ADDICTED

AAARGGHH!!! Just when I’m almost fully recovered from my Asianovela fascination and addiction, here comes “Boys Over Flowers”. I’m so totally, definitely, truly certified addicted to this t.v. series. In less than one week, I’m hooked and in less than 2 days, I’ve watched the full 25-episode series (with more or less 1 hr per episode)! Just in case you’re wondering how I got addicted, let’s have a little flashback…

About 8 weeks ago, I’ve seen several commercials as regards the latest Asianovela Of ABS-CBN- the Korean’s own version of Japan’s HanaYori Dango and Taiwan’s Meteor Garden- “BOYS OVER FLOWERS”. Being an avid fan of Meteor Garden, my curiosity got ahead of me and was really anxious to watch this. I was glad to know that its airing will be on primetime when I’m home already. Then came May 11, and from that day, I was infected again by the F4 fever, I’m damned!

Monday(May 11) – My family and I watched the pilot episode. Then and there on our living room in front of the t.v. set, we knew that watching the show will be part of our daily habit.

Tuesday(May 12) – On the second day, I quickly accepted the fact that I really,REALLY LIKE the show. Still, I was in denial that it was LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. I’m determined not to succumb again to my Asianovela addiction.

Wednesday(May 13) – I’m SO HOOKED!!!

Thursday(May 14) – It’s confirmed. I’m GOING GAGA if I missed an episode.

Friday (May 15) – Might as well call it fright day because what I fear most (as to the show) came true. I’m getting fidgety and hot tempered when they didn’t air it on its given timeslot. I convinced myself that maybe one of its predecessors took overtime so its timeslot was adjusted. 11 pm came and it’s official- there’s no BOF for the day. To make it worse, the network announced that they’ll put BOF on an earlier timeslot – which means I won’t be able to watch it anymore!!! I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!That’s the final straw. I’LL FIND A WAY to watch it BY HOOK OR BY CROOK!


Saturday until Sunday (May 16-17) - I went out to buy a present for a debut I’ll be attending later in the afternoon. When I passed by at Carriedo- BAM! My problem found a solution = pirated DVD. (Sorry Mr. Edu Manzano, but I HAVE TO HAVE BOYS OVER FLOWER DVD desperately.) In a span of 5 days, being able to watch it has become a NEED and not merely a WANT anymore. So I asked my “suki” for a copy and she told me there were no copies left ‘coz it’s selling like pancakes! I tried to look for another copy and was about to panic when, tada, another stall had a delivery of 5 DVDs of BOF. I was just about to approach when the vendor quickly handed me a copy. In a blink of an eye, the other 4 copies were gone. At that moment, I was slightly dazzled by what happened. Am I that obvious? Here I am just walking in front of their stall and haven’t even started to ask, then came this delivery and the vendor quickly giving me a copy, no questions asked. Me being me, I didn’t get the DVD right away, instead I browsed other asianovelas. A minute later, I picked up the copy and asked the vendor if he’ll recommend BOF and what’s it about. He gave a look that tells me “You don’t know BOF?” and quicky replied that it’s great and is their bestseller. So I bought it, along with “DEVIL BESIDE ME” and went home. I went to the party later and when I got home, there’s one thing left for me to do…WATCH!!! And boy did I watch, from 10 pm – 5:30 am, slept for about 3 hrs, by 9 am I’m glued again to the t.v. up until 6:30 pm , went to the church, then finally at 10 pm – 12:30 am, watched it until the end.


So back to present, here I am, stressed out due to lack of sleep and still can’t get BOYS OVER FLOWERS out of my head. AAARRGHH!!!! Now, I’m blogging about this just to look if it can help ease my anxiety…not working – still addicted – I’m DAMNED.

F4 FEVER IS BACK.

O.M.G.