The scholarship covers tuition fees, a maintenance allowance of up to S$7200 per annum, and a return air ticket for professional or vacation attachments, where applicable.
Synthia's parents, successful young professionals, could vacation anywhere, but each summer they return to the African-American enclave of Azurest here, populated by doctors and lawyers, teachers and social workers, chief executives and politicians.
And since Unitarianism was a religion of the educated and professional class, the vacationing class, "the Unitarian churches in New England would all close down in June, and everyone headed for the Cape," he said.
What's more, the group is just one of many small organizations throughout the state made up of doctors, nurses and other health-care professionals who donate vacation time, surplus medical supplies and cash to tackle some of the medical problems in the developing world.
This includes booking hotels, cruises, extended vacations, professional travel and possibly creating an agenda and scheduling all activities for the trip.
While the movie does not spend much time exploring the class and ethnic tensions that lie beneath the popular image of Hawaii as a leisure-time paradise, it does acknowledge them, especially once Anne Marie exchanges interested glances with Matt Matthew Daviss), a professional football quarterback on vacation with his teammates.
Movie stars, TV actors, rock singers, fashion models and professional athletes need a vacation just like everybody else.
I cooked the meals and coordinated professional family photos, planned vacations, sent out Christmas cards, etc.
Russian workers and professionals receive paid vacations of up to one month.
Each day, most of us have personal goals — say, buying a birthday gift or booking a flight for a vacation — along with professional ones.
