Kakoolookiyam's Book of One Shots

Do You Believe In Love At First Sight?

DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT ?

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"Did you know? In every 200 hundred strangers you meet everyday, three of them could become your future spouse."

"Did you know? 70% of strangers who meet in airports are more likely to fall in love at first sight than strangers who meet anywhere else."

"Did you know? Most couples who have successful relationships admitted that they began with love at first sight."

Tumigil na ako sa pagbabasa ng Reader's Digest nanapulot ko. Bakit ba kase sa dinami-dami ng pwede kong mapulot na babasahin sa business trip na'to eh ito pa ang nakuha ko? Valentine issue ng Reader's Digest, binabasa ng isang business analyst? Seriously, ang weird pakinggan. Ang weird isipin.

Pero may magagawa ba ako? I'm here in this airport, nagbabasa nitong Redear's Digest habang hinihintay ang flight ko papuntang Moscow. It's a business trip (halata naman siguro sa sinabi ko kanina na business analyst ako, 'diba?).

My name's Dwight, twenty-seven, male, single and busy. Wala akong panahon para sa buhay pag-ibig ko. Eh s busy schedule ko ba naman, paano pa nga ba ako magkaka-time? Besides, mas priority ko ang success ko kesa sa mga walang kwentang bagay gaya nitong love. I mean, Strangers? STRANGERS who fall in LOVE?! Seriously, that is pretty fucked up if you ask me! Bakit ako mai-in love sa isang taong hindi ko kakilala? Unless of course, kung baliw ako. Eh paano kung murderer pala yung tao, or holdaper, eh di ako pa ang naperwisyo? And all because of what? That stupid age old "love at first sight".

Kaya ako, I never believed in love at first sight. NEVER. Saan ba dinala ng love at first sight na yan ang buhay ko? Well, My parents got annuled dahil "na-love at first sight" ang dad ko sa maid namin. Yung younger sister ko, nabuntis at the age of seventeen dahil sa love at first sight na yan. And now this stupid magazine is telling me to believe in such crap? No thanks, hindi pa ako nahihibang para gawin yun.

Mas kuntento na ako sa lifestlye ng puso ko ngayon--single and happy. Kaya nga maraming mga kaibigan ko ang nagsasabing sayang daw ako kase ako na nga yung lapitin ng chics eh ako pa tong tumatanggi sa grasya. I just tell them na hindi ako desperado sa pag-ibig na kagaya nila.

Well, the truth is, I was in a relationship once. And it was my first and last relationship--and it was damn serious relationship! Jeana ang name nung girl, she was my classmate in business school back in college. Matagal kame, the whole of college, which is four years, plus three years ang tagal namin--only for me to realize na she's been going out with my best friend for the past two years. Akalain mong may mga babae palang two-timer?

Well, kaya siguro ganito na lang ako magsalita tungkol sa love at first sight kase minsan na rin akong napaniwala niyan with Jeana. Damn, parang kinain ko lang yung sinabi ko -...-

Anyways, heto ako ngayon sa NAIA, naghihintay ng flight ko for New York tonight. The company--my family's company sent me on a conference kaya this is not a vacation--it's a business trip. Kanina pa sana ako naka-alis eh kaso na-delay ng 30 minutes yung flight ko dahil sa medyo masamang panahon--hindi naman cancelled, just delayed. At sana nga huwag ma-cancel! >...

So anyways, ito yung dahilan kung bakit nandito ako ngayon, nakaupo sa pre-departure area, katbi ang isang matabang lalake at inaagawan ako ng space sa upuan dahil sa sopbrang laki, habang binabasa ko itong Reader's Digest na napulot ko lang sa sahig.

Well, mukhng matatagalan pa talaga yung flight ko ah. -...-

Dahil wala akong magawa, binuksan ko na lang ulet ang Reader's Digest and I scanned the pages ng biglang may nahulog na card from one of the pages. Agad ko itong pinulot.