Holiday Languor

It's been a long time since I last wrote onto a blog template.

The reason being was the lack of access to an internet connection which was in turn attributed to a very, very long holiday we were given here in Malaysia.

Starting 28th January, I officially got a 7-day off from work due to the Chinese Lunar New Year the Chinese demographics were celebrating. This was on top of other holidays which include the First Day of the Islamic New Year on the 31st January and Federal Territory Day on 1st February which commemorates the anniversary of Kuala Lumpur being proclaimed as, well, a Federal Capital.

And yesterday, 4th of February, I had to report for duty, so to speak, on a Saturday for a Chinese New Year 'Open House' celebration at my company's showroom. Like the year before, it was a disorganised affair and the food was mediocre.

The public holiday was a nice break from the whole routine of work. Actually, my company by default, should commence work last Thursday but since it's a Chinese-majority corporation, we were given extra two days of leave (Thursday and Friday). Unfortunately, one of the extra two days is deducted from our annual leave. Not that I am complaining since my hubby was off from work until Thursday (since he works in Federal Capital of KL whereas I'm situated in another state, Selangor) and took an extra day off Friday so we would be able to see my gynae for that crucial appointment - the estimation of our baby's due date.

I find it rather interesting that this year we in Malaysia, usher in three different types of new year celebrations on the same month - January.

There is the Roman Calendar new year, followed by a Dog-infested Chinese New Year which fell on 29th January and finally the Islamic calendar New Year on 31st January.

I wonder if there would be a time in the future when all the new years will align themselves and fall on the 1st of January (in accord with the widely-recognised Roman Calendar).

After 9 days off work, more or less, my husband and I will sorely miss our non-work routine which involves amongst others, cooking dinner for 4 nights ever since we were on leave. If it were a normal working day, we usually eat out or pack something from outside than cook a decent dinner meal.

Other fun things on the agenda were going to bed later than usual, napping in the afternoon and vegging out in front of the tv, watching movies on DVDs or making fun of B-grade movies (and then some) being regurgitated on our local cable service here.

Alas, the much-needed respite will come to an end. Tonight, to mark such an ending, we will scour our favourite mall for the latest bargains and offerings, eat out and sleep early (just to make up for the lack of hours beginning tomorrow).

It is also a great excuse for a soiree, because in about 2 more weeks' time, the stork is expected to arrive.

So, by all means, let the daily grind begins!