Top 5 Hang Out Places College Students Should Go To

     There are different hangout places a barkada or friends can go to, but there are certain and best places to chill out and solidify friendship. Most college students go to parties and some go to clubs. Social drinking is always present in a college life of many, when you didn’t pass through that part, then you are missing one of the happiest way to get out from stress in school works with friends.

     As many say, college life is the best part of their lives where exploration about everything happens. Social drinking is just one of the many ways you can get out of school works and to hang out with friends. One of the best hangout places of barkadas or with friends is the Maginhawa street or what they call the eat street. Different kinds of resto are present with a lot of selections of food. Hangout wouldn't be complete without eating. Most college students hang out through eating together. It is also a way to remove stress and have a break with friends. Maginhawa street is a place to go when you and your friends are hungry and want to have lots of selections of food. 

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     Another famous place would be BGC, Bonifacio Global City. When you want a Yolo life, as the youth would say, just go to this place and you will find a lot of famous clubs and have a wild night. BGC is an advanced city where technology and urban life could really be felt. A city with a lot of opportunities, huge buildings, and an entrepreneur land.

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     One of the best places to chill with a cool weather with friends is Tagaytay. A perfect way to have a nature trip and appreciate the weather while looking at the Taal volcano, a complex volcano located on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.  It is the second most active volcano in the Philippines with 33 historical eruptions. All of these eruptions are concentrated on Volcano Island, an island near the middle of Taal Lake. Looking in a great scenery would make all the hassle and stress in school go away. With the great weather, there are lots of activities to do in there like eating the famous bulalo of tagaytay. You can also visit the recent Sky Ranch, an Enchanted Kingdom like where there are different rides and enjoy the scene through its huge Ferris wheel.

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     Another hang out place when you want it in a simple place and no money needed is to sit in a bench or a spot in your college/university where all of you enjoy and always go to or meet with friends. A simple place where most of the time you spend with college friends/blockmates during your breaks. This is where usually new ideas are found and new hobbits are enjoyed like guitar jamming where all of you would sing or just to relax and talk about different stuff. You can also appreciate how great your university is and just look at the trees and relax your eyes.

     According to research,” hanging out with upbeat people increases your happiness by approximately 15%. Meeting your friends , the happy ones, at least once a week is also excellent for mental health.” It is important to spend time with friends because they are the ones who you will be with maybe for a life time. They are the ones you could tell secrets or the ones who will help you with your academics or problems. Spending time with happy friends could ease loneliness, most of the time college students are stressed with papers and lots of requirements but with the presence of friends you will not feel you are left behind.

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     And lastly, a great place to hang out with friends is your house or your friend’s houses if possible. Many students do group works and projects, an ideal place to do this would be in someone’s house. A lot of fun stuff can happen in any friend’s house unless their parents are that strict for you not to have fun in their place. Doing projects could just lead you and your friends to play video games like for guys that love to play PS3 or the reccently released PS4 and play 2k14. Even friends that are girls are fond of playing video games nowadays. Enjoy each others stories and jokes and just laugh out loud because you are free to express your real attitude when you are not in public anymore. Almost anything could happen in someone’s place and real barkada bonding could be developed in a condo, apartment, house of your friends. Most often, money prevents us from enjoying going out with our friends. But as time goes by together we can find a way to just have fun without bringing out cash. When any one is almost out of cash we make sure that it wouldn’t stop them from eating or have fun with all of you and just do nothing while you and your other friends are enjoying with what you bought or paid for. Busy schedules hinders friends to go out a lot, but they will make sure that they will find time during breaks to see you and hang out even just for a while.

Blogpost by: Ted Nichol Q. Siquian

Reference:

IRefuse2Age (n.d.). Retrieved January 21,2014, from http://irefuse2age.com/benefits-of-hanging-out-with-happy-friends/