Chapter 4 Love At First Sight

That year 1959 Alex met a new friend James Ong.He was a very pious young fellow who attended Church services every week ends.He was from the Anglican Church in Telok Anson.

Alex often go to his house also along Changkat Jong Road one mile way from town.Alex remembered that his house was painted yellow,a funny colour definitely an Indian colour.No doubt those houses belonged to an Indian and James family rented one lot.

On one such visit James introduced a very charming and beautiful young girl to Alex.Yes,Alex was taken a back and fascinated by the girl's charming features.It was definitely a Love at first sight.Standing there almost speechless,he fell head over toes for her.Stunned by her beauty he admirably fixed his eyes on her adorably.
Her name was Linda.

Alex later learned that she was also going to attend the Church where James goes to,The Anglican Church.That evening he picked her up on the way and escorted her to the Church.He had a fine time talking to her.After Church service he also sent her home.That was the very start.

Every morning he will also cycled her to school and back as well.Yes,those were the happy days.However those happy days will soon come to an abrupt ending.He had his eyes on her but there was also some other wanting get acquainted with her.

Another tall and handsome guy was also waiting for her to pass by every morning smiling at her as she cycled by to school.It happened almost every morning and he was trying to make signs at her as she passed by.Alex also noticed that but kept silence.

Now Alex was never good in Maths,let alone Algebra that I think caught the displeasure of his second mother plus that new rich boy eying her every morning,the second mother pulled Alex aside and told him off politely. She said,"You young man when schooling must not talked about love.You must concentrate on your studies".

Alex received her message loud and clear.Yes,he knew that he being from a poor family was the main reason for telling him off,thus not fit to be her daughter's boy friend.Meaning she was making room for that rich boy to come in.That rich young man was favorable because he was rich,his father a successful coffee merchant.Alex was nothing compared to him.

Another thing was that that woman also had another daughter much younger than Linda,yet she was going steady with teachers's son.Should what she said were the truth she should have also stopped her daughter first but she never did.A bloody clear sign she wanted Alex off the field.

Having received that message Alex withdrew from their bungalow.On the way out tears began to flow from his eyes.Those fast flowing tears flooded his eyes drenching his cheeks.It was unstoppable.Once on the road he cycle and cycled madly without any destinations in mind.He just cycled on aimlessly.Poor boy he now realized that poor boy should not fall in love.He was badly hurt by this fact.

Getting really agitated and hopping mad he turned bad real bad within twenty-four hours.He left his regular roaming partners and also those at the Great World Park,he joined a gang of three to forged out the invincible foursome.Because of their close rapport such as brothers many feared them.Many wanted to recruit them into their gang but they flatly refused them,neither did they wanted them.

They roamed the streets till late at night.Fortunately they were never caught involved in gang fights but all of them were police suspects.By their individuals look people dared not challenged them those days.Neither were they involved in any criminal activities,for they just stuck together as a gang of their own.

Alex's family shifted out of that plantation .He and his brother Francis stayed in a rented room in Pasir Bedamar Road.It was a room on the top floor of a double storey wooden house.The room was small and much of their furniture were all stored that room.Their parents were working out station so only both brothers dwelt in that tiny room.

Alex as routine roamed the streets till late at night,thereafter burnt midnight oil studying for his forth coming examinations.He pretended not to be studying but in reality he did make an effort.He wanted to do well so that he can secure a better job in the near future.

The house owner a widow had a beautiful,slim and tall daughter with very long hair,about the age of Alex.As Alex was moving in and out of his room he was being watched by that charming girl.As he had some one else in mind Alex tried to ignore her.After about a week the girl was still taking noticed of him.

Then one late evening as Alex was moving towards his room he bounced into that beautiful girl.She slipped and Alex immediately held on to her,in that very instance their eyes met.Alex aroused by her beauty holding on to her gave her a kiss which she replied by grabbing harder at him and prolonged that kissed.So they kissed and kissed until Alex let her lose.From that moment she led Alex to her room where they continued romancing.

Her kisses were warm and tenderly sweet and there after they met every midnight with warm kisses and sweet talking only.Then one night Alex lost control of himself and made love to her.Yes he not only stole her heart but also her virginity.What a cheating heart he can be.
It was obviously his first attempt making love so it was worth remembering.One thing was immensely wrong with him for as he make love to her he will called out a name softly.

Luckily that girl did not hear that accept that,"I love you".That was a blatant lie,he never loved her as he was just infatuated with her, he loved another and her name was Linda.He misled that beautiful girl and she loved him madly.

That affair lasted for more than a month,for Alex had to report for duty at a plantation in Taiping, Perak.He left her promising to return whenever possible just to see her,it was a sad good bye for her as Alex bide her farewell with more kisses and love talked which were lies.What a cheating heart he turned out to be for he never kept his promised.

Out of sight out of mind - how true was that saying.No sooner had he joined the plantation his concentration was totally in his new job and so far off.Even if he returned home it was only for a day only as he was still on probation.So he never visited her again there after and so bye and bye they lost contact with each other.Such a heartless soul was he.How can he be so inhuman?.

He was a lost soul,trapped within trap with no outlet doors and in frustrations committed those uncalled for infatuations.Is it criminal?How can he admit to her while loving her called out another's name.He was obsessed by that name,Linda.