Working on Public Holidays

It's pretty difficult to go to work the next day morning knowing that all of your friends including your family members are having the day off the following day. Well that is exactly what happened to me last 14th as well as 17th which is a Tuesday and a Friday. I basically worked on both Public Holidays which is Prophet Muhammad's Birthday as well as Thaipusam without any replacement leave given nor is there any extra payment given either.

You can guess my reaction

I kind of dragged myself out of my warm cozy bed and drove to work. Luckily due to the public holidays on Tuesday as well as Friday, there is hardly any traffic as probably most people are still snoozing happily in their comfy beds unlike me (sobs). I managed to reach my work place within 35 minutes unlike the usual 1 hour.

After reaching my work place, another shocking news which I received. I need to do warehouse work which is like carrying heavy fabrics from huge plastic bags almost as tall as me. (I am very petite)
This kind of job aren't in my job description, and it is supposedly a foreign worker job or for someone who applied for warehouse. (basically someone who went for an interview and it's in their job description to do so) Unfortunately, I am working under a china-man company (meaning a Chinese operated company that is really into money saving) all the workers have to suffer and do basically everything that is throw at them without much hesitation.

There is a good and bad working under such company:

1. You get used to multitasking. It's basically your 2nd nature.
2. You learned the importance of money saved. Every penny counts.
3. You become an all rounder.
4. You are basically everything. (fashion designer, graphic designer, fashion merchandiser,warehouse assistant,packer,admin,door opener)
5. You have more skills than you ever had before you join the company, due to the workload thrown at you.
6. You learned more than you ever do in bigger companies.

That day, I managed to reach home just by driving for 40 minutes unlike the usual 1 hour 30 minutes which could drag on to 2 hours 30 minutes!!! (Imagine how much petrol being wasted due to that?! It's like driving back to my hometown Taiping...)