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Butterflies in our stomach and other discomfort

I couldn't find the direct translation of the Filipino word "Kilig" but this simple five letter word and to most is very foreign sums all the feeling we have inside when we are infatuated, or if our crush sat beside us, or having feeling for the girl/boy and you know the feeling is mutual but unable to say it. This is the feeling of butterflies in our stomach, summersaults inside, heart skipping triple times and other discomfort we feel.

Lately when you scan around the bookstores, the unearthly beings are dominating the scene and we crave for more realistic love affair. Thank goodness for other authors who still believe in the mystery of love without the godly beings or immortal creature. Having to purchase a contemporary book is a rare find. I have to be greatfull of my cousins who share the same passion of reading, without them I won't be able to know some books that are worth reading but are pushed back on the shelves because of the book series of the mythical beings.
One example is Anna and the French Kiss of Stephanie Perkins. I wanted to read a book one long weekend but unfortunately I didn't have any pending book at that time so my cousin Nica, lend me this, and boy oh boy. I couldn't contain my "kilig" feeling. This is definitely a breather. First of, its realistic, and if it is we all have that hope, that this can happen to us. We girls have that hopeless romantic inside us no matter how we deny it. We all wished to be swooned. To be able to feel the butterflies in our stomach when we fall in love. Second, I like it that its not too teeny bopper, they are in their Junior and Senior years but cursed just like in real life. Kiss a lot as we discover the excitement of the action and trying very hard not to go over kissing because we are too young. We don't want to be featured like that in MTV would we?
I highly recommend this book for everyone to read, its very light, funny and will make you wish to be falling in love again.
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