fast

fast. not like in fasting month, but rather, fast days, fast months, fast years! (gulpp?)

it's the ramadhan month again. yes, it is kind of significant to me cuz my malay colleagues get to clock out one hour earlier than me (& that's a big deal to me), and dad goes on his fasting spree again.
other things that remind me it's soon Eid again, Mr.PA asking us officially, to start putting up the Raya decors again, and the canteen at frim is closed again.

things that remind me that the months and years are coming fast and furious?
annual stuffs.
annual stuffs like the company's annual Buka Puasa & Mid Autumn Fest dinner.
annual stuffs like shopping for pretty mooncakes for the haus (baker's cottage has got their decent flyers reaching our office doorstep already!)
annual stuffs like performance appraisals at the office. . . . .


but, all is not lost. a quick flip at the calendar... these babies are coming our way!
Aug 27th nuzul al quran a public holiday for our sweet selangor Aug 31st our dear nation celebrates her (wait lemme check..) ahh, 53rd birthday! Sep 10th & 11th it's the Raya celebrations for our Muslim mates, and national public holiday for the rest of us.. Sep 16th hear ye! hear ye! the inaugural Malaysia Day national holiday!!! Oct 20th - 22nd another self-declared one, this time to Bali~ Nov 5th Diwali, the festival of lights falls on a Friday.. read: long weekend! Nov 17th it's raya qurban again.. sweet~ and finally on Dec 7th it's the awal muharram... totally clueless on what this one's about, but hey.. it's still sweet all the same...

well, darn it tho' .. xmas falls on a Sat this year.. and that means so does New Year's ... that's 2 missing should-be holidays there!! =P




another itch scratched...