The much awaited long weekend...

Contrary to popular beliefs, the Americans work very hard. There are very few holidays in the States in comparision to Singapore. One reason is due to our multi racial culture in Singapore where we have the opportunities to celebrate the festive seasons of the 4 major ethnic groups in Singapore. However, there is one distinct difference between the holidays in Singapore and in the States. The holidays in the States always fall on a Friday or Thursday to allow people to enjoy a long weekend, whereas the holidays in Singapore can fall on any days of the week. The much waited Thanksgiving is just round the corner. We are celebrating Thanksgiving on this coming Thursday. In the past, we usually made use of this break to go somewhere faraway. However, with this big belly of mine, I guess we have to stay put in the house this year. We are invited to a gathering at one of Maw Lin's colleague house on Friday and we have a pre-delivery visit to the hospital on Saturday. Here, things work a bit differently from Singapore. We have to interview the pediatricians and choose one of them for our baby before delivery. Fortunately, mummy and daddy-to-be have done our homework and we will inform the nurse during our pre-delivery visit to the hospital on this coming Saturday.