2006, Q5

Do you feel that you need the long school vacation break? how do you occupy your time during the December break, when schools are closed?


"Finally it is here!", this is what we also hear when the holidays are approaching. After months of hectic and pressurising life.Students would want to have a break, not having to wake up so early even before sun rise.

During the school terms, we have lots of work and activities to be done, going back home homework, prepare for examinations never ending... With such schedules we spend more time in school than at home especially nowadays we have countless enrichment and exchanges with other schools in our co-curricular activities.

However having a long vacation break allow us to have more time to rest, as having rest is to prepare for future ahead waiting for us. Although having a school break, we are still given work to do but at least at home, I can plan my own time to have balanced fun and work. Spending more time at home also give me the opportunity to sped more time with my family, having the freedom to do what I want.

Usually I would spend part of my vacation break to have a outing or go on a trip to other countries. I think that being able to have an opportunity to go overseas is very important. Going overseas, we can learn the different cultures and taste the different cuisines. It is also a great time to spend time with my parents because even I am having school break, they may not be at home. Going overseas also let me realise how fortunate I am to be living in Singapore when I visit a country that is less developed. It also let me know that there are more in this world for me to explore and to learn from those countries that are more developed than Singapore. These experiences let be treasure my life in Singapore and to be humbler to learn from others. Therefore I think that we need a long vacation break to start a new year fresh.