An unfortunate incident_Tough Luck, Ah Teck!

After his movers had left, he _______ towards the altar and pulled out the joss sticks.

He muttered a brief prayer _______and left the well-lit joss sticks on a table when the phone rang.

He _______ towards the phone and picked it up.

Upon answering the call, he _______ down the phone and _______into the bathroom. It was his sons again, pleading with him to move in with them and forgo the idea of living alone.

He __________ turned them down and headed for a shower.

Despite having turned 79, Ah Teck was a fiercely ___________ old man, and he was adamant about living on his own.

As the refreshing water ________ over his body, he heard the _____ noise of something falling on the ground.

He paid no attention until he saw _____ of the grayish-white _____ rise under the bathroom door.

His curiosity was ______, and he flung open the bathroom door.

A famous roadside fortune-teller in the Chinatown district had helped Ah Teck to pick out the __________ day for him to move into his new home. The short 'move-in' ______was conducted according to Chinese tradition to bring good luck and blessings to him.