Bakrie Eid is a public holiday! Damn
it, I didn’t know it was. Rather, for someone used to the concept of restricted
and mandatory holidays, I didn’t know this was a mandatory one. This is as
public an acknowledgement as it gets. I made a complete fool of myself by
walking into office this morning, only to realize it was a holiday on account
of Bakrie Eid! I should have realized it when I hardly met any traffic on the
way, or found the office parking vacant. But it wasn’t until I walked through
the gates to an empty, dark office when the Security showed me the tiny holiday
list on the board, clearly announcing this day off across all offices in the
country.
Now I am confused what am I more upset
at. The fact that I missed out on a long 3-day weekend; or that I got ready and
drove 15 kms to work on a Monday morning; or that I had already got in the work
mood. I guess it is more of the last one. I tend to get fidgety Sunday evenings
itself, mostly staring at the long week ahead, and generally planning my next
day. No prizes for guessing, the plans have all gone awry now.
Which leaves me with a daunting task –
what do I do now? This blog will be completed in the next few hours. What next?
Wifey is at work (it’s her fault really; she didn’t have a holiday, which made
me assume, I didn’t either), so can’t really plan an outing. Besides, a day is
too short for any outing in Bangalore. No movie worth watching either. Falling
short of books too. A rather sadistic plan would be to call all friends who are
at work! In fact, while at the Security Gate, I actually wished the holiday was
called off and everyone should be asked to report to work immediately. What if
there was an emergency? Some competitor had sabotaged the office! Don’t they do
so in the Army? Aah! Empty mind is indeed a devil’s workshop!
Anyways, like all windfalls (not that
I have had many), I don’t know what to do with it! If only windfalls were
announced in advance (I know that’s an oxymoron)! Reminds me of the movie, Do Dooni Chaar – how the Duggal family cannot decide on what to do with Mr. Duggal’s
Provident Fund windfall gain. It is too less for doing anything substantial
with it, and too much for trivialities.
And just like in the movie, I guess I
won’t be doing much with this windfall either. Just laze around, do nothing.
That sounds so much like my ideal holiday idea anyways!
