I’m already going to be on forced leave on December 22, 23, 28, 29, and 30.  I seriously still want to work, mostly because there are still a lot to do for Q1 of 2011 (watch out for new channels to be launched) and because I usually get sad when I’m idle (not that I don’t have tons of things I have to do at home.  Chores.  Errands.  General cleaning.  I usually stare into space when I’m home lately or let the boob tube corrode my brains.  Home is such a sad place since September.)

Anyhow, don’t let my not-so-Christmassy self weigh you down.  Check out the Philippine holidays declared this December.

December 2010 Holidays

December 24 (Christmas Eve) – Special Holiday

December 25 (Christmas Day) – Regular Holiday

December 27 (Rizal Day) – Regular Holiday

December 31 (Last Day of the Year) – Special (non-working) Holiday

Where are you off to?

Papa planned to bring the family to Taiwan for a Christmas vacation, Dec. 24-30, supposedly our first Christmas not to be spent in Manila, and a family vacation we haven’t done in a long, long while.  I wish he were still here, even if we spend Christmas only at home… even if it’s just 3 hours of his time.  Now, I don’t feel like celebrating Christmas at all. 

I wish sometimes I’m just faraway.  Far from all the pains I feel now 🙁

I wish I’m still a kid looking up at his face.  I know for sure I’d be smiling my happiest smile.  And I’d be telling him how much I love him… over and over again… in an Illustration Board artwork/card I made for him, in a Welcome Home banner, in a letter, in a simple text… in the respectful, loving and longing manner I look at him.  If I were still a kid, I’d make the 28 years I had with my dad more meaningful.

I miss you Pops.  And it breaks my heart now to know I do.  So much.

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