christmas does ring a bell

when i was in college, i rarely go home for christmas because it was way expensive to travel during the holidays considering that it is the peak season for air carriers and air fares are jacked up. i kind of developed an aversion to christmas since then. but i always feel better knowing that come summer time, i would be at home for all of two months.

this aversion faded into oblivion when i finally decided to study law in davao city and not in metro manila or in silliman at dumaguete (because my parents will not allow me). after all, davao city is just two hours from where my home is.

but when i learned of my boyfriend's transfer to cavite, i instantly felt the recurrence of my aversion to christmas. we have been planning to spend christmas together this year because we have never been able to spend christmas together. however, since he is in another island and the only way to get from here to there or from there to here is by plane, it would be uneconomical to spend christmas together because my job right now will not even allow me to buy a one-way ticket. hay.. even if he would offer to shoulder the expenses, i cannot bear to accept knowing that he is alloting his money for something.

but i am not in despair, because if i could properly work my charm on my father, i could actually use his points in the mabuhay miles for a free ticket. this might or might not work, but come what may, i'll do everything in my power to make my father concede even if it means employing drastic measures. hehe..

now, even if i have every reason to despise christmas, i don't. primarily because i know it will not get me far and that i have hope and faith that our plan to spend christmas together will push through come hell or high waters.