Stars’ spookiest experiences

Lunar-powered creatures comme moi revel every Halloween. It is when we can really go carpe noctem (seize the night)! So to set the Halloween mood, I asked some celebs about their spookiest experience.

May the ghosts of your past not haunt you. Don’t brew what I would not brew. Happy “trick or treat” day!

Ogie Alcasid

When I was in Grade 7 in La Salle, I attended an overnight leadership training [seminar]. We had a bonfire and from about 500 yards away, we could see an old woman with gray hair just watching us. We were all spooked and curious at the same time so we decided to go near her. Lo and behold! It was the security guard who was sleeping…[with] a white towel on his head.

ROBI Domingo recounts seeing an apparition. Richard Reyes

Robi Domingo

After I visited a [departed] friend at her wake, I went home…[then I saw her] apparition…in my room. From then on, I believed in the practice called “pagpag.” When I come from a wake, I make sure I pass some place first before going home.

ANDI Eigenmann had a freak accident while filming “Tragic Theater.”

Andi Eigenmann

It happened during the shoot of “Tragic Theater.” I was in a harness 10 feet above the ground. As I was being lifted up, I was rehearsing my lines with Kuya John (Estrada). As I blurted out my first lines in Latin, the harness snapped and I fell. Good thing I was not seriously injured. What made it spooky was people on the set were saying that Latin is the language of the dead and since we were filming a movie on exorcism, a spirit must have interrupted our shoot.

MARK Bautista says he felt someone watching him sleep.

Mark Bautista

I was sound asleep but I suddenly woke up because I could feel someone watching me. I saw a shadow by my door. I could not move. It was a nightmare!

ROCCO Nacino recalls his ghost experience as a kid.

Rocco Nacino

My first ghost experience was at my aunt’s house when I was still young. I was about to go to sleep when I heard a voice whisper my name in my ear. When I opened my eyes, I saw a kid looking at me. I hid under the blanket until I fell asleep trembling.

Carmi Martin

It happened in the 1980s. While I was waiting for the elevator to open, I glanced at my condo unit’s door and I saw a floating woman with no face.

Noel Cabangon

I was invited to do a concert in Irosin, Sorsogon. [The organizer] took me to an inn. Upon approaching the building, I sensed something eerie. My steps were becoming heavy. So I asked my host if that was where I was going to stay. He said yes and that it was a nice place. But when we got to the steps of the building, I saw a mother and child who seemed like they were waiting for me. So I stopped and asked my host who they were but he said he saw nobody. That was really scary! It turned out that there was a cemetery behind the building. So we moved to another inn.

PBA’s 41st season

The live telecast of the FIBA Asia Championship finals game between Gilas Pilipinas and China on TV 5 last Oct. 3 was a ratings bonanza for the Kapatid network. It drew the most number of viewers nationwide, according to the National Urban Television Audience Measurement of AGB Nielsen, landing first in the 9-10 p.m. time slot.

After Gilas’ impressive Fiba stint, Pinoys had more reasons to rejoice because the 41st season of PBA officially began last Oct. 21. I was glued to the set, watching the spectacular opening ceremony. This season’s tag line is “Liga ng mga Bida.” Catch the exciting ball games live on TV 5 and Aksyon TV.

Time to get (basket) ballistic!

Streaming device

Globe Telecom brings Chromecast to the Philippines. It is a thumb-sized media-streaming device that plugs into the High-Definition Multimedia Interface port of a TV. With it, you can cast your smartphone, tablet or laptop to a bigger screen for a better viewing experience. (For more info visit www.globe.com.ph/chromecast).