Short week ahead

Last weekend, I went a driving range in Saigon South. It’s been quite a while since I swung a club, but it felt good knowing that I can still hit the ball – even straighter than before! Think I’ll go back a couple more times to practice before hitting the course.

Yay, half the work week is over! Friday is Vietnam’s National Day and it’s already Tuesday evening. It’s not often these 3-day weekends come along, although I think the public holidays in 2004 and 2005 in Singapore fall on quite a number of Fridays and Mondays.

It’s even rarer here in Vietnam as we have 3 or 4 fewer public holidays. The Vietnamese employees also have fewer days of leave per year (average 12 days). So, they make it up by going home early every day of the year. I did a quick calculation and guess what? If you go home one hour earlier every day for one year, the aggregate hours saved is equivalent to having 11 days off. Ultimately, it evens out fair and square eh?

Plan to go to Vung Tau this weekend to follow up on my interest in greyhound racing and maybe to tan my ass on the beach (I’m getting pretty pale staying in the office all day long). Will update everyone after my trip.