Are You 'on Vacation' Here ?

[manofthecoldland]

   I'm sometimes asked by my wife's relatives, Pinoys I've known at my gym for 3-4 years, et al, "Are you enjoying your vacation (holiday) here?"  

   "Yes. Very much. Ako masaya dito ( I happy here ). I graciously reply to their kind inquiry and good manners.

   Beat me with a stick for word selection nitpicking and possible misinterpretation their use of English if you must,.....

   But what exactly do they mean by 'vacation'?  I'm aware that the term is open to a broad variety of uses, e.g. childrens' out-of-school 'summer vacation, etc..... but I'm here half a year for the last decade and for some reason I don't feel I'm 'vacationing'.

   I must be doing something wrong because it sure feels like daily living to me.

   But then again.... I don't shop, cook, do laundary, WORK, or anything truly productive. They must have me figured out better than I do myself. :morning1:

   

[Old55]

You sir are indeed living in da Philippines so you are........... VACATION FULL TIME! :hystery:  :cheersty: 

[Jack Peterson]

 I'm sometimes asked by my wife's relatives, Pinoys I've known at my gym for 3-4 years, et al, "Are you enjoying your vacation (holiday) here?"  

 

 I guess this is because quite a few have to go Home (To their own Countries) to Report or whatever. I used to get this a lot. One in Particular cannot Understand that many of also do not have to return to our own Country, They (the locals) can get confused and don't really understand. her man is from Norway and apparently can only be here for a certain amount of time as others as in Aus as we have seen lately from another Topic. When I was asked by our Barangay Captain when I will be going back( I have been here no for 3 years full time) he was so surprised that I am now a resident. So Yes if you are here for 6 months I guess it is to them, that you are only on Vacation

Permanent Vacation? Some days I feel like I am back at work. House and all that goes with it but That's life. LUV IT

[i am bob]

The looks I get when I say this is now my home...  And then the "I have a daughter/niece/neighbour who would love Canada" starts...  i guess they are trying to get rid of me...!

 

:mocking:

[jpbago]

  Not here. I am on vacation when I am in Canada for 6 months. For the 6 months here, there is always something broken, something to fix or change, someone is sick, one crisis after another, someone dies, forms to fill out, papers to process, always something needs something, something to buy, etc. We just got a puppy so that keeps us busy. Today, granny is sick so she needs to see a doctor.

[Dave Hounddriver]

The looks I get when I say this is now my home.

 

Yep, sometimes I forget myself.  When a filipino gent was politely asking where I am from, I absent mindedly said "Sibulan"  (which is the local town that I live in, have a house and am 'from' at this moment in time.)

 

So he gives me a perplexed look and says, "No, I mean where are you from originally?"

 

So I say "Do you mean which country was I born in or what country did my flight to Philippines originate from?"

 

So he makes the mistake of asking "All of of them?  Where have you been"

 

Well I've been everywhere and by the time I got through telling him half of it, he had a glassy look in his eye and realized some questions are best not asked.  :mocking:

[Tukaram (Tim)]

I tell them I am not on vacation, I have retired here full time.  Many seem to just assume we are vacationers.

[robert k]

  Not here. I am on vacation when I am in Canada for 6 months. For the 6 months here, there is always something broken, something to fix or change, someone is sick, one crisis after another, someone dies, forms to fill out, papers to process, always something needs something, something to buy, etc. We just got a puppy so that keeps us busy. Today, granny is sick so she needs to see a doctor.

I know exactly what you mean. Also some people have asked the question of how they will keep occupied? They will learn how long it takes to do anything.