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Bar hopping is a term I haven’t heard in a long time, perhaps the people I hang out with do not generally frequent Clubs and Bars. We frequent dining places and movie houses. Perhaps the allure of newly renovated movie house has spurred the renewed interest in watching a movie. I used to watch a movie almost every weekend or so back when I was in high school. Movie tickets, then, were about Php 50 or so. Note that the dollar exchange rate was at Php26 only. So, its about US$ 2 for a movie ticket. Today, it has risen to an average of Php 160-350, depending on the movie house you go to. Of course, in the provinces, the prices might still be at Php 50 or was that Php 80?

Now, your Php 200 buys you a reserved seat in the country’s cinema houses. The reserved seat just means that if you plan to watch a movie at 6pm, you can buy your tickets as early as you can and then go back to the theater just as the show starts. You can take your time browsing through the mall stores and not have to scramble to get a good seat. It certainly is a high price though. Its 60% of the minimum daily wage just for a 2 or 3 hour movie.

I choose a few good movies to watch every now and then, and the rest, I wait for them to be shown on cable. I don’t even notice that I haven’t watched some of the movies when I’m swamped with both work and homework. Watching movies and TV is a type of recreation that should be moderated, otherwise, we soak up everything like a sponge. I’d rather absorb the good stuff, wouldn’t you?