'I need more days off to readjust to routine'

'I need more days off to readjust to routine'

Not all civil servants and other workers showed up for work on
Monday, the first official work day after the long Idul Fitri
holiday. Many people, however, are now preparing for more
holidays in December -- Christmas and New Year. The Jakarta Post
talked to some people about their holiday hangovers.

Dian, 25, is a reporter at a newspaper company in South
Jakarta. She recently came back from her hometown of Yogyakarta
after celebrating Idul Fitri with her family and old friends:

I cannot believe this, I was just relaxing with all the people
I love, and now I have to deal a mountain of work. I have to
literally drag myself out of the house to go to the office.

Well, this is one of the consequences of having a full-time
job. I wish I could get over this holiday hangover immediately.

Yoyok, 25, is a staff member at the economics department at
the National Institute of Science in South Jakarta. He spent the
Idul Fitri holidays in Purworejo, Central Java:

Honestly, I want to get back to work as soon as possible as I
miss hanging out with my colleagues at the office.

I believe many people share my feeling. We want to get on with
the routine again, to obtain some money and to save some so we
can take the journey back home for the next holidays.

I think there is a strong correlation between work and
holidays, as people are reluctant to go back to their hometown if
they can't take lots of money along.

Saptono, 28, a staff member of a development program involving
the World Bank and the Ministry of Home Affairs:

I have no problem to start working again. I finished all the
work I needed to do at home before the holiday. So I won't be
overburdened with work.

But, to be honest, I still feel tired from visiting all of my
colleagues and greeting them.

I think I need another day to adjust, to refresh before going
back to work again.

-- The Jakarta Post