To Subic or not to Subic?

You are a third year Computer Science student, going on fourth this coming academic year. But that fact is hardly important.

So. Your class has decided on an overnight vacation (if overnights can be counted as vacation) to a place you've never been to (because you’re a loser like that). Of course, you want to go. With your constant need to explore and stack up on new experience, this proposal has you excited from the very start.

But life is not always smooth-sailing, and there are complications, other more crucial things to take into account. Because there’s always more than one side to a story:

You are given the permission to go. And you have the money (more or less the bare minimum). Pretty much, you are ready to go.

But you have your doubts, and are of two minds. Fickle-minded, that’s what you are.

On one hand, you want to go home to Naga, where your family of five (six if you include the ever loyal dog Polgas II – Pogs for short – which you are usually inclined to do) awaits. For five solid months, you haven’t seen them (save for your mother who dutifully visited you during the Holy Week to take care of the chores you haven’t been doing prior to her arrival), and so you miss them terribly. You miss your home, the view outside your window when you wake up in the morning for lunch, the ever present Mt. Isarog, the long walks around the village at night... You miss the non-pollution, and the chilly weather, among other things that you could not possibly name all.

If you go to Subic and go straight home after the enrolment, like you had originally planned on doing, you will witness one Nagueño sunrise (upon arrival from Manila), and sleep through six others. For seven days, you will be breathing fresh air. You will also get to spend time with your family, but that hardly matters (suba lang, mga boss :))) ). Even more importantly, you’ll get to bond with your favourite canine.

If you do not go to Subic, and since you have already acquired a permit to let a proxy enrol you for the next semester (thanks in advance, Joy), that’s at least three days more in Naga. And since the alien freaks are complaining how awfully short your stay there is, you try as much as you can to lengthen it. Not going to Subic the surest way to achieve that.

And then there’s the fact that Subic costs more money than a mere student is able to pay. Not that you’ll have to pay for yourself, of course, but for the people who are, aka your sweet, loving parents, you know they’d rather it go to your tuition. Truth be told, you uncharacteristically prefer that too. (Because you’re guilty that you’re the only one having fun, while they break their backs working back home.)

As for the company, you wish there are more of you, and you wish your closest friends would be there (but at this point, you know some will, some won’t).

And now, you have to choose: to Subic or not to Subic?

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While you are weighing your options, if you are, I provide you with a feel-good song that hopefully hastens your mental process and help you come up with a decision. (Day 03 entry for 30 Day Song Challenge - Song that Makes You Happy : Uncharted - Sara Bareilles)

A very recent discovery, shared by Dadi Ef (thank you!) one time when I was feeling a bit down. It unsurprisingly became an instant favorite. :)