New Horror Story

I love horror stories. Every time there's an interesting horror movie being shown at the cinema, I'm there to watch and comment. Some are really scary that they make you bury your head under the blanket but most are either predictable or stupid and a waste of your hard earned money.

Talking about horror stories, I once experienced a horrific event myself. It took place when I was still studying as an undergraduate. It started like this...

I came back late one night and found that my dorm mates were in my room watching TV. I joined them since there was no way I can go to sleep early. Before that, during one of our informal gatherings in my room, one of my girlfriends told me that there was a young lady going around the local universities at night in search of victims. Sounds familiar, right?

It was said that she was wearing 'purdah' and driving a Kancil. She would go knocking from door to door especially after midnight. Girls were cautioned not to go out alone or answer their doors at night. The story was that she was into black magic, specifically 'susuk' and that her practice had turned awry because she broke one of the golden rules as a 'susuk' wearer. Her face turned ugly and the only way to regain her beauty was by looking for victims who must be virgins. She was supposed to suck the blood of 40 virgin girls and only then will she get her beauty back.

Anyway, getting back to my story, I was watching something on TV with my friends when there was a knock on the door. Since I was the closest, they asked me to answer it. Without stopping to think, I opened the door and saw a girl in 'purdah' standing in front of it. I can see that her forehead was full of red pimples. Suddenly, the story about the vampire girl in 'purdah' leaped to mind and I slammed the door shut right on her face. My friends were surprised and asked me what was wrong. They could see that my expression had turned pale and I was at a lost for words. They went to the door and opened it to see what had frightened me. I couldn't stop them and when the door was once again opened, we heard...

"Adik nak beli kerepek? Macam-macam ada. Kitaorang jual ni tuk kutip derma bagi anak-anak yatim."

My friends laughed till tears ran down their checks. It turned out that she was a girl from the other dorm selling crisps and there I was thinking she was a female vampire just because her face was full of red pimples and wearing a 'purdah'. I was the butt of their jokes for weeks to come. Even thinking about it now made me feel embarrassed and upset but it was funny in its own way.


Moral of the story: Don't jump to conclusion because you can be wrong most of the time.