Leisure Studies 101

If you still haven’t decided on what to do after college, maybe this will help sway your decision…

The Strip is now offering courses on the arts and sciences of good times and good food. Whether you’re a Blue Eagle, a Maroon, or any color or animal indigenous to the Katipunan neck of the woods, The Strip invites you to pass the time before, between, after, and (for you delinquents out there) during your classes.

If you had a long night studying for that math finals, get a jump-start with a cup of brewed and breakfast from the coffee shop. Did your English professor pick on you because you giggled when you said "Dickens"? You can take out your frustrations at the network gaming area or play some billiards. Sick and tired of the slop they pass off as food at your cafeteria? The Strip has a variety of food choices to pick from.

If you’re really raring to celebrate that final bell, then hit the bar. They offer all sorts of beverages to wash away your school day woes. Try one of their flavored margaritas—or if you don’t have classes the next day, try them all! Every other night, you can catch live bands, your school’s basketball game on the big screen TV, or showings of your favorite flicks. And, the venue is available for private parties.

Serve in flute and top with champagne.

Prescription: For the socialite and the social climber. It used to be a status symbol in the primitive London club scene to consume the Smirnoff concoction on its famed copper mugs. Now, status-hungry yuppies just can’t stay away from it…

4.0 San Miguel Light

Classification: Same beer alcohol but less filling.

Anatomy: 5.5% Alcohol, 330mL, 100 calories…you do the math!

Intensity: Since the only things stopping us from going beer overload are calories, a drink-all-you-can spree would seem guilt-free!

Experiment: Up for rock and roll? Go for a "Light Headbanger." Mix lager with a half shot of tequila in a small glass. Top the lid and slam hard on a flat surface. Drink straight!

Prescription: For the unconscious alcohol consumer and the conscious calorie-evader. Need I mention the old fashioned non-risk taker?

5.0 Sauza Zaz

Classification: The shortcut of the lick-shoot-suck tequila routine in a bottle!

Anatomy: 275mL plus 5% alcohol…it’s still the hard-hitting kind of tequila!

Intensity: A bottle could easily be two to three shots of mezcal. Can you handle it?

Experiment: Tone the heat down with a "Zazzy Margarita Cooler". Mix in Sauza Zaz with shaved ice and add a splash of strawberry syrup. Serve in a salt-rimmed margarita glass.

Prescription: For anyone adventurous enough for tequila and lazy enough for the three-step ritual!

6.0 Vodka Cruisers

Classification: Vodka Cocktails in 10 taffy flavors, from Passion Fruit to Pineapple, it’s a kiddy iced candy blast!

Anatomy: 5% of the bad stuff and 300mL of the good stuff. It’s definitely not life threatening!

Intensity: Although the candy flavors may suggest alcohol dormancy, don’t be fooled by the Crayola-patented colors. It’s as deadly as your frequently ordered martini!

Experiment: Exercise your tongue with "Lick Stick Cruisers" by popping the potion into instant popsicle makers (the wonders of science) and freezing the stash. Be creative with your consumption.

Prescription: For people who are too broke for special recipe martinis but too picky with cocktail flavors. And yes, it could be a kiddie favorite too, so please, keep out of children’s reach!

7.0 Heineken

Classification: From the dream world that is Amsterdam comes the next best thing to loose drug laws.

Anatomy: 330mL of 5% alcohol…every basic beer’s vital statistic!

Intensity: As long as you can take the burping, you can have a whole case!

Experiment: You think beer is boring? "Beer-Gin Suicides" takes the kill! Just mix three parts "Heinee" with one part gin, and you’re good to go!

Prescription: As the price dictates, not everyone can sample Europe’s finest!

8.0 Vodka Ice

Classification: A remake of the bar-classic vodka-tonic, glazed with mellow citrus flavor and sealed with Kremlin country’s Kristov Vodka Crest.

Anatomy: 5% black label alcohol over 330mL serving, beer stats in an alco-pop…that’s a treat!

Intensity: As long as your wallet permits…

Experiment: Go toro over "Bull’s Eye" by mixing Vodka Ice with a good dose of Red Bull. Serve in a martini glass!

Prescription: For the sucker of minimalist chic, and basic living. None of the irritating artificial flavors, but heavy on the necessary head twirl!

9.0 Zoe Rei Lambanog

Classification: The Philippines’ very own Vodka, made of fermented coconut nectar, infused with snow-cone worthy flavors, all in a recycled Tanduay bottle!

Anatomy: 750mL x 80 proof. Translation: Highly combustible and overly-intoxicating!

Intensity: A good shot is enough to make you wobbly, but hey, could you honestly resist that bubble-gum taste?

Experiment: Watch fire alarms go off with the "Pyromaniac Shooters". Just place a good shot of Lambanog in a shot glass and light the fire…don’t burn your tongue (and brows)! Consume with a straw.

Prescription: Yet another staple for the bold, this should be a good excuse to lay-off the over-served Gin-Pomelo in home-style drinking!