Vacations

When we talk about vacations, many people will have various different kinds of impressions of happier times. One person might be thinking about the 'sun, sea, sand and girls' of a vacation to the beach while another might be thinking about the getaway out of the busy-ness of city life. Sometimes people go for a shopping vacations (especially true to rural folks because I consider myself a country bumpkin from the small town of Teluk Intan).

Some people look for thrill, excitement, fun and adventure in their vacations. Some people look for peace and calamity in a vacation. There are others who seek a combination of both. All these are based on each person's perspective and I believe that not everyone will have the same kind of preference for the same tourism spot.

Examples of my preferred kind of tourism spots would be Cameron Highlands and Fraser's Hill where I can just get out of the city and not think about anything at all. Then, I can do anything I truly enjoy like sightseeing for the entire day during the vacation. Another reason I like these tourism spots is because of the cooling weather (I feel warm all day and I usually perspire a lot).

However, having been on a few vacations with friends, I find that the thought during a vacation is to maximise the time during a vacation by reducing the number of hours of sleep during the vacation pretty stupid. Sometimes, they even resort to not sleeping at night during the vacation so that they utilize their time during the vacation. Wouldn't it be paradoxical to do so?

What are the objectives of a vacation? The most important objective of a vacation is to take a break and unwind. It would always be paradoxical for us to take a vacation and subject ourselves to not sleeping to maximise our vacation time. We'll just end up feeling more tired after the vacation instead of feeling refreshed. It would then be better to not have gone for the vacation in the first place.

However, all these are only limited to anything that happens to you physically, not mentally. Will have to look more in-depth to judge on the mental side of this matter