That brings me to the topic of public holidays.
Seriously, i think Malaysia is one of the countries in the world with the most gazetted public holidays; either that, or Singapore is one with the least.
Take a look at the public holidays for year 2011 on MOM website:
We only have 11 days of public holidays in a year. If you spread it out across a year, you don't even get one day per month.
Now, take a look at Malaysian public holidays for next year. There are 13 days of national public holidays, and for the state of Selangor (where our Malaysia office is located), there are another 4 days, which total up to 17 days in a year!
One of the expatriates from China noticed the many days of public holidays in Malaysia and told me that he would love to work in Malaysia. Of course, what he isn't aware of is the inequality that is built into the law between different races. If he knows that, i wonder if he would still wanna work there. But then, i guess it doesn't really matter to him since the law does not affect expatriates.
If there's anything i miss working in Malaysia, it's definitely the public holidays.
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