While most people go to horror houses and theme parks for Halloween, James’ wife and her besties decides to go somewhere else. Singapore’s red light district. They have plans alright, but James has plans of his own.
I’ve never cared much about Halloween because it was just not something in my culture growing up. My idea of ghost and vampires are those in ‘Mr vampire’ series. Not the western kind of draculas, zombies and what not. Dressing up and pretending to be them? Never crossed my mind, ever.
Even as an adult, i’ve never really celebrated Halloween until i met my wife, Yun. She will drag me to the clubs when it was still a thing to hang out at Clark Quay, back then Zouk was still the place to be.
We will dress up, drink, party, get high and have sex after.
But those felt like a lifetime ago.
I’m already 37, Yun is 33. We’re no longer the early to mid 20s crowd hitting parties and having energy to last till morning.
Nowadays, i’m happier to just stay at home and chill.
Not for Yun though. Even at 33, she could pass for mid-twenties with her smooth skin and bright eyes. Standing at 1.6m tall, she has the kind of body that turns heads,toned arms, a flat stomach with just a hint of definition, and legs that seem to go on forever despite her modest height.
The rigorous Pilates sessions twice a week have given her that dancer’s posture, while her Sunday 5km jogs keep her calves tight and defined. Add in Yoga on Mondays and Thursdays, and she’s become one of those enviable women who glide through Marina Bay Financial Centre during rush hour, perfectly put together in form-fitting lululemon, somehow looking fresh and poised while everyone else is sweating on the packed MRT.
She’s hot, men always ogle at her. It was something i’ve learned to live with. When she’s out to party, they will hit on her. If she’s on an escalator in dress or skirt, people will upskirt her. Half her pictures on instagram have been deepfaked into porn and topless pics.
That’s how desirable she is.
There is another thing about Yun. Despite all the attention, she is deeply loyal. She is not someone who will cheat or anything, she just likes to have fun. A little too much but she knows where to draw the line.
I knew about her girls’ night out on Halloween weekend with her besties. They planned it with a hotel staycation. It was the same every year.
Book a hotel in Sentosa or somewhere near, dress up as zombie, a dead nurse, sexy cat woman or whatever, have fun at the theme park horror nights, then back to the room for drinks.
This year however, they decided to do something different. Stupidly different.
At 5pm that day when i saw her stepping out of the bathroom in her old JC uniform, the first words out of my mouth was;
James : Are you out of your fucking mind?
Yun :TADA! nice?
She gave a twirl, looking every bit the school girl in her white blouse, blue skirt and school tie.
James: You crazy ar!
Yun :Tsk…we’re going school girl theme this year…and …
She dropped another bomb.
Instead of a nice, 5 star hotel in Sentosa, they have decided to go and stay over at an empty property Celeste owns in the middle of Geylang.
It’s a 2 bedroom apartment she bought for investment, and the tenant has recently moved out. Celeste had splashed out a bit of money for minor works to refresh the interiors for the next tenant.
And before the lease starts, the girls plan to stay over that weekend.
Please la, use your brain and think.
Who are the tenants of those properties smack in the middle of the red light district?
Yes sure, there are working professionals but most of them are in the flesh trade or something similar. It was either that, or the unit will be rented out by companies to house their foreign workers.
It’s an open secret, just walk along those streets at night and look through the windows.
Condos with multi-coloured towels hanging all over, men walking around half naked and in sarongs. Truckloads of men being unloaded and going into the same development while more line the roadside turfing, having picnic, chatting on the phone or having their dinner.
You want to spend Halloween there?
Crazy, is an understatement.
Not for my wife and her friends though.
They think it’s ‘original’
They think it’s ‘different’
They think they’re ‘special’
At the end of the night, they will have something special and unique to post online.
Yun : exciting right? hahah..we’re going walk around, you know, let the men ogle at us, then get supper, and back to the room for drinks. What do you think?
James: I think I should call the Ministry of Education.
Yun : tsk!
She pinched my arm hard, then hiked her skirt up another inch while admiring herself in the mirror. Every year she seemed to redefine what counted as “decent length” for a skirt.
James: Maybe i should call the institute of mental health…
Yun : Oh, come on, don’t be boring leh. it’s Halloween! Celeste, Lydia, and Selene are all dressing up too. We’re doing back to school theme…all parties must have suitable theme right?
James : Theme? what fucking theme is this? How to get robbed, raped and sold as sex workers in Geylang?
Yun : Tsk! can you don’t talk nonsense or not…stop reading those sex forums and nonsense blog…
She smacked my head and slipped on her white socks, while sitting on the edge of our bed, giving me a glimpse of her white school girl panty.
James : You’re not serious about this are you?
Yun : Haiyah…this is Singapore…we’re the safest country in the world…we’re just going to take some pictures, post on our insta, have supper…well, maybe tease a little…haha…eye candies for the men…can see, cannot touch kind…hahha…pictures like these are perfect clickbait. if i get another few hundred followers, that skin care company that i…
Her voice droned out from my head as i stare at her in disbelief.
James : bring a jacket…it’s going to be cold…it’s ermm..raining.
I said, a desperate attempt to stop my wife from going out in that manner.
Yun : You’re crazy…Singapore is never cold…
James: dear…i’m serious… i don’t think this is a good idea…Geylang, school girl theme…on a weekend night…the combination is a recipe for disaster.
Yun :You tend to overthink a lot you know…sigh…
I watched my wife adjust her white socks and white canvas shoes. She even puffed her her chest a little, angling her body to the side to look at the effect of her push up bra before she gave me a kiss on my cheek. I caught her looking at herself in the mirror with her cheeks pressed against mine.
Yun : mmmh…admit it…you want to fuck me right now don’t you? heheh…
James: tsk…dear. i’m being serious. i don’t think this is a good idea!
Yun : bla..bla..bla…i can’t hear you…
She picked up her overnight bag, blew me a kiss and said she will see me on Sunday afternoon.
The door shut and i find myself in shock.
A hundred different thoughts and scenarios of how things can go badly came flooding into my head.
I can’t allow this to happen.
I must stop them.
Instead of rushing out after Yun, i don’t know what got into me. Heading to her laptop, i turned it on and opened the browser where she kept her whatsapp logged in.
James : my god…
I saw the pictures her besties sent over, of themselves in their old uniforms, ready for the girl’s night out.
I read through the history and read through their plans.
7.30pm Walking through Geylang, taking pictures of themselves while parading around for foreign men to look at.
8.30pm Dinner at one of the chinese restaurant that serve skewers and beer.
Celeste has made a booking for the private KTV room and ordered 2 buckets of beer.
11.30pm Back to Celeste’s place for more drinks, girl talk and to cut cake. An early birthday celebration for Lydia and Selene. Small chocolate cake with 4 tubes of those plastic liquor stuff you squeeze into the cake for the added kick. 4 slices of cake, 4 tubes of liquid happiness. Picture included.
I knew that cake, it was from a bakery we always go to.
Yes, Singapore is safe. They’ll probably be safe from the men ogling at them in Geylang. The foreign workers may throw them some looks, take a few pictures, that’s all. They’re here to work, not get into trouble.
They’ll be safe from them.
They’ll be safe from the men who procure sex at legal whorehouses too.
They will however, not be safe from the man who is thinking what will happen, if he switches that liquid happiness in those tubes with something else.
Something a bit more, potent…
And when they wake, i will stage it in a way that will make them stay away from Geylang for the rest of their lives.
Just when i thought my mind could not be filled with more sinister thoughts, i saw a list of new messages pop up.
That night, it won’t be just a birthday celebration.
Lydia has brought along her home insemination kit, complete with cooler box, her husband’s semen sample, the whole package. They have been trying for a child for a while, and they thought it will be funny for her to do it in ‘Geylang’ for that added kick and thrill.
My eyes darted to the cake, the tubes of fluids, the insemination kit, and the pictures of the girls cam whoring themselves on the group chat.
James: ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! HAHAHAHAHAHA..
My animal like roar turned into a laugh.
I can do this.
I can.
Coming soon.