Waiting for the matches to start, but anyhow. The two weeks in Europe was a very satisfying break I must say. The architecture of the cities of France, Italy, the alps of Mt Titlis, scenery at Switzerland and Austria was in one word breathtaking. Just perhaps took a moment to sit down and reflect on the first half of the year and how I’ve been spending it, trying to study, feeling pretty fucked up at times due to various problems and whatnot. Perhaps it’s the same reason why we all enjoy the holidays so much – whether it is indeed for relaxation, for more time to pursue what we want or to just recuperate for the battle of the next half of the year – there just seems to be some common point where we all want to take a breather, and just do one thing to save our souls from insanity. We all want to escape.

I guess I’m speaking for myself with the days of attending school and feeling like I’m wasting all my time with most of the words coming in and out of my head because I don’t understand things for 6 hours on roll, or perhaps just reminiscing about those ‘If your life was a movie, would it be worth watching’ moments where we come to this point in time where we realize all we’re doing’s living the day as it goes by. I think its pretty much inevitable that having activities recurring over and over day by day will leave anyone feeling aimless, feeling bored or simply pissed off wondering what they’re doing with their lives. Then the opportunity comes, perhaps a chance to finally escape that mundane lifestyle. I’ve very much heard it well and often that when it comes to a problem, we should never try to run away from it but instead to identify the areas of contention to handle it in a step by step approach, but somehow through the years I’ve never been told how to handle the sordidness of reality which binds firmly into our scheduled school life.

In an attempt not to sound too cynical, the truth is that there’s really no bad way to spend a holiday. Despite the silence in response to the awkward cheerfulness of teachers who exclaim ‘I’m sure you spent your holidays well’ or the protests of having to come back to school for CCA, we’ve all managed to do one thing – escape waking up at 6am every morning. So I guess whether your time was spent sleeping in, or learning new skills (or used much more optimally by staying up to watch Euro 2008), it doesn’t really make that much of a difference so as long as you enjoy your deserving month of rest and recuperation. Perhaps it is because most of the time we have a holiday, the sudden stream of free time that pours into our once hectic lifestyles catch us by surprise and before we know it – it goes past and slips out right through the window. But no matter how it was used, even if we can’t really get out of the problems and pressure in our life, at least take comfort in knowing the next Esc button isn’t too far away.

Labels: Holidays, Thoughts