This story
happened during my College days when I visited my friend Ah Kong in his house
in Singapore. After several days, his girlfriend Rita and her sister Sue,
suggested that we spend some time at the reservoir at Bukit Timah Reserve. As
we didn’t have any plans, we readily agreed, besides I was hoping to spend time
with Sue.
We left
very early the next day by bus and we plan to spend the time until evening. We
spend our time jumping off cliffs and swimming in the quarry. We were just
swimming and not worried about sharp objects like sharp wooden sharps or rusty
nails, guess we are just too busy to show off our ‘prowess’ to the girls.
We dried
off and we proceeded with lunch, which consisted of bread with sardines and
tomatoes prepared earlier by Kong’s mother. Our drinks were provided also
provided by Kong’s mother. At first, we were busy joking and laughing, when
Rita got upset with Ah Kong and she was adamant about going home. Unable to
convince her otherwise, we reluctantly decide to pack up and leave.
As we were
leaving about late evening time, we suddenly heard a pack of dogs barking and
howling continuously. The evening was lifeless there were no sounds from
crickets and no sound of birds. Suddenly I notice a smell, a sweet and flora
aroma or around of us. Confused we walk straight towards the gathering where we
saw the packs of the howling dogs. Something was not right and we told the
girls to walk on, after all we can use our sticks on the dogs. When we got to
the gathering, we notice the dogs were not barking at us but at something
behind us. I notice Ah Kong turned to look back from where we came but he
quickly turned around and rapidly charged after us. Slowly, the sweet odour
disappeared after we left the place.
We finally
manage to get a bus but hardly spoke among ourselves. Since Ah Kong is a
Chinese, we had to get our feet washed and walked three times around the house before
heading indoors (an old Chinese ritual, I think). We did not talk about the incident and I left
shortly after that to go back to my place in Malaysia.
Months later
we were back in Malaysia when I asked Ah Kong about the incident in the
reservoir in Bukit Timah. He was reluctant to talk about the event but finally
relented. It seems that he saw a Pontianak (a female vampire) up in the tree
that night!
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