"So napagisipan mo na ba yung sinasabi ko na website?"
Kasalukuyan akong nakatulala sa klase habang iniisip ang nangyari kagabi.
Break time kaya naka tambay kami sa loob ng room.
"Caly, ayoko walang kwenta yang sinasabi mo"
Nilabas niya yung phone niya at may pinakita saking website.
"Omega?" Bakas ang pagtataka sa aking mukha, simpleng website na may nakalagay na "Talk to strangers randomly!"
"Ano yan?" Bahagyang tumawa pa sakin si Caly, "Isa yang dating site, makikipag-usap sa taong hindi mo kilala"
"Gumagamit ka niyan Caly? Diba nga strangers, ibig sabihin, ibang tao"
Pagdidiin ko, hindi ko aakalaing gagawin yan ni Caly.
Si Caly na matalino, top-student at mabait na estudyante nag gaganito?
"Why not? Kaya nga eto gamitin mo, diba matagal ka ng sawi kay Josh?"
Bigla niyang kinuha ang bag ko at kinuha ang phone ko, may pinipindot siya dun na hindi ko malaman.
Website kung saan makikipag usap ka sa taong hindi mo kilala? Sa panahon ngayon posible na ang lahat, hindi na ako magtataka pag may nadisgrasya sa ganyang site.
"Come to think of it, it's been years Jenelle ang tagal mo ng crush si Josh! It's time to move on gurl try meeting new guys, he's not the only guy in this world duh!"
Napa-isip ako, "Well, Tama ka" napasigaw siya sa tuwa at tinulak pa ako.
"Sige na, try mo nga lang, promise you won't regret it!" I smiled to her and nodded, how can I ignore her?
"Oo na, pero Isa lang! If I got into trouble talagang malalagot ka sakin"
She hugged me, si Caly ang nag-iisang saksi sa kasawian ko sa crush ko na si Josh, ilang taon ko siyang ginawang inspirasyon, si Caly ang nagtutulak sakin na umamin na ako pero sadyang mapaglaro ang tadhana dahil kailanman hindi ko yun nagawa dahil umalis na siya ng bansa.
Pero siya parin talaga...
"I wish you can be happy there Jenelle" she whispered, handa na ba talaga ang yung puso ko na magmahal ng iba?
Pero bakit naman hindi diba?
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Nakauwi ako sa bahay ng nag-iisip tungkol dun sa sinabi ni Caly, yung website na makikipag-usap sa ibang tao.
Sa totoo lang feeling ko wala talagang kwenta yun, in real life kasi I don't have many friends and I'm too shy to talk.
But it's chat anyway, I shouldn't be shy.
"Argh, basta isang beses lang, isa!" Sigaw ko sa sarili habang tinatype ang pangalan ng website.
It's kinda simple, may nakalagay lang na 'Omega, Chat ramdom strangers'
I clicked the 'start' button, nag start ang website na may nakalagay na 'You're chatting with a random stranger, say hi!'
I cringe, I can't believe I'm doing this just to forget someone.
Well I'm here, might as well try it.
Conversation:
"Hey"
Text popped, I think the stranger I'm talking to just texted.
I replied with a "You're flirting me right?"
That's the purpose of dating sites.
The stranger replied "your road, you caught my attention"
"Eto talaga yun?" Natawa ako dahil napaka walang kwenta talaga ng pag-uusap namin.
: Your road? You mean 'you're road?♀
♂So what brings you here?:
The stranger asked me, ano nga ba ang ginagawa ko dito?
If I tell him nothing will happen right?
:Just.♀
♂Just what?:
:Nabanggit lang nung kaibigan ko♀
♂Same, influenced by my friends:
Well, it's not that bad.
♂ASL?:
: What's ASL?♀
♂Age, Sex, Location:
What the heck? They're giving confidential info's? Heck I'm not gonna tell, it's a stranger! And who knows what will happen.
:No dude♀
♂Fine, ako muna:
:Oh, Filipino?, Nice♀
♂19, Male, Quezon City:
♂Of course I'm Filipino:
"Oh, so that's what ASL means" I'm starting to feel better now not unlike earlier, hindi parin kasi ako komportable.
' should I tell my real identity? '
"Heck no" I typed false identity, I'm not stupid to be bribed by him.
:18, Female obviously, Luzon♀
♂Nice, magkalapit lang pala:
What does he mean by that? At ano bang patutunguhan nitong conversation namin? Ganito ba talaga ang dating sites?
"Topic! Gosh this guy..." I almost waited for a minute before he replied again, I'm think nga kanina na idis- connect ang convo namin, there's this button that says 'Stop' , 'New'
♂Its late, miss don't you have classes tomorrow?:
He's thoughtful hmmm.
:I do have, but I doesn't matter♀
♂tss you shouldn't do this things when you have classes tomorrow miss:
"I bet pa-fall 'to pffft..." Natatawa ako sa inaasal ng lalaki, he's like a cold tempered grandpa of the century.
:Naniwala ka naman na may pasok ako bukas hahaha♀
♂You said so, kaya naniwala ako tss:
:I don't have classes, you meron ba?♀
♂I have and it's Seven in the morning miss:
:Ano pa ba ginagawa mo? Sleep! If you came late tomorrow don't blame me♀
♂Im not blaming you, advance ka mag-isip:
♂I don't care as long as you're the one I'm talking to:
O____O
Really? He's clearly trying to flirt, I don't know how to flirt! but I'm not a quitter tsk.
:Bahala ka, I'm not the one who will be punished hahaha♀
♂Its okay, kahit Seven to Four pa ang pasok ko, I'm not sleepy pa:
I almost forgot, he's 19, so college? And I'm only 15, grade 10 student.
So much age gap.
Tinignan ko ang orasan and it is late to stay awake at this hour.
:It's quarter to 10 mr, your classes starts at 7 and ends at 4, paalala ko lang♀
♂Then thank you for reminding me miss, as what I've said, I'm not sleepy and I want to talk to you more:
Pffttt, di bale, I'm not the one who will go to school like a retarded seal tomorrow, bahala siya.
:What do you want to know?♀
♂What brings you here miss?:
:I wanted to forget someone♀
♂pffft, that's impossible if you really loved him:
: Nevermind, it's not like you know some things like love♀
♂Wow, hindi sa pagmamayabang pero I had 4 ex-girlfriends already