No Long Weekends in 2011

This sucks! Almost all the holidays for next year landed on weekends. Yes, this is very very sad news especially for someone like me who relies on long weekend to satisfy my wanderlust.

All Saints Day, National Heores Day,
Bonifacio Day and Rizal Day are the only holidays which will land on a weekday. And also Maundy Thursday and Good Friday which is pretty much given already.

Here is the scheduled announced by the Malacañang Palace:

A. Regular Holidays
New Year’s Day – January 1 (Saturday)
Araw ng Kagitingan – April 9 (Saturday)
Maundy Thursday – April 21
Good Friday – April 22
Labor Day – May 1 (Sunday)
Independence Day – June 12 (Sunday)
National Heroes Day – August 29 (Last Monday of August)
Bonifacio Day – November 30 (Wednesday)
Christmas Day – December 25 (Sunday)
Rizal Day – December 30 (Friday)

B. Special (Non-Working) Days
Ninoy Aquino Day – August 21 (Sunday)
All Saints Day – November 1 (Tuesday)
Last Day of the Year – December 31 (Saturday)

C. Special Holiday (for all schools)
EDSA Revolution Anniversary – February 25 (Friday)

Read more at Yahoo! on this article.

I guess I'm gonna be using up all my leaves for 2011.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!