Drowning Experience

July 25, 2007 | By User Imagebokjae | In Life Experiences 

I have died or nearly died once. It happened when I was about 5 years old and on the first day of the chinese new year. I could not remember the details but was told to me by my eldest sister about this incidenct. However, the memory of drowning stayed with me all these years. On that day according to my sister, I was playing with a neighbour's kid, a little girl by the name of leng-leng. The family was having lunch and somehow I fell into the big earthen jar which we use to contain water for all purposes like cooking, washing or bathing. All I remembered was suffocation and I felt cold. Then out of desperation I got to breathe and I remembered taking in water into my lungs. Then I felt that I was floating and then drowsiness and finally black-out. During that time I got the sensation of floating and it was not scary, not painful but just cold and dream-like before I totally lost all conciousness. The rest was related to me by my sister and to cut the story short, leng-leng who was only 2 plus or 3 raised the alarm and my dad rescued me from the jar, and leng-leng's mom hang me upside down and gave me hard whacks to get the water out of my lungs and eventually I woke up. According to my sister, I was not breathing, water was flowing out of my nostrils and mouth plus I already turned blue. The second time when I nearly died happened in the early 80's when I took Durian with Brandy! Something dangerous and please do not even try. I did it unknowingly and I ended up having very high temperatures and became very sick for 2 weeks. The doctors could not find out what was the cause except telling me of some virus infection. I was given ice-bath at 5am in the morning and they took my temperature every few hours and many blood tests. When I got admitted into the hospital, I was having something like Rigor Mortis! My whole body was stiff and I could not bend my limbs and thats when my mom-in-law and rock took me to hospital. After a week in the hospital, I slowly recovered and after that I shed my body skin like a snake! My new skin was fantastic, supple, smooth and tender just like baby skin. Rock was envious of my new skin! Later, others told me that a few people died after taking the potent mixture of Brandy with Durians! The initial feeling that night after taking that was I felt very hot inside. The next day, my body broke out into rashes like having measels!


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11 Responses to “Drowning Experience”

  1. East Meets West Kitchen on July 25th, 2007 2:27 am

    What scary experiences!

  2. J@n!ce on July 25th, 2007 2:35 am

    Scary to hear about your steps so near to the ‘death gate’. Yes, I have heard abt how potent is durian with liquor. But after reading your post then I know of a true life experience. Thanks for sharing :)

    Take Care my friend :)

  3. kuanhoong on July 25th, 2007 4:02 am

    Wow Durian and Brandy.. deadly mix.
    Thanks for sharing :-)

  4. Sweetpea on July 25th, 2007 5:00 am

    wow and wow again! those are some death-defying experiences. u weren’t meant to leave early and god wants you and rock to have a life together. and that’s how it should be. cherish the good moments now :)

    my dad has the diet of only meat, curry, durian and liquor. no fish, no veggie, except stewed wombok (chinese cabbage) and he suffered the stroke.

    goes to show how important healthy food is to our bodies.

  5. Tracy Tan on July 25th, 2007 5:01 am

    good thing i don’t like durians!

    my near death experience happened when i was 10. i fell off school bus and rolled under. the bus driver didn’t notice and started driving. i was positioned right between the wheels but i remembered instinctively rolling myself our to avoid the tyres!

    the best thing is that my mom didn’t believe me!

  6. Casey and Peanut on July 25th, 2007 7:02 am

    Thanks for the Love Tag :)

    Here is the url: http://caseyandpeanut.blogspot.com/2007/07/linky-love-tag.html

    Keep posting gret artilces! We love them.

    Hera from you soon!

    Kind regards
    Casey and Peanut

  7. bokjae on July 25th, 2007 4:29 pm

    Thanks for all your comments and love to hear some from you folks!

  8. Judy on July 26th, 2007 6:50 am

    I have heard of this ‘theory’ that alcohol and durian don’t mix. My husband had beer after his first feasting on durians. The next day, he had a very bad blood nose.

    You went through some terrifying times in your life. Praise God you are here with us all.

  9. miche on July 26th, 2007 9:15 am

    thanks of the info.

    ur near death experience made my hair stood up!

  10. Jean Chia on July 26th, 2007 11:42 am

    wah, drowning is one of the thing im most afarid of. thank god you’re ok.

    i’ve heard many times that we cannot consume durian and brandy at the same time. It will cause alertly high temperature. Can’t believe it happened to you. so scary. on second thought, i wished i could hv a new skin like yours..hehe..

  11. NafaSg on July 27th, 2007 12:51 pm

    Thank God, you are alright, but hey it is a scary incident.

    What matter most, is that you are back to normal again.

    Wish you all the prosperity and health in the year and upcoming

    Cheers
    Have a nice day

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