Chapter 21 The End Of The Road

Alex always had an eye for attractive women without any second thought and beautiful flowers.His passion for flowers took him far beyond and would go at length to secure them.Beside those which can be purchased, he also had an excellent collections of wild orchids.

Wild orchids cannot be brought it had be collected as he went along in his normal line of duties.The Malaysian jungles were plentiful of them.To come across , identify them and retrieved them back to his collection was another.He had also another interest and while in employment in Sri Jaya he had also developed a passion for old hardwood tree trunks,so much so he had a game plan to dig them up once he had found a suitable place to store them and later to sculpture on them.

Very often land around were expensive to acquire,and the idea slowly dripped away.These ancient tree trunks were arguably valueless items.Should they be recovered and sculptured onto beautiful art pieces - turning those into valuable art piece for art lovers.Very unfortunate it never did materialized.So once out of that place the passion thus passed away.Perhaps someday some wonderful person will adhere to that idea and in turn churned them into reality,well let us wait and see should there be such a soul.But Alex reserved his doubts.

Alex also found another medium for his artistic talents that was to collect big stones from the gold mining areas nearby.These big stones came in many forms and sizes,if given the appropriate finishing touches in sculpturing to improve their shape,should be able to turn out something extremely enchanting beside beautiful.He gained knowledge of them while he was buying those stones for his road works but what he secured very very much smaller.In the worked out mines were plenty of big size rocks.The gold mines were all situated in Kampong Luit,a short distance from the plantation.

All this took a beating before he could act on them as he felt seriously ill,so sick that he was bed ridden,hospitalized for almost six awful months.The year before being struck by that dreadful disease he had signs of tiredness.So tired was he that he had the service of the driver every where he went,while his driver drove he dosed off by the side.Of course the driver was in his service very much earlier but he engaged his service more often during his last year before he fell ill.

In early 2000 he was diagnosed with cancer (Luekamia -AML) ,it was the cancer of the blood where the systems could not produce sufficient red cells,thus the red cells were lesser than the white blood cells.He was admitted to the University Medical Centre for treatment,he under went through the whole process of Chymore therapy.

His condition was at its worst during the first therapy and he could hardly swallow any food liquid or otherwise.To make matter worst he overheard a young doctor commenting to a nurse that to treat him or not was not going to make any difference as he will surely die anyway.That hurt him tremendously so when his younger brother came in to see him during lunch time he held on to him begging him to order the doctor to let him die,should his condition be that bad.

Shocked by his request his brother slowly encourage him to hang on as the matter could not that bad and that was always a chance he will recover.After some hours of pursuing he quiet down.Maybe toned down but the grieved still lingers from within and he had not much hope he knew.

Many friends and relatives begin visiting him thinking that that could be the last they saw of him.A cousin brother returned from Singapore just to visit him. While with him this cousin a staunch Christian suggested he pray to the Lord for him.He agreed and they held him closely to them,there were another brother of his and a cousin sister.All three of them held him closely and prayed.

That day he heard a very beautiful prayer being said begging the Lord to be compassionate and forgive him.They also asked for the Lord blessing and grace.Very funny and odd because as they prayed Alex could feel as if the Lord had heard their prayer.There was a sense of relieved running all through his body.That excellent sensation was beyond descriptions.

Odd may it be,of course there were no immediate miracle but he slowly and surely began to response to treatment.Consuming food little by little,improving slowly and within weeks he grew healthy.That was only the first therapy,and there were four more to follow.

As his health improved he saw the world was as beautiful.Even those doctors treating him were absolutely beautiful and charming.Yes every morning he looked forward to seeing those beautiful eyes of those doctors.With so many nice and beautiful doctors treating him there was no reasons for him to think of dying.Oh yes that boozed his ego and wanted to live on.This was another factor that made him to clash with his foes head on for nothing less than victory.Sheer madness isn't it so?.

First treating him was the main doctor,a doctor Goh.Yeah a married doctor but having such a nice and petite doctor viewing his sickness surely was very nice.Well at least she was not like those men doctors who came in half asleep with eyes almost closing and with never smiling face.Then there was another a slightly junior doctor another beauty and slim looking doctor,now with such beauties treating you where can effort to die.

Initially these female doctors do not smile but put up a stern and serious looking face during their rounds.Alex though otherwise began asking questions and cracking some jokes which put them to smile at least.Well it was very encouraging to see them smiling as they round the ward.

Young interns too made his days very memorable especially those young females but many of these young doctors had their follies.Being new many do not how to extract blood samples from patients but nevertheless the females although without experience were slightly more gentle,definitely more welcome than their males counter parts..Well women poke never mind although painful,but males "Aiya!!!!!!!!".Just simply scared of them.Not all male interns were that bad there were some excellent ones.

Nurses there were equally adorable besides friendly while performing their routine work they sometime extract blood samples in the absence of interns.There were very experienced and efficient,so.how can Alex want to die that quick Alex was then fifty-eight,still very young.With so many pretty ones around who need to die,definitely will fight our way back to normal.

The Chymore therapy was continued until all five dozes were completed.Alex was in and out for hospital during those time during those six months of treatment,within which he was once quarantined for suspicion of having bird flu for a week.What a boring experience having to stay alone in a locked room for a week.Finally at the end of the final therapy he was released as "under remission".Any way getting well is already a consolation who the hell worries what "under remission" meant.Ha,ha only joking.Want to know find that out yourself.

In the midst in the quiet of late nights Alex once came across an attractive lady with long hair in white standing by his bedside.In half awake with half opened eyes he saw this lady in white,part of her long hair was flowing down her face.her eyes seemingly red.Really spooky."Hey!this is my bed",she said in a queer voice.That soft but sharp voice said that,surely that drove the guts out of Alex.Horrified and frightened he tried opening his mouth to shout but to no avail as no sound came from it.He was too frightened so much so he could hardly cry out.Fortunately it was for a while only as it vanished thereafter.That night Alex did not sleep well and was rolling about in bed till the nurses made their rounds at 5.30 a.m. to check on patients.The following night he slept on the crouch while his dear wife slept on the bed and nothing happened.

In another encounter,on a very cold,cold night with everyone fast asleep,another attractive lady in white appeared before him.She came and floated away disappearing into thin air.Initially Alex thought it was the"Goddess of Mercy".No.never but it was the angel of death.it came to certify whether Alex was due to be taken away.But no it never, that relieved him of his dear life that was to say he was given a reprieved.Alex knew that was the angel of death because he had friends and relatives who had seen that white apparition of an attractive lady in white before their love ones passed away.It is true that was the angel of death not Jesus as many had claimed.

The ward 6D of the University Medical Centre to Alex was spooky as it appeared to be,do not be convinced by him just try that out your good self to find out the truth and you rest assure that you would not be disappointed.Have the nurses to allow you to follow during their normal rounds after dark.I think you will find them very exciting and should you wet your pants do not blame me.Just experienced it.

In recovering from that dreadful disease Alex retired from planting,thus ended his planting career as that job was quite stressful and there was no way he could returned it.On returning to the bungalow to collect his belongings,the place appeared so strange to him.In the garden many flower plants he established perished under unnecessary careless spraying including his collection of wild orchids.Whom shall he held responsible,absolutely no one,for most were unaware of the plants they destroyed.What was beauty in his eyes were grass to the others,what a tragedy.

The bungalow was never the same again as the creatures in the attic had seemingly multiplied and the amount of wastes they littered were dropping out into those rooms above,making all those rooms very messy and dirty,uninhabitable.No doubt those can be cleared by sweeping and washing but no sooner was that completed more droppings came from above just to dirty them again,what a waste of efforts?.Flying small bats were health hazardous as they bring along in their bodies bed bugs.Thousands of them were seen crawling around.

That bungalow was rendered uninhabitable and a major renovations was inevitable but will the young Boss allow such a project?Well.that was no more Alex's problem,so bye bye to the gracious ghosts, they will then take over the whole bungalow at last,no doubt about that.
Thus ended Alex's planting career.

Looking back Alex had always had in mind all the time of the girl he first loved but failed miserably to win.Although there were so many other attractions along the way the memories of that girl (his first love) still lingers within his poor soul.Poor fella had to endure all those nightmares and often woke in the middle of nights in tears,what a painful obsession. First girl was definitely difficult to forget, so they said,and how true it was for Alex.Each time he made a trip back to Teluk Intan he always kept an opened mind and hoping to catch at least a glimpse of her should she be around.But luck was never with him,he never found her.

When attracted to other beauties around he was also on the look out for a girl who might be able to replace that very first girl.In his long search he did come across two,one when he was in St Andrews and she was a an extremely attractive woman working in a bar in Kuala Lumpur.He met her while entertaining someone in one of those girlie bar in Kuala Lumpur.Her circumstances forced her to be one. They became very good friends for sometime with no much intimacy.

She was very popular and there were many other admirers,nevertheless she was quite attached him.Another thing was that she was married so beside being friends no further development continued from there.There were no doubts that she process the charms , beauty and the desirability to entice Alex into a closer relationship,anyway they remained friends all the while and many years thereafter.

Returning to his Kuala lumpur home from Sri Jaya he was also attracted another attractive beauty,a spinster in her forties.A tall , pretty and desirable young woman.He was eying her every time he came back during the weekends.He tried to forge an acquaintance but she withdrew her stand with reluctance because she knew he was already married and had a family.She blankly insisted that she does not want to be in the middle of any eventualities.Well she was right,what a shame on Alex.

Apparently there came a time when she appeared submitting to his advances but sickness took its toll on him.On recovering the soul was willing the fresh too weak to accept anymore.What another tragic lost.

What ever it was ultimately,he will recover from all these infatuations and stay aloft with his faithful wife.Wife were always forgiving and knows what was best---for they are the best and most respectful.Trust me the wife will be more forgiving what ever the situations.
You can bet your soul on it.

Life was indeed very beautiful to Alex,with beautiful women all along his path of existence,God was kind towards him.Not only was he compassionate and graceful to him ,He also forgave his sins by extending his life.Praised the Lord for His everlasting love for each and everyone of us.He also gave him a very pleasant life style despite the various setbacks in his career.It was all these accumulations to give 'Have beautiful Women - Will travel" life style.Praised the Lord,.

Nevertheless off the record every now and then the charming girl he once met in his home town still haunts him in his dreams.Poor fellow still have kind thoughts about her.Admittedly he still love her very much despite the passing years.Wandering most of the time what had become of her after all these years - nearly half a century.