Post CNY Blues

Towards the end of last year, nearing December. People look forward to celebrating Christmas ( celebrating is just a proxy for slacking..for some, to do something that they do not have the opportunity to during normal times..but some do nothing and idling the time away),
fast forward....after the Merry-Christmas-to-you-and your-family SMS-fly abouts..then we look to have the New Year..again we are again bombarded with Happy-New-Year-to-you-and-your-family-may-the-new-year-be-happy-and-prosperous- wishes..again the medium, you guess right.... SMSes!!! after the new year..then the last of the celebration the Chinese New Year-hahaha...last reason to slack..( this year,,we did have Hari Raya Haji/Qurban/Aidil-adha, Maal Hijrah, FT Day public holidays sandwiched in between)..

Again the same story unfolds..plenty of SMS flying around,, (Maxis, DIGi and Celcom bosses and employees must be laughing their way to the bank)..plenty of merry-making, drinks both hard and soft, gambling..cards and mahjong sessions..(apparently the latter generated more criminal offence as 10 mahjong-playing senior citizens were dragged to the Kajang police station compared to the former),,angpows..road accidents, open houses, politicians doing their PR exercises and last night Pai Thnee Kong ('PTK' or Worship of the Jade Emperor Kong)..but last night I went to Thean Hou Kong ( a substitute for not being able to turn out for the PTK ceremony back at the hometown)

All good things come to an end..like today first day of work after the festivities..no long holidays to look forward until Thaipusam ( Selangor only) ..and gasp..Merdeka holidays to look forward to.
That's a memoir of the working life..apart from the year end bonus, these are something that keep most of us going on and on resiliently....for the sake of earning a living aka two meals a day..