Our teen years are the best time to diversify ourselves with a plethora of interests waiting to be discovered. However, according to 62% of the school population surveyed recently, many of you have no idea what to do after school!

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2019, my family and I did not have the chance to travel together.

“Bin, hurry up! We have to go to the beach!” I exclaimed as Bin took his own sweet time to get changed.

What was I going to do? The fire was surrounding me! “Help! Help!” I barked.

  “Hey, Peter! Are you ready for our hike yet?” my classmate, Ben, chirped as he gave me a bright smile.

  “Yippee!” I whooped in exultation. A triumphant grin materialised on my face as I gawked at the newest model of bicycle standing magnificently before me.

  “Students, I have an assignment for you,” Mr Chua said cheerfully. My teacher had assigned us a project during the recent school holidays.

“Haha! You don’t even have a pen’’ I laughed, teasing my classmate, Tom. Embarrassed, Tom fled the classroom.

“Give my pen back to me now!” I barked at my younger sister, snatching the blue pen she was using to complete her homework.

As I buried myself under my blanket, the day’s events flashed across my mind intermittently like a broken tape recorder.