Chapter 8 Lovely Girls Who Stole His Heart

Bentong was actually a lovely town,a town with two main streets,surrounded by few New Villages.Before entering the town you have Karak and by its left side there was Perting,Kamatsu just across a river and further down town there was Chamang and Lipas.Its population consisted mainly of kongsai people with some Khek,Hokkien and Cantonese.

Main attraction to this small town was the very beautiful scenic waterfall in Chamang,situated quite a distance from town.It should not be a miss for tourists.Most of its residence had small rubber plantations around the district.Durians from here were also well known without leaving out its beautiful girls.

Alex had many friends from this village and once in a while will gather them together to catch edible frogs in the evening.These frogs comes out at night to catch smaller insects for their meals.They were easily stunned by the sight of bright torch lights and easily captured with bare hands.At times it could be very dangerous as whenever there were frogs the poisonous vipers also made their presence.Frogs from this clear and fast flowing river were extremely big in size and much cleaner in appearance when compared with frog caaught elsewhere.

Some of these frog catchers were so experienced that they were daring enough to catch these vipers with their bare hands.With lightning speed snipped off its tails with a razor sharp knife and sucked its blood directly into their mouth.Eerie and nostalgic feelings for Alex but not to these people.It seem that was good for cleansing their blood and increase lipido.

Frogs captured were deep fried and consumed with chilli sauce ,many a times cooked with porridge which were equally sweet and tasty.Alex had great funs with this frog catching experienced.Those days the shallow fast flowing river also surpringly yielded a great varieties of fresh water fishes but to day that was history due poisoning of the river by unscrupulous people.What a sad end to that river.

Alex was almost every night in town either going for shows or going after girls.Well he had a number of girl friends too.But he had not developed an interest in any of them as yet.But he was actually taken note of a petite slim girl always moving around town with a kid brother tagging along from behind.He did not know her and was interested in her,but not one of his friends seem to know her.So it was very much up to himself.

Back at the plantation there was the girl in front of his residence,he was always admiring her from afar and smiling with her.There were times he invited her to his apartment for conversations and there were times he wanted to kiss her but held back.She was tempting him all the while but he relented and stopped from advancing further.

From his early morning for breakfast he came across another young and beautiful girl,they became friends and at times she will joined him for a bowl of Wan Ton Mee.One morning he dated her and she agreed to go out with him.That evening he took her out on his motor cycle to town.While she held on to him, he purposely sped at shape corners,gliding here and there, where she held him tightly,so before the date was over he had kissed her outright.What a lovely evening.Her name was Meow Meow.

Once back at the plantation he guided her to his house and continued romancing with her until very late at night and then he sent her home.It was a lovely evening.He did not request for another appointment for the following night,instead he stay back home relaxing,thinking about his conquest.That girl was very fair and beautiful,got a small mouth.She was not talkative at all.She actually was from Ruab.

While running wild imagination about her the girl in front called out to him and he invited her inside his house and they talked.They enjoyed talking with each other but as she going down the stairs she nearly slipped and Alex caught hold of her,pulling her towards him he kissed her.She responded possessively grabbing him with all her might.Now he had a big problem that is which of the two should he choose,there can be no two hearts.He thus was in a dilema.

He could sense it that the girl living in front,named Carol, knew about his affair with this new girl ,Meow Meow,what should he do? Maybe nothing at the moment,just wait to see who suit him most.Whatever was in his mind it was imperative he made a fast decision to choose only one and it can never be two,but two will be a luxury.Fat hope.

However his worries were uncalled for, after this the girl,Carol soon met with a car accident the next day and was hospitalized.He did see much of her accept buying a box of chocolate for her on one of his visit at the hospital.She was hospitalized for few days.

During her absence Alex too did not see that girl from the village as he was to attend an Outward Bound Course at Lumut,Perak.The course was for three weeks so he was away from the plantation for almost a month.What a relieved for him?.

When he finally returned the plantation to work,many things have changed.First the girl in front of his house had a new boy friend,what a shocked.Apparently another young man was very persistent going after her.Visiting her almost every day when she met with the accident,thus they became good friends in the absence of Alex.Alex did asked her why? Her replied was,"Where were you when I met with the accident?.I thought you were no more interested in me,so when this young man was so nice and loved me,I accepted him".

Realizing that he was partly his fault that he did not inform her of his trip to the Outward Bound School in Lumut.As for that girl Meow Meow from the Village she had left for her home in Ruab,although he made several attempts to find her but failed, ultimately lost all contacts altogether.What a sheer coincidence?.

Alex lost both girls just like that how unfortunate.All the same after work every day he ventured out to town to be with his friends.He met one Tang and they became buddy for some time.One evening as they were walking towards a theater they met two lovely girls,one fat and one slim.Surprisingly Tang apparently knew both of them.

He introduced Alex to them,what a coincidence the slim, petite and charming girl was the one Alex was eying for earlier.Yes,she was the one that always moved around town with a kid brother tagging along.Alex admired her good looks but it was never love at first sight,rather he was infatuated with her beauty and soft talking.All of them conversed for sometime and then they departed.

Two days later Alex met both of them in town and walked around town with them.Alex showed his interest in that slim girl by the name of Queenie and forgot the name of the other.Apparently the fat one seem more interested in him but Alex ignored her out right.How rude of him?.

Next evening he followed up and went straight to Queenie's house surprising her with that visit.The shy girl quickly moved him aside but he refused to bulge unless she goes with him and she agreed just anxious to get rid of him in the front of her house.Whatever it was it was a fresh start,a very good beginning.

That night they had a lovely outing and Alex did not make any advances towards her.From there their relationship became blossomed.Then came one rainy evening Alex waited for the rain to stop so that he could return home to the plantation,just in front of her house.Her parents had invited him to wait within their home but Alex was too shy to move further.

That evening it was raining "cats and dogs"and appeared to be going on forever without any compromised to slower down.Alex stood outside their pouch with her leaning at the side of the doors.As she talked and talked, Alex seized that golden opportunity and planted a kiss on to her beautiful and juicy lips.She responded and they kissed each other for quite a moment, with Alex holding her face tightly with both hands.It was apparently her first kiss with anyone.it was a lovely kiss,no doubt about that.

With that kiss their courtship was sealed.But that kiss did not stopped the rain as it continued to fall for another hour or so.When the rain finally became weaker and in drizzling Alex rode home in the rain.Smiling and whistling as he rode home in the rain.He was wet throughout when he reached home but his heart was very warm as he had found a new love hopefully she can replace that girl at first sight.

He would date her every evening going for shows and for walks,but in a small town there were nothing much to do accept these.There was nothing wrong with her and she was quite a hard working too.For she was a hair dresser in the afternoon and evening.Alex would date her thereafter.She also helped her parents to attend to their rubber holdings in the early hours,plus performing house chores.

Their relationship reached its very height in that Alex had taken her back to Teluk Anson on several occasions to meet his family,but there was no hint of marriage as both were very young.Alex was then about twenty-three and she about twenty.The numerous trips back to his home town proved they were well attached to each other.

There was never a doubt that she loved Alex dearly but the fact remained that the stigma still embedded within Alex's mind.That was because he was still obsessed with the first love at first sight.Very often he still unconsciously called out her name when romancing with Queenie,what a pity?.Fortunately Queenie never heard those words otherwise it would have been chaotic for him.

As the Chinese saying goes,"Those who climbed many mountains will surely encounter the presence of a tiger in those mountains".Well that meant that he have to be doubly sure never to repeat those words again but can he?I doubt.First love were difficult to erase from his memories,always.


To continue when inspired.the above subjected to changes if necessary .