Holidays, dreaded or something to actually look forward to?

Yay. The exams are over. Half an hour before your last exam ends, you are already happily tearing your Entry proof into molecules, intending to leave that pile of trash for the people whom your school hired in order to keep the place clean (Never mind that the school knows who sits at that location).

"You may leave", the voice of the chief examiner booms through the hall. You cheer wildly along with the rest of those who ends on the same day as you as though your football team has just won the League, and laugh at those who still had papers in the days ahead.

That night, you party like a wild animal at your friend's house/bar/void deck. The pile of notes on your table are sent to the nearby incinerator, your confirmation slip learns to fly as it takes a trip out of your window.

It's finally here.

The holidays.

After partying till 3am, you finally go to sleep, before waking up 12 hours later.

You do the usual stuff in the bathroom. As you look into the afternoon sun, wondering what had happened to the morning, a thought hit you like a hot brick on your face.

It's the holidays. It's something to cheer about.

Yet, you have nothing to do.

Some of your friends are still having exams, and hence, you will only be celebrating a whole week later. You log onto MSN, only to log out 5 minutes later, feeling that you should not spend the first day of this so-called "freedom" online, rotting in front of your computer.

And so, you sit in front on your sofa, idly leafing through the newspapers, wondering how the heck you are supposed to get through the next few months with almost nothing to do.

Going out with friends everyday is fun, but it's tiring, and there's a high chance that your wallet can't take the stress, unless you are planning to walk along the beach everyday.

Suddenly, studying everyday, the thing you hated, dreaded, loathed, does not look so bad after all.

Sounds familiar? XD

Holidays are something everyone look forward to. However, when you have over a month to spare, after which there isn't exactly much to do, you will realise that having something to do isn't that bad.

This is probably because our mind cannot handle the fact that we are actually "free" yet. After 2 years of insane studying in order to make it for our A levels, suddenly telling us that we have no need to study any more is actually rather shocking. It's like NASA saying that the world is flat, when you believed it was round all this time.

Yet, a week later, why do I have this empty feeling inside? I should be celebrating, tossing myself off some cliff. However, I'm sitting in front of my computer, watching Animes and playing Guild Wars (and most recently, Diablo 2, again).

And hence, I found no choice, but to give myself some work in order to kill time.

For some reason, people like to waste their holidays by working. It is definately one way to earn money. However, merely days after the end of an exam? Whatever happened to "relaxing"?

No, what I mean in finding work isn't heading out to the real world to work. Sure, we can most likely handle that. However, isn't that a little unhealthy for the mind? Study. Exam. Work. Your mind needs a break, and you ain't giving it any.

What I'm talking about is learning something new. Something interesting. Or doing something interesting. 2 years ago, I've learned flash (Although I've forgot everythign since I don't use Flash that often), I've learned PHP and MySQL thanks to the Job attachment last year (again, nothing stayed). I'm thinking of learning Timing, Typesetting and Encoding of avis this year. I'm also eyeing the Near Perfect Grade Strike Freedom model, assuming I have the cash for it.

Hence, holidays arn't boring. They are in fact actually rather interesting. They can be full of activities. You don't need to burn a hole in your pocket, or go out with friends everyday in order to "fill" your holiday.

It's just how you plan them, and what you want to do with the few days that have been assigned to you as a "holiday".