Misadventures in Jakarta: Something That Goes Bump in the Night

Japanese katana

A few nights ago while everyone was sleeping, my husband and I were still up interacting with our electronic devices. All of a sudden there was a deafening boom overhead. It made us freeze in whatever actions we were doing.

I thought that it sounded like an explosion but it couldn't have been the fireworks that have been going off every so often since New Year's Day. Usually the firecrackers have multiple explosions but this was one big boom. My husband, on the other hand, thought that some buglars had broken into the house from upstairs.

He quickly checked all the downstairs rooms where we were all staying. Everything seemed fine. Then he looked around for a weapon to use before he went upstairs. He said there used to be an air rifle that his father used to use to scare the burglars away buthe couldn't find that so he looked for the sword that his father had. He couldn't find that either so he grabbed two things that he found.

Slowly my husband climbed the stairs with a walking stick in one hand and a meat cleaver in the other hand with his father close behind him. He cautiously opened the door closest to the stairs. It was dark and he half expected someone to jump out. Nothing happened.

He stalked to the next door and slowly opened it. On the floor was the ceiling fan. It had fallen from the ceiling. (Rolling of eyes). Yes it was bad workmanship. The person who had fixed the fan to the ceiling hadn't done a proper job. Just imagine if someone had been in that room! Well at least the floor didn't crack because it was made of granite.

The next morning my husband searched for the sword that he was sure his father still had. Sure enough it was stored away and forgotten high on a cupboard. It's all old and rusty but my son and I researched about it and it looks to be a Japanese katana, like the one Leonardo the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle uses. 

We think that it could come from WWII when the Japanese invaded Indonesia. My husband doesn't know anything about it except that his father was given it from a client as a gift many years ago.  There's a picture of a dragon on the shealth but it's hard to see. My son has been madly trying to clean it but it's hard work and he can't seem to do it. Any ideas?