THE AFTERMATH OF A "SOME-BLOODY INSECT " bite!! August 2003

HI THERE!!!Today..i have a story for you...a true one...I had written this during my college days...found the file in one among my umpteen stored personal mails :-)THE AFTERMATH OF A "SOME-BLOODY INSECT " bite!! August 2003You may wonder as to why i'm writing this..well,well..what if i say..i saw my life flash back....because of a bite...Today...I was all set to got to town to apply for the stupid passport ...as I put on my t-shirt..which was hung outside the house...I felt something crawl up my back..immediately I flung the t-shirt...and had a glimpse of "something" scuttle away..no idea what it was...coz all I saw was a movement..Anyways(this i picked from Swe.. :-) )...as i was walking along the lovely roads of kannur...felt a burning sensation across my neck..thought it to be heat-rash....stood in the queue only to know they accept 30 applicants per day...so decided to freak out and visit my fav food-joints and do a bit of window-shopping...but somwhow..was in a daze...neck was getting hotter by the second..thought it was the heat....usually i take time..do some window shopping etc..walking along the road..something was def wrong...coz i was getting heavier by each minute...found myself dragging my legs..and since i was near the bus-stand...decided to forgo all food craze..and take my usual limited-stop bus home...but patha nahin..i was feeling very light-minded...on top of the world...it was a lovely-floating feeling...happy indeed...and suddenly found myself laughing...and i trudged to a battered bus...the slowest one...and sat inside...found myself saying"life is to be enjoyed..why rush along..go slowly"...Dazed, happy and stuporous...I was delirium personified...I WAS PANICKING... and I knew...it had to be the sting that was having an effect...coz I was slipping into a daze...my child-hood flashed...my school days flashed...life at BMS flashed...shastry house flashed....a foot ball match flashed..saw the ball..going thru the goalies legs...cec life flashed....nelco flashed...canteen flashed.......mc road flashed....the wedding flashed...and suddenly I was panicking...coz it was not meant to be this way...i was just slipping into darkness....and I pinched my arm...and slapped my face...forced my eye-lids open...and when I felt my neck...found a massive swelling...the entire neck was double the size.....When I reached home...thankfully found my brother...he immediatelly took me to a hospital...all I remember was getting injected...the doc telling me to go back home immediately...and me going to sleep....ding-dong... :-)Woke up today late in the evening..the swelling has gone down..but the pain still remains...nobody has any idea as to what did the sting.....But ironically...this is the 2nd time...my life has flashed back..previously it was when a ksrtc fast-passenger bus decided to approach me on MC road... :-)Lol...I share this experience..coz I believe what happened is true...i def feel each one of us control our lives...it all depends on how strong-minded or weak minded we are....lol.....WONDER IF IT WAS A SCORPION......lol..ha ha ha!!!