BEWARE of the bug that bites!
Monday, September 11th, 2006I’ve been bitten by this bug that makes you feel weird
all over and makes you do stuff you’ve never done before. Anyway, let me just tell you how potent its
venom is. I went out on a gimmick last
August 25 for a friend’s birthday celebration. We we’re all having fun then. We
stayed up ’til really late and just when we were about to leave the place, a
guy back from college approached our table to say hi to my friend (who was also
from the same school where i was from). I know the guy’s name and all but I don’t know
him personally. Though we were basically
from the same batch and college and took the same degree, we were never really
friends nor civil to each other. Maybe
because I had "blinders" back then meaning I only have eyes for my
college beau. (FYI: blinders, by the way,
is the thing that horsemen put to cover their horses’ peripheral view)…
Anyway, back to this venomous bug…i think it bit me when my
friend and I were chatting with this guy. I kinda felt a small twitch coming from somewhere but I just ignored it
the same way i ignore mosquito bites.
The following day I woke up feeling well-rested (who wouldn’t be
if you sleep from 4am’til 12nn?!). I was kinda feeling
squeamish but I really don’t know why. It
never came to my mind that it could be that bite from that freaking bug…until
my friend whom that guy was talking to the night before texted me. She asked me if I’d be interested to go out
on a date with a friend whom she will be setting up with me if I agree. I said yes because there’s nothing to lose
anyways. So she did set me up on a
date…with that same guy from the night before! She swapped our numbers and texted both of us the same message telling
us to just fix our own date since we are both into it. Boy that was one helluva set-up!
Anyway, next thing I knew is that I was on the phone with
this guy for an hour just trying to talk about the things we have in common
back in college. The conversation was so
nice. It kinda took me back to memory
lane…to my favorite part of my life…COLLEGE YEARS 
Back to the story…so that same night we went out but it
wasn’t like a romantic date. It was more
like a hook up with a long lost friend. My friend and I went to our favorite gimmick place of the moment to meet
up with this guy. It turned out that he
also texted one of our barkadas to come and join us. So it was really not a date. It was more of a get-together. It was fun!
That night, the bug bite started to become worse. I started feeling really weird all over. I haven’t felt that way before but to picture
it clearly, somehow it almost felt the same as when you were back in high
school and you first went out with your crush. Imagine how that feels…yup that’s what I was talking about!
As if that night-out was not enough, he called me again on my
phone the moment I got back to my friend’s house (that’s were I spent the
night). We talked from 4am ’til 5am! Talk about high-school stuff huh? Good thing I was still able to get some
sleep. When I woke up a little later I
was feeling a bit weirder than the night before. There was this tingling feeling every time my
friend would mention the guy’s name. Plus
it felt really weird how the simple mention of his name would put a ridiculous
smile on my face!
It seemed to me that the stupid bug also got the guy because
he can’t seem to stop calling me J. He called me again that night just to ask how
I was and to say goodnight. Well I
wasn’t feeling so well that time for reals because my throat hurts. Felt like I was going down with the flu…thank
goodness the bug bite didn’t make it worse. On the contrary, the bug bite kinda made me feel better despite the sore
throat that I was having.
Next day—3rd day since the bug bit me…got a
message from him informing me that he just woke up, asked me how I was. I told him that I was gonna take half of the
day off from work because I felt like I was going down with the flu at that
time. He asked me if I would wanna come
by his place to rest while he cooks me lunch…hmmm sounds like a sweet deal
right? So I did. He made me some soup since I couldn’t take
anything solid because of my freaking sore throat which developed into
tonsillitis. We started talking about
college years again and then wham! There
goes that weird feeling again! Damn I
just hate it whenever that happens! It
felt so good and so nice! Too bad that
it has to get cut short because he has an indoor soccer game to catch L. But that’s okay because he asked me to go out
with him again the next day.
Next day—4th day since the bug bit me…We went
out for dinner at one of the huge malls in the metro…had so much fun. Some friends from work and another from
college joined us briefly. We had a
blast. And then that’s when the bug bite
has gotten from worse to worst!
Our connection is just so strong. I never felt this connected with someone that
I’ve just met. Well yeah he’s not really
a stranger to me because as I’ve said earlier, he was someone from
college. But then we were never friends
back then so basically he still is a stranger to me. Nevertheless, I still couldn’t help myself
from feeling happy and elated…that was such a wonderful feeling. It felt like I was on cloud nine! Sounds corny and cheesy but it’s true! I’ve never felt this way before…not even with
one of my ex-boyfriends!
I’m telling you that bug’s bite is really venomous! Now I still have traces of its poison flowing
through my veins. The poison may not be
as intense as the first four days after I was bitten but it’s still potent
enough to make me do stuff that I don’t normally do when I’m sane.
Damn it! I hate this
feeling but I also love it! See what I
mean?! That’s one of the major effects
of that bug bite! I just wish there’s
some kind of an antidote for this. Does
anyone know where I can get some?
