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I disagree that we do not spend enough time relaxing. This is a rather subjective question as it is really up to the individual whether they are able to incorporate leisure time or if their schedule even permits them to have time to relax. Personally, I feel as though this really boils down to your ability to manage your time. As a student, I definitely acknowledge the pressure and stress we experience. With long school hours, and heaps of homework and revision we have to finish, time left for leisure is limited for sure but not non-existent. The work given by the school may seem endless, but the quantity is made to be do able. However, in the midst of completing our work, we get distracted by our phones or other forms of entertainment. Therefore it feels as though the work is endless. Around me, there are students who excel in school and have sufficient time to engage in activities to help them destress. So ultimately, we just need to learn how to better manage our time in order to have enough time to relax.

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A leisure activity my friends like to engage in is video games. Just by spending time on online games together, we have bonded quickly and our friendship had become stronger. It releases adrenaline in us that makes us feel excited whenever we play video games. It also builds up our communication and teamwork skills. As for my familiy, we spend a lot of time binge watching movies and shows together. We would sit on the couch as a whole family together, laughing and engaging in conversations with each other about the show. This activity helps us to destress and form stronger bonds with each other.

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No, leisure activities such as fishing does not appeal to me.
Such leisure activities are very time consuming. It requires a lot of patience which i personally do not have it. Furthermore, this is my exam year and i am currently battling against time. Thus, i will prefer a simple leisure activity such jogging to help me release my stress my the heavy school work while keeping myself healthy. I do no think leisure activities such as fishing will help improve my overall well being, instead it will just make me feel even more frustrated and annoyed.

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No, leisure activities such as fishing does not appeal to me as fishing requires time, patient and concentration.
Firstly, fishing requires a lot of time as fishing is not a simple activity where all you have to do is to just throw the fishing rod into the water and the fish will just come to you. Where else, fishing takes time as you need to wait for the fish to bite before you could do anything. Fishing could take a few minutes, a few hours or even one day just to catch one fish. Therefore, fishing does not suit me.
Secondly, fishing not only takes time but also need lots of patient. For people like me who could not stand not doing anything for even a minute is not suitable for fishing. Fishing takes lots of patient for the fish to take the bait, and i could not stand sitting there for a long period of time doing nothing.
Thirdly, fishing needs concentration to. But people like me who lose focus and get distracted by simple things, will not be interested in fishing. As u need to be ready when the fish take the bait, and if you lose focus, the fish that i have a chance to catch will just be gone.
Therefore, if i even had a chance to go fishing in the future, i would go for it. But for now, fishing is just not my type of liking

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leisure activities such as fishing do not appeal to me as firstly, I feel that fishing takes up a lot of patience which honestly is something have. if i ever went to fish, i think i would give up after an hour or so. fishing also requires u to stand outside in the scorching sun which i despise the most, i hate sweating and feeling sticky all over as im not an outdoors type of person. especially when waiting for the fish to bite, who knows how many mosquitoes have bit you already. the amount of mosquitos that bit you is probably more than the amount of fish u catch. lastly, i think that fishing is very time consuming especially during this period when i have a tight schedule and where my o levels soon and i barely have any time. the few hours that is used for fishing can be used for more useful things such as revising and even if i had any free time on my hands, i would rather catch up on sleep or read books

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one type of leisure activity my friends like to engage in is playing board games or video games. i personally think that playing games as a leisure activity would be really fun as video games help to reduce stress. team games make you work together and build teamwork, making you learn leadership skills, values and can even make my friends and i bond more while doing it too. my friends and i like playing games such as valorant, monopoly and many more. i feel that playing with your friends is better than playing alone and relieves a lot of stress.

one type of leisure activity my family likes to engage in is watching the movies especially in the cinema. simple things such as going to watch our favourite show together brightens our day as spending time with your family after a long day of work feels so relaxing. my family and i sometimes even watch chinese shows so that we can include our grandma and so that she can understand the show. i feel like even watching tv with ur family at dinner strengthens bonds and we will experience a deeper connection, thanks to a shared interest in the characters and plots.

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i agree with this statement especially when nowadays the prices of food are rising and people have to work harder to provide for family and not have time for themselves. Singapore's education is super stressful and students mostly end school at 6 and by the time they reach home, they still have homework to do and by the time they finish it, they need to go to sleep already. i feel like having your own time to relax is essential and that everyone needs a break for their mental well-being.

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I agree with this opinion as the mentality of people these days is to do well for everything they do and due to this, they have to work hard each and every day which may lead to them forgetting to take small breaks in-between. For example, students these days are continuously studying and trying to get good grades due to their parent's expectation. Due to this, the students will only focus on doing well for their studies, not leaving sufficient time to relax which can result to stress. I personally think that doing well is a good thing however one must manage their time well in order to work hard and enjoy themselves.

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Some types of leisure activities my family and friends engage in is riding the bike around the park, playing board games and watching movie together.
For my family, we are engage in leisure activities such as riding the bike and watching movies together. As we felt that this allows us to bond with each other more than before, as these day we are all busy in examination and work. Hence, riding the bike or watching movies gives us a chance to relax our mindset while enjoying our time and helps strengthen our relationship.
Next for my friends, the type pf leisure activities we are engage in is playing different type of board games. As we felt that by doing so, it strengthen our friendship and also allows us to have fun at the same time. We love to play boardgames such as monopoly, Pictionary and more. I realised that we always had so much fun playing boardgames despite it being not that interesting.

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Yes, i agree with that statement because olevel is coming soon and students are studying hard to score well for their examination. But student always study too hard/much that they always forgotten to give themselves a breaktime to play or relax. Not only student, but also adults. I felt that everyone want to work hard, study hard to show the best of themselves to other people. They rarely gives themselves break time as they are afraid of losing to others. But i felt that despite all these, we still must gives our body and mind some rest. Give yourself some time to relax, and do things you enjoy, therefore you can not be so stress out and enjoy your time at the same time

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One leisure activity that me and my family engage in is going to walks or runs on the weekends. Since the weekends is the time whereby all of us are free and have nothing else to do, we would just go for walks at the nearby park.Also as both of my parents are quite sporty, they have always brought me to walks where we would spend quality time together.

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No, leisure activities like fishing does not appeal to me. From what I observe from my friends who are interested in fishing, it requires a lot of patience which is something I lack from. Not to mention that as a secondary school student, there is not much free time to spend and wait for the fish to catch the bait and sometimes even worse, not being able to catch any fishes which can be frustrating as leisure activity is doing something that is fun to do and relaxing not something that is frustrating.

Secondly, as a sporty person my whole life, I rather engage in vigorous activities like basketball as it is a fast paced game and is enjoyable

Lastly, the fishing equipments is costly and can cost more than $100 which is definitely not affordable for students hence fishing is unappealing to me.

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I feel that some people really do work very hard and deserve a break. However, some people do not work at all and only know how to slack in their work. I think these people need to work harder as this could definitely affect their future.

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One leisure activity that my family and friends engage in is going to the park. Sometimes we decide to cycle while sometimes we decide to walk or jog. It is a time when we can bond together and spend quality time together

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Leisure activities such as fishing do not appeal to me as I find fishing very boring. I do not have the patience to sit there for hours and hours just waiting for a fish to get hooked on and sometimes, there might not even be a fish hooked on. So many hours had been wasted on waiting just for no fish to get caught. Such a disappointment! Besides, are there really any benefits to gain from fishing? I dont think there are any. Some people might find fishing a way to destress, but I think that there are other more enjoyable ways for me to destress, such as playing sports. Especially basketball and badminton. I love these two sports and I think they can help me to forget about all the things that are bothering me. Unlike fishing, it is not boring but instead super fun and enjoyable for me! So I definitely do not think that fishing is a leisure activity that appeals to me.

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No, as firstly, it requires a lot of patience which we, unfortunately, tend to lack due to the rise of time spent on social media which can tend result in shorter attention spans. We cannot fathom ourselves waiting for hours on end for a fish to hopefully take the bait, which isn’t necessarily a given.

Secondly, going for leisure activities such as fishing comes with the commitment of spending hours on to do a single activity. A leisure hobby isn’t one if we don’t find leisure to participate in it in the first place. Personally, all of us don’t see the pleasure of fishing, so spending such long periods of time that is supposed to recharge us, will end up not being an effective nor enjoyable way to take a break. Being in Secondary 4, we have many commitments to juggle, and responsibilities to bare. Each minute is precious as it can be used to catch up on work, so all rest times and what we spend them on, are carefully considered and maximised such that we can quickly come back to work.

Thirdly, to go fishing, we would need the appropriate equipment — a rod, bait, line, hook and the wheel. Which can usually cost up to $90 or sometimes even more in total, which is definitely not affordable for teenagers still in school. Hence Fishing too expensive of a leisure activity for us.

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I agree with this statement. In my own opinion, due to the new norm in society, there is a pressure to succeed amongst everyone. Many people feel pressure to succeed in their careers or other areas of their lives, which can lead to working long hours and neglecting leisure time. This pressure can come from external factors such as societal expectations or from internal sources such as personal goals and ambitions. So many people spent a lot of time working and trying to improve themselves which makes them to be unable to spend enough time relaxing.

Another reason could be due to financial concerns. For some people, working long hours may be necessary to make ends meet or to achieve financial goals. In some cases, people may work multiple jobs to support themselves and their families, leaving little time for relaxation and leisure.

Therefore, i agree that we work too hard and do not spend enough time relaxing.

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One leisure activity that my family engages in is sitting on the sofa and binge-watching movies on NETFLIX. My family and I are avid movie-goers but since it is quite expensive to watch movies in the cinema, we decided to watch it in the comforts of our own home. Watching movies with my family is a great way to bond and spend quality time together. My family and I are very busy with our own work. Therefore, spending time together during the weekends together to watch movies, is a great way to reduce stress.

As for my friends, a leisure activity that they engage in is shopping. There are two types of shopping, it is either buying or browsing. But for my friends and I, we prefer to browse as it saves a lot of money and we get to spend time together. and try on new clothing for example, even if we are not buying them. There is still some satisfaction with browsing so this would be my friends and I ideal leisure activity.

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No, leisure activities such as fishing does not appeal to me. Firstly, fishing requires patience and a lot of free time. As a Secondary School student, I definitely do not have enough time to spend on fishing. In my free time, I would rather spend my time more productively to revise on my school work. Secondly, in order to fish, it requires you to have proper fishing equipment such as a fishing rod, reel, bait and many more. These items are too expensive for me to even afford. Finally, when you fish, the probability of even reeling in a fish is very low in a country like Singapore.

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No, leisure activities such as fishing do not appeal to me. First of all, patience and time is required when fishing, patience which I lack would make the experience not as enjoyable. I had accompanied my father when he went fishing a few times before when I was much younger and more carefree. As a secondary student now, I would not have enough time for such activities as I would rather spend my time working on my school work than on a hobby. Secondly, fishing requires proper equipment such as a fishing rod, line, reel, bait and more. Making the upfront cost of fishing more expensive for people. Due to this I would be less likely to go fishing as I would be hesitant to spend that much money on a hobby instead of using it for other more beneficial things.

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No. Fishing requires immense patience which is something I lack. Albeit fishing with friends would be enjoyable, there are many other activities such as cycling, exercising and climbing etc. that I find more exciting.

Another reason it does not appeal to me is that it is very inconvenient, especially for a secondary school student like me, to pick up fishing as a frequent leisure activity. This, along side with the fact that it takes time, practice and consistency to become a proficient fisher, is the reason why I am hardly able to catch a single fish, and would not enjoy fishing.

Last but not least, my hectic schedule.
The stressful exams guised as "timed practices" on top of the already long hours of school prevents any extravagant leisure activities to take place on a usual school week. And since it is the graduating year for us Secondary 4 students, the school persistently calls us back during any long holidays and makes it practically impossible to go on a relatively extravagant leisure activity such as fishing.

In conclusion, these banes I have to deal with outweighs the boons I receive from going fishing. The time spent on planning and setting out on a fishing trip can be better utilised with other leisure activities that I would enjoy more.

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I wholeheartedly agree with this statement. Nowadays in Singapore, many people lead hectic and busy lives. This leaves us with little or no time to rest and relax. As a Secondary School student, I have to juggle between my academic and non-academic areas in school. The school timings are always late and there may be co-curricular activities or additional supplementary classes to attend. This makes students finish school very late, leaving us with no time rest and relax. This can lead to problems such as sleep deprivation and increased stress.

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No, leisure activities such as fishing does not appeal to me. As someone that is quite impatient, an activity like fishing which requires a lot of patience does not appeal to me. Fishing is also quite costly, as there are many things need to get before fishing, such as the fishing rod, bait and a foldable chair. Fishing also takes a lot of time and I need to spend the time to revise. I prefer a more active activity like soccer as it is more exciting.

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Personally, no.
Although fishing is an activity I often engage in with my father, I do not enjoy it. I only accompany him as it is his hobby.
First of all, I'm fearful of sharp objects and since the hook is essential for fishing, I have no choice but to muster the courage to cast the hook.
Secondly, I cannot stand the fishy miasma whenever I fish. It's definitely unpleasant to inhale and I can feel my stomach churning and on the verge of throwing up whenever I inhale that atrocious smell.
Thirdly, as you can tell, the weather in Singapore is unbearably hot and as a person suffering from eczema, being out in the humid weather covered in sweat, my rashes will act up and I will not be able to focus on fishing but rather on scratching my arms to relieve the itch.
Finally, I'd rather do something more productive towards ensuring I have a bright future by maximizing my study time.

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no, i think that leisure activities like fishing do not appeal to me. as someone whom may be quite impatient sometimes, an activity like fishing which requires lots of patience and time does not suit me. i feel that fishing is a waste of time as not every time the fish is on the hook, you will guarantee a successful catch. the cost of fishing can also be quite costly as there are many different essentials that are needed for fishing such as the rod which may cost 50 dollars, there is also the bait which cost another 10 to 20 dollars. this money can be used for something better like a nice meal. i also prefer activities that are more thrilling like sports such as badminton as I am able to play with others. I find this more meaningful as I can sweat and connect more with my peers plus sports provides an healthy lifestyle. Unlike fishing, where sometimes you can just sit there for hours and not catch a single fish. Therefore, leisure activities like fishing do not appeal to me.

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No, leisure activities such as fishing do not appeal to me. As a student who does not have much leisure time on my hands, i find it difficult to have enough patience to catch a fish or two which may take hours. At the same time, you have to be very vigilant while fishing as the line gets pulled by the fish, sometimes your catch may be unsuccessful which may be a waste of time to me. If the waiting time is long, it might eat into my revision time and i might lose focus. Leisure activities such as fishing are more suited to elderly as they have more time on their hands compared to me and they are unable to do more physical activities. Instead of doing these types of leisure activities i would rather opt for activities such as bungee jumping or ice skating which are more exciting and intense activities, suitable for youths like me, who are full of energy and wants to do intense activities. Therefore, leisure activities such as fishing do not appeal to me.

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Yes! activities such as fishing appeals me. I’ve always been intrigued by how people fish as i find it very cool. Growing up, my dad would always take me out to go out for fishing once in awhile so fishing is a very nostalgic activity to me. I don't go fishing as much with my dad as now that I’ve grown up I don’t go out with my dad as much.Despite that I still enjoy fishing and miss the days i used to spend time with my dad going to fish. I love the thrills I get when I am able to catch a fish.Fishing also allows me to feel at peace and allows me to embrace nature.

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First of all, before answering the question, we have to ask ourselves, what is the meaning of leisure activities? Well, to me, I think that leisure activities are activities that individuals can engage in during their free time, outside of work, school, or other obligations. These activities are typically done for enjoyment, relaxation, and personal fulfillment. Therefore, leisure activities are something that we find fun to do or feel that it is fun to try out even for the first time.

So coming back to the question, yes, leisure activities such as fishing do appeal to me. Since the question you mentioned gave fishing as an example, I shall talk about it first. My first comment would be to not look down on fishing because it still gives us some benefits. The first of which is relaxation. Many people might think that it is boring to just sit there and stare blankly but actually, it is also a form of relaxation. Fishing can be a very peaceful and calming activity that allows individuals to disconnect from the stresses of daily life and immerse themselves in nature.

Secondly, fishing is also a form of challenge for many people to try out. As we all know, fishing is never an easy task because the fishes might not fall for the trap but this is a challenge that everyone can try out to test their patience and skills.

Furthermore, as mentioned leisure activities is a great way to relax our minds and destress ourselves from the hectic life that we are currently living in and personally, when i fish, it actually gives me a sense of excitement because as i fish, I will not know what species of fish will i be able to fish out and it always remain as a mystery until I catch it and once i catch a new species that i have never seen before, it gives me a sense of accomplishment because after a long waiting time, i managed to get a new reward.

What I have mentioned so far was all about fishing but in general, I feel that all leisure activities are there for us for a reason. It is to help us destress and get away from our hectic life and also it might also help us to unlock a new potential hobby or skill. In addition, leisure activities also give me a sense of enjoyment and pleasure as I might be able to experience something new that I may not have experienced before. So in conclusion, leisure activities do appeal to me.