Today is june 11, and its a holiday here (its originally a holiday at june 12th but our wacky president always change the dates of holidays just to make it a 3 days holiday). and you can really tell. i mean i got to work (because our work is implements US holidays, so we work today) 20 minutes earlier. there was no traffic. not many people on their way to work. and students have no classes to.
I have the option to be absent right now and i didnt use it. pretty weird but i choose to work because i had a half day work last friday. it would be very shameful if i dont show my ass to work today. i dont have anything for us working in holidays because we get paid to work anyways. and i dont have anything to do at home when i choose to be absent. at least here i tend to earn while at home i will be stuck there, bored to death at tv shows.
has the real meaning of the holidays are gone. for me yes. if you might notice i havent said what is the name of the holiday we are celebrating. june 12 used to be independence day here. many even bought little flags to commemorate our independence. but it lost its meaning when this holiday was moved every year. the original date of our independence was in july. and one of the former president moved it to june 12. so independence day isnt really independence day. for me its just "move this holiday whenever you want to" day. i mean really, a holiday must be at a fixed date. you dont want to celebrate something if it isnt the exact date right? it seems that they move its so that the holiday may go on three days (because of the 2 days weekend + holiday). now it lost its meaning for me. sad..
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