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December 27, 2009

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~ Depressing Thoughts To Start Off 2010..

Was going through the calendar for the year 2010 and realized that there are no frigging holidays, well holidays worth mentioning for the first 6 months of the year. Damn!! Looking forward to long weekends and the fact that Eid holidays occuring twice a year bring week long holidays are the main reasons I get through the whole year of work, work & more work. But 2010 is just the pits in this regard.

On the month of February we get a lousy one day break in the middle of some godforsaken week and the dry spell goes on till the July 26th which blessedly falls on a Monday. And the most disappointing of all is the fact that Ramazan ends on a Thursday rendering Eid Al Fitr to fall on a Friday. So us poor folks would just get Sunday off meaning a three day weekend. Yay!! So much for the silver lining.

The only month to look forward to is November. The 3rd & 11th of November together with the Eid Al Al-ha holidays falling on this month would be a month which I bet everyone would look forward to since the academic calender also ends within November. I guess everyone should start making travel plans for November since rather than taking off on a 30 day break for your annual leave where most probably you stay at home and mope or watch TV and series till your eyes are red and all cross-eyed from the effort, it is just more fun when everyone gets time off from work at the same time!

So here’s to a depressing start to a new year. Happy new year everyone! xox

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New Years and Resolutions

Whilst we are spending the last few hours of the year 2007 and waiting in anticipation for 2008, my mind wondered about the fact, why people tend to be so fascinated with the *new* year. Is it because its termed *new*; just like it brings joy to ones heart when a loved one presents you with a *new* mobile phone for your birthday, when you have a *new* dress to wear to work tomorrow?

Or isit the fact that people need to cling onto the hope that like a new day brings forth hidden surprises along its way, a new year could bring those would-be-happy surprises in abundance?

I for one do not really get what all the rave about the new year is about. I mean even though tomorrow might be the first day of a new year, arent we all just going to feel the same when we wake up tomorrow morning? Arent we just going to wake up in the same bed, go through the same motions we go through every other day, and by the end of it still feel the same (pessimistic I know, but aint it the truth??).

Its not the new year that brings happiness or wonderful surprises into your life. Its those whom you hold dear and close to your hearts that can make a difference in your life. And its the way you choose to live your life that can bring the good/bad changes in your life.

A new year resolution on itself doesnt change a thing. Its just like your dreams and hopes about the future. To achieve those dreams, a lot of hard work and sweat goes into it. Many a day and night are spent raving at the *fates* for the stumbles you take at every turn during the journey made to achieve your dreams. However, if you work hard enough and is courageous enough, you will emerge victorious at the end. I believe thats the *day* that deserves the celebration. For the *new* day that you have been waiting for all your life has arrived then.

And before I forget, I wish all the bloggers a happy *new* year :). Although I might be a bit of a pessimist when it comes to stuff like this, for those with the resolutions and big dreams, best of luck!. With a lil luck and help, yours just might come true.