Since I haven’t been working nor studying for the past 9 months, you probably think that I was on an extended vacation. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Don’t let my inactivity fool you. Though I wasn’t working nor studying, I really wouldn’t consider all that idle time as vacation. Vacation should feel like you’re escaping from your daily grind and I don’t think I was in any sort of “escape” during those nine months. Vacation isn’t boring, and 90% of the time I was bored out of my wits. Everything I felt, experienced, and did, during those 9 months couldn’t be farther from my definition of “vacation”.

So after 9 months of non-vacation hiatus, I’m going on a semi-real vacation. I’m going to stay in a hotel in Tagaytay. (I know I’m pathetic but please indulge me! Nyahaha!) Yes, I know this isn’t much of a big deal. I know it’s not like going to Bohol or Thailand or somewhere that’s actually nice to visit, but for someone as deprived as I am, it’s good enough. heehee! It’s a “pseudo-vaycay” because I’m going to be working a bit from there as well, but let’s not dwell on this :p

I can’t believe I’m this excited about going somewhere so common, and so near (for an out of town trip). At some point, I could easily opt out of a trip to Tagaytay because it was too familiar and boring. Now, with less time and less resources, something that used to be so common has become a luxury. That 3 hour ride that I could easily give up is now something I am looking forward to doing.

It’s true that you learn to be more appreciative of all the things you have when you have so little. 

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