Work blog 4 | Festivals, everyone is on vacation, I work

Although I don’t use Facebook very much, and I haven’t posted a few updates in a year, I still visit Facebook for a while because of my work relationship, and visit the special pages of major media. On June 15th, because it was a weekly holiday, I was in charge of purchasing daily necessities in the morning, so I didn’t have time to click on Facebook in the afternoon. As a result, I saw that every Malaysian media page had a fan asking the government to give it a special day off.

This is because the Malaysian football team beat Bangladesh 4-1 in the Asian Cup qualifying match on June 14, waiting 43 years to enter the Asian Cup again. This is also the fourth time that the Malaysian team has successfully entered the main match of the Asian Cup. Mostly because of this, many fans asked the Malaysian government to take a special day off to celebrate. But so far the government has said it will award prizes to teams, but there is no clear response to the request for a special fake.

I believe that most migrant workers love vacations, and Malaysia can be said to be a paradise for migrant workers, because our public holidays are one of the most in the world.

The three major ethnic groups in Malaysia, Malay, Chinese and Indian, celebrate the New Year. They are all public holidays, and the whole people are on holiday to celebrate together. There are also January 1, Christmas, Vesak Holiday, Labour Day, National Independence Day, Malaysia Day, Sarawak and West Malaysia also have their own public holidays for the birthday of the head of state, etc. There are public holidays almost every month.

But not every migrant worker can take a holiday with the brigade during festivals, for example, the media cannot. Even during the period when Malaysia was closed due to the epidemic, media professionals in Malaysia had to go to work as normal because they needed to convey information to the public.

A reporter colleague once said: "Everyone avoids the most dangerous places (where there is a high risk of the epidemic), but media people just need to report to these places."

Therefore, during the epidemic, the media is regarded as the frontline and high-risk personnel.

After I started working in the media industry, it was almost impossible for me to rest on Saturdays and Sundays, except for two or three years when I worked in the supplementary group, where I rested on Sundays. Not to mention festivals, when everyone is on holiday and celebrating, I have to go back to work in the company and find a time to make up for the holiday.

For media workers, working on festivals is the most common thing. So whenever family or friends go out for dinner, party, movie shopping on a Sunday or on a holiday, I can't get involved. Sometimes I feel helpless, but it's not necessarily a good thing.

Because holidays are usually during the working time of everyone, if you go to a public office or bank to do business, you will have time to deal with it. You don’t need to ask for leave. You don’t need to go shopping or go to a cafe to drink coffee. You don’t have to be crowded. Drink coffee and read books without being affected by the noise of people around you.

For me, working on festivals has become a habit, and it's good to get used to some things.

Regarding Malaysia's entry into the Asian Football Cup, will the government give special leave? Of course not. After all, it is not to win the Asian Cup, but only to enter the main competition. And too many holidays are not a good thing for the company. production operation. After we have the opportunity to win the Asian Cup, we may have a holiday.