There were many concerns as I always treated people sincerely. Some elderly aunties were glad to see me shinning again. And a few of them tried very hard to find out what was happened to me before then.

I was so depressed that lived a pure misery life (人不像人､鬼不像鬼) for two years. It was very terrible. A few of them who concerned me very much forcefully made me tell the truth. I could only tell them part of it. One day, one grandma said, "It must be the charm, the black magic, that made you so frighten and dared not to say out."

Oh my goodness. I was shocked. Charm? The elderly was experienced.
When I was young, we have Chinese neighbours of different dialects, as well as some Malay and Indian. We always heard about charm from the parents.
My mother told us about the powerful black magic of Feng Yang (鳳陽法術). The person who practiced it could transform himself to an egg. Then rolled underneath the fence and stole in the house.
My mother ever reminded me to keep quiet if I heard any sound of gong when traveling in Thailand.

I became a Christian soon after I completed my high school studies. Then I gradually forgot about charm.

Many years ago, I once took part in the Church Retreat. Six of our brothers in Christ did not sleep in the Event Hall with others. We put up a tent and slept on the green.
The weather was very cooling at night. The brother who slept next to me hugged me when sleeping. I heard him calling a girl's name in his dream and that was not his girlfriend's name.
I wondered why he hugged me and did not dream of me, neither his girlfriend. But another sister in Christ who was not his girlfriend.
I did not understand then. I did not tell him about it then.
I got to know what's happened many years later.

I was popular among the girls in our Church when I was young. At that time, I did not think of marriage. I took all the sisters in Christ the same. That sister was although a Christian, she practiced charm in order to draw my attention towards her!
It was written in the Bible that
the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
The evil power could not defeat me, but it was attached to me.

I counseled a mental health problem young man about 24 years ago. After finding out the cause, I felt sorry for his foolishness. In order to make a girl love him, he practiced the black magic of Mao Shan (茅山術). He succeeded. But it was not natural and the love did not last. Then he continued with another stage. He was defeated and became mad.

When I was young, I ever sought for pen pals. It was to make friend initially and might continue to think of marriage if we would match. There was a girl insisted that we could match. But we had different religions. I told her frankly that we could be friends, but not life partners. She said that there was no problem to have different religions between us. I doubted her intention. One day she got angry with me during a telephone conversation and stopped calling me. I was very happy. I knew what she wanted was to get the permanent residency. What would happen after years of marriage? I knew it well.

It was 1970s. Some people came to Singapore to work and hoped to marry to Singaporean. The motive was for the residency.
There were more foreigners surged in to Singapore in the recent years. It was horrible.
If you have money, either you are married, or you have children, some women will aim at you.
There were sad stories about our Singaporean families.
You have to be good and behave yourself. You have to be alert and be self-control. Otherwise you will be trapped.
There were unlucky men. They gave up their family and indulged in beauty. When the woman got the permanent residency, then her former lover would return to her. The poor man would finally lose everything.

I did not have any scandal. It was because I could sense the intention of others towards me. I was strongly influenced by my religion. Besides, I ever promised to an elder brother liked friend to love my wife forever.

I never doubt any Christian would play dirty trick, especially to those supposed to be the teachers of the Church.
When the grandma mentioned about "black magic", I was as if awakening from a dream. I then started to read my journal dated from 2011. I paid attention to those unimaginable phenomenon happened to me. Oh dear, I was too simple-minded!

Why did she mislead me? A woman should not try to fall in love with a married man!
Why did she abuse my powerful prayer? It almost led me to destroy a loving family!
The Holy Spirit who is in me is greater than the evil spirit who is in the world. Praise the Lord. I was awakened, I rejected the misleading and I rejected the abuse.

We have to be good and to be alert. Then we can guard against the snare of beauty.
We have to observe God's teaching:
"Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house.
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth."

It was written in the Bible the book of Deuteronomy Chapter 18 Verses 10 to 12 that:
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,
or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.
Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and because of these detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you.