The Joy of Giving by John Greenleaf Whittier

Somehow, not only for Christmas,
But all the long year through,
The joy that you give to others
Is the joy that comes back to you;
And the more you spend in blessing
The poor and lonely and sad,
The more of your heart's possessing
Returns to make you glad.

It's 3 days to Christmas...

... I am still at work.

Most of my friends have gone on their annual leave but I am still around. For the last couple of days, non-Christian colleagues have asked me the ever familiar "When are you going on leave?" question over and over again.

Or worst, as my GM nicely put it "Hey, you're still around?!!"

Hmmm...yeah! If I'm not, who will oversee the office systems, install your email spam filter, uninstall junks you guys installed in your pc and making it operates at snail's pace etc etc...

So yeah, I'm still around.

Also, if anything ever goes wrong while I'm away, feel free to call. I'll just be an hour's drive away anyway.... :-[

So yeah, Merry Christmas to you too.
And a professionally productive new year!