What are you doing this weekend?
It’s a long weekend here in Malaysia. Deepavali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, is tomorrow, while Hari Raya Puasa, which commemorates the end of the Muslim fasting month, is next Tuesday and Wednesday (a two-day holiday here). Sandwiched between the two festive holidays is lone Monday, which a lot of companies, including mine, have “declared” a holiday. For sure the Malaysian Government has declared it a public holiday for its employees (aka Government or civil servants), and many companies in the private sector are following, altho not completely, e.g., where I work, we have to take compulsory leave next Monday, meaning one day gets deducted from our annual leave. But I digress …
I don’t go back to work till next Thursday. What will I be doing all those days? I’ll be house-sitting … no, wait, actually I’ll be maid watching.
My sister and family will be away, leaving her new maid alone in the house. This new maid has said she’s not afraid of being on her own, but this new maid has also been known to spend her days watching TV and generally not doing what she’s employed to do. Imagine what she’ll be up to 24 hours a day unsupervised. So just to let her know she can’t get away with not working, there’ll be someone to keep her company during the day, and me to sleep over at night.
Should be interesting. Net access is limited at my sister’s house (no wireless router), and I can only read, or watch so much tv, at a stretch. Well, with NNWM 2006 just 12 days or so away, I should be spending some of the time doing prep work for my NaNovel. On my AlphaSmart Dana, of course.
