yup now that my holidays are here! i need to come up with a holiday plan cause i dun wanna waste my precious holidays just like that! furthermore, there's no holiday hw for me to worry about now! :D hahaha so did some research & it shall be my guide to my holiday plans! but number 3 and 8 is out cause mummy daddy cancelled the plans to travel cause jie still have school during mum's leave. so yup. :X oh and i have already done number 1! hahaha its my forte.
1. Sleep. If you have fantastic time management skills, this might surprise you, but catching up on sleep is in fact the number one thing students want to do during their time off. As sophomore biology major Lakeisha Davis says, "You get tired between work and school." So, much like a hibernating bear, you might want to try to stock up on sleep now before another cycle of papers and exams begins next semester.
2. Get a job. Perhaps you are tired of being a broke college student. If so, you may want to get a job during your down time off in order to improve your financial situation. For example, sophomore political science major Jennifer Potter plans to work "as many hours as humanly possible to make as much money as humanly possible," during her vacation.
3. Travel. Have you been dying to spend New Year's in Vegas? Did you leave your heart in San Francisco the last time you visited? Whatever the reason, if you like to travel, you probably have one or two exciting destinations on your holiday itinerary. Don't forget to take pictures and send postcards to all of you sedentary pals.
4. Visit family and friends. If any of your break plans are reminiscent of the song "Home For the Holidays," this one won't be a surprise. Spend some time with your family while you can, because if you dorm other opportunities are minimal. While you're at it, why not look up those high school friends you haven't seen since . . . well dates aren't important, just make up for lost time. Or you can always go back to your old high school and show everyone how cool, sophisticated and successful you've been at college (not that they would be surprised by this information).
5. Shop. Spend all the money (or all those gift certificates) that you got from whatever winter holiday you celebrate and spend it on cool stuff while you can. Do not wait until the end of break to spend this money. You will feel guilty and buy your books instead of that CD, bag, mp3 player, fill-in-the-blank, that you have been wanting all semester. This is not an appropriate way to spend your holiday cash.
6. Pad the resume. Now that you have all that partying out of your system, do something to make your family proud. Do something you can put on your resume to impress prospective employers or grad school admissions committees. Consider getting a short internship at a friend or family member's place of business. Apply for some scholarships. Do some community service. Submit your novel for publication (sorry, English major). You get the idea.
7. Party. Not that you'd procrastinate or anything, but now that you are done staying up until four in the morning writing papers and studying, why not stay up until four in the morning for a good reason? Come on, you know you want to paint the town red, grab a paintbrush!
8. See the sights. If you get the chance, don't miss out on your opportunity to be a tourist and visit all the holiday displays around the city. Check out the Rockefeller Center tree. View the windows at Bloomingdale's, Saks, and Macy's. You might even check out the Origami Tree at the Museum of Natural History or the Angel Tree at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
9. Reacquaint yourself with the outside world. Once the inundation of final assignments passes, you may notice that there is, in fact, a world outside of Pace, your computer and your room. Since you have nothing but time, get out there and reacquaint yourself with the world you've had to neglect. Visit your old haunts, tell your friends that you are actually still alive, and find out what happened on your favorite TV show for the last month.
10. Catch up. Since the semester is over, you might actually have some time to do what you want in the coming weeks. So make use of that time to do everything you really wanted to do during the semester but didn't because of time constraints. Read some books for fun. Go to the movies. You could even get ahead if you buy your books ahead of time and do some reading for next semester's courses (just kidding).
acknowledgement: http://media.www.pacepress.org/media/storage/paper424/news/2005/12/14/Features/In.No.Particular.Order.Ten.Things.To.Do.During.The.Holidays-1128125.shtml
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