Why Summer Sucks
Well, hello my faithful readers. I found it hard to look for inspiration in the last few months of classes and the pressure was a little too much for me to continue writing while I studied for exams. I’m happy to say that I passed Physics in the end and am now rested enough to start writing again. As a short introduction, I’ll regale you with a recounting of the more significant parts of the three months I missed. I’ve finished a month of college entrance exam reviews and gone through four weeks of soccer training in Ateneo. I now have a month of complete rest and maybe the occasional gimmick. I invite you all to come with me to some mall to eat and watch a movie.
Isn’t it funny how much we miss school when we’re in vacation? I don’t know about the others but at the second week of having my butt parked on the bed and my eyes glued to a computer or TV screen, I’m about ready to go back to the boatloads of homeworks and projects just to be able to see my friends and banter with teachers. So, what better way to celebrate my return than to make a list of all the reasons why summer sucks and why those reasons make it rock, too.
- The heat- we’ve all seen the news reports of people fainting because of off the charts heat. Sports festivals are cutting their schedules short because they don’t want the athletes to die of heat strokes and the bills will bleach your mother’s hair white because of the dozen fans and baths you have to have every day. Let’s not forget, though, that sunny weather helps keep outdoor sports fields decent enough to play in. Having vacation in summer also contributes in having good enough weather to travel and swim.
- Money- most frugal parents don’t give kids allowance in summer. They either have to earn it or do without. School, at least, is mandatory so we can whine about being tired and sapped of all mental strength, but most summer activities are voluntary and family vacations are paid for by the parents. Though you can’t ignore the fact that learning to earn your own money will help you in the long run and add to the evil points that I so love in everyone. Look for ways to weasel that money away from your parents and we will live in a smarter world.
- Long distance relationships- and I don’t just mean the romantic ones. I go to school where couples are separated for most of the summer because one of them lives in the province and another in Manila, but these relationships exist among friends too. Some go to the states to vacation there, some tour Europe and the country; some go home to the province. You can’t even organize a decent gimmick because the whole barkada won’t be there. I’ll admit that some separation can be good, too. If you’re together for five days every week, for ten months in a school year for the four years of high school, a little breathing room is healthy. Vacationing with family you don’t see often enough is also good, and unwinding with in an exotic location is exciting enough for me to get jealous of.
- Clothes- for most of the days in the school year, everyone is required to be in uniform, so there are people like me who only have a few decent outfits in the closet. If you go to a summer program like an entrance exam review or an academic camp, it’s sloppy if the people there see that you only have three outfits you alternate every week. It gives you an excuse to go shopping, though, and take advantage of the situation while you’re at it and get a few pairs of shoes and books, too.
The list is much too short for my liking, but my explanations were long and Cougar Town is on. Don’t laugh. It’s a nice show. So, no matter how much I might bitch about being bored in the summer, in the end, I’ll still be sad to see it go. I’m going to be in my last year of high school when it ends this time around and this will be my last vacation as a high school student. Everyone out there, enjoy and tune in to random fits of literary inspiration driven by the heat and lack of a social life.
