Love At First Sight

I remember my first year in high school in our English class when our Odette-Khan look-a-like teacher initiated a debate on how real Love At First Sight is.

The class was divided into two. I chose to join the affirmative side even though i have no idea of what Love was at that time, let alone Love at First Sight. My seat-mate, Jonathan was into it, so with my Sheryl Cruz naiveness i went with his vibe.

The group of 12 and 13 year-old's was suddenly transformed into 1980's Vietnam of words. I was like Tweety Bird in Gaza Strip, not understanding why I was there. I tried to preoccupy my mind with how to help raise the Philippine Flag against Japan. Without any hope, and having a bad English tongue, I decided to zip my lips and enjoy the show.

As the battle of ideas continues, unexpectedly, Jonathan's tone of voice mutated from that of Sarah Michelle Gellar's to that of Sarah Michelle Gellar's with 22 microphones. He was no longer Mahatma Gandhi..... he became Miriam Defensor Santiago. And later became even worse, he was Charlize Theron as Aileen Wournos for the kill. It was like witnessing the transformation of Dr Jekyll to Mr. Hyde. From then on, I chose to sit with hygienic Criselda rather than the mutant Jonathan in every English class we had. Chos!

It is sad to know how deep our opinion matters to us. Especially when there is someone who questions it. It is more sad when this someone who questions matters to you a lot. Someone you look up to like you do with Jose Rizal. Mas nakakapikon yun.

I dont believe in Love At First Sight anymore. It's idiocy! And if you disagree, lets just say... we have different points of view! Tse!