Malaysian should know that today is the Wesak day and it also declare as a public holiday by government for this special day for Buddhist. Wesak Day is the most important festivals of the Buddhists in Malaysia and fall in the month of May, this should be common for all Buddhist in Malaysia, but some how not many Buddhist in Malaysia celebrating this day.
Wesak day is celebrated to commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of Lord Buddha because according to Buddhists, all the three events took place on the same lunar date. The celebration for the Wesak day begins much before the dawn when the Buddhists gather in Buddhist temples for worship all over Malaysia. Today the celebration is done with prayers, chants, offerings and giving alms. So, this is a day for Buddhist eat a vegetarian diet prior to the festival in order to cleanse and purify themselves.
If you still not wake up yet just because you are enjoying the holiday, I am telling you that you are so lucky to have holiday today. because I am here in my company and working as normal day because my company never declare wesak day as a public holiday. I think government need to work on the standard for the public holidays, do we really need to work on public holiday and not even can claim Over time for working on today?
But it still ok today as many people is not working today, and traffic is not jam today and not so noisy around my area. So, I feel like working on Sunday.
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