Weekends and longer!

Never paid too much attention to the concept of “long weekend” back in India, but here in the US, long weekends are long-awaited. Long weekend in western countries is merely a weekend that is at least 3 days long; doesn't that sound ephemeral these days anyway?

As my thoughts wander down the memory lane, ironically I detested weekends as much as I pine for them now. In retrospect, be it school, junior college or undergrad, I only remember yearning for the weekend to avoid being part of tormenting lectures or to hang out with friends. Paradoxically, nothing can override the fun we back-benchers had in college.

Isn’t Saturday an effectively functioning day back in our homeland, then why this fuss out here? From planning classy retreats beforehand to absolutely being lackluster, from counting days for THE weekend to hardly working a week prior to the weekend, from building castles in the sky about how amazing a weekend it would turn out to be; albeit, whining about the fact that it will be long obsolete makes not only the long weekend more stimulating, but also brings life to the monotonous and mind-numbing work culture.

Browsing through the “1001 places to see before you die”, I wonder if these long weekends will suffice. Regardless, weekends are heaven, longer the better, what say?