old house that looked, well, normal.

        Mr Charles Goh, 41, API’s founder, told us that this is a place for temporary workers to stay before the Qingming Festival. They earn their keep from cutting the grass around the tombs.

        Upon closer inspection, we saw the first ‘ghost’ for the night.

        Clad in a fiery red gown with long, crimson hair covering its face, it stood alone, silent in its unmoving stance.

        Instead of shrieking their heads off, curious onlookers proceeded to poke the Cher lookalike until a consensus was reached.

        ‘This one, real one (human),’ muttered the disappointed crowd.

        A Sherlock Holmes wannabe proclaimed that he ‘didn’t even have to touch’, pointing at the pair of worn-out sports shoes left in plain sight beside the careless ‘ghost’.

        Aloisa Tan, 10, the youngest in the group, was also unfazed and merely stared at the fake phantom.

        ‘I’m more scared of the ants,’ she countered with a cute grin.

        But some real fear was experienced at the second stop, where we arrived at the house that belonged to a dead fortune teller named Tan Boon Cheng who was buried at the cemetery.

        Ferocious barking came from within the premises.

        As our guide launched into the history of the place, a frantic female voice rose from the crowd.

        ‘I stepped on dog poo!’ the unidentified woman yelled to her friend, causing a wave of panic among the sole-searching flock.

        This, however, did not deter the patient API guides, who furnished us with a lively commentary till we emerged from the cemetery.

        Ms Clarissa Lu, a 40-year-old primary school teacher was all praise for the tour as it was ‘informative’ and ‘suitable even for young children’.

        But her attention suddenly waned as she spotted Jack and excused herself to wait in line for a photo opportunity with him.

        And the night ended exactly the way it began.

        Charles Note: API apologies for the first group which include the Reporter for the discomfort suffered due to the biting ants. It seem they unwittingly alighted from the coach onto some ants’ nesting grounds……. the other 2 groups suffer no such fate

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