Like thousands of students, 16-year-old Mickey Fong Ka-shing is enjoying the last days of his holiday before returning to school next week.
The Form Five student at the Salesian English School in Shau Kei Wan is an only child and lives with his parents in Taikoo Shing.
His mother works at an American computer firm while his father works in the computer office of the Housing Department.
What's on your mind? I am thinking of putting my study plan into action. I intended to have one week to myself and to spend the rest of my Christmas holidays studying.
I spent one week messing around singing karaoke, playing basketball games and going to movies.
Now I've got to think about returning to my books . . . even though I don't really like the subjects I'm studying - mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and religious studies.
I have to sit my Hong Kong Certificate of Education exams next year and I know that I need to do well, whether or not I enjoy the subjects that I'm studying.