You know what sucks about long vacations that are fun and enjoyable? It’s the time when you return from the trip.
Say you go out of town with your closest friends, probably to Palawan to go scuba diving, then you move to Bohol for some chocolate-hilly-Tarsier fun (I have no idea what it is, but for this purpose let’s just assume that it’s an ultra-fun activity or activities of your choice involving chocolate hills and Tarsiers). After that, you go to Cebu to… I don’t know… probably see your crush and eat lots of Talisay lechon (yumyum!), then proceed to Boracay for more hedonistic activities. To digress a bit, notice that I’m partial to places in the Visayas area. That’s because I’m from Mindanao. It doesn’t explain anything but hey, this is just a digression and wordpress says that my word count is currently 212 and I gotta give you something long to read. So anyways, going back to the point, you basically go on vacation and have tons of fun.
Then you go home and this is when things start to go bad. Sure you probably could still feel some leftover high from the trip while unpacking your backpack with your pasalubongs. And then you realize that the fun’s over and that you have to go back to work. Fun long vacations create that stark contrast. With all the fun you had on the trip, it kinda makes you realize how un-fun your regular life is. Towards the end of a vacation we usually say that we are “going back to reality” which really makes matters worse because the “reality” to which we are going back is sucky. I mean, really, if we are willing to accept that reality equals sucky then it’s also saying that we are living a sad life.
So what do we do about it? I’m not sure about you, but my life is awesome. You, on the other hand, your life sucks. 
So what I recommend for you is to not make any big aberration from your normal routine. If you must go on vacation, don’t have fun. If you must have fun, don’t have too much of it. Make it a bit sucky. That way, you can go back to work without feeling much of a difference — your life is still in its usual suckiness.
Happy New Year! Hope you’re having (or you’ve had) a wonderful vacation! 
Hahaha. Buti na lang at bar-hopping lang ang ginawa ko. I don’t have to feel the suckiness part kse i can still do these “not-so-good” gimmick during weekends.
Natawa ako sa “You, on the other hand, your life sucks”. Hayup ka Richie! Inisip ko tuloy if my life really sucks that much. Hahaha.
C u soon gurl. Tsup tsup tsup anywhere.
Comment by Bogs — January 3, 2008 @ 12:29 pm |
Hi Bogs! Don’t worry because just like me, your life is also full of awesomeness. Ang chekchi mo pa nga e, kainggit. Pero sabagay, kelangan kasi sa career mo yan.
Anyways, highly-recommended din yung ginawa namin sa Davao — coffeeshop-hopping!
Comment by thezenmonk — January 3, 2008 @ 1:43 pm |