Birthday on working day | 生日要上班 - 辦公室隨筆 (四)

Today is birthday of a colleague of mine, she decided to take one day no-paid leave so that she can enjoy her birthday without any interruption by work. It is obvious that she highly values the opportunity to spend a quality day with her family on her birthday, much more than one day's salary. That's why we also tried very hard not to bother her with any work, just whatsapp her with our blessings.

今天是我的一個同事的生日，儘管她已經用盡自己的年假而要請無薪假期，她仍然決定請一天的假期去享受一個沒有工作打攪的日字。明顯的，對她來說和家人一起過自己的生日比起一天的工資來得重要，所以大家都儘量不會因為工作而在今天打擾她，只會在Whatsapp 上面送上我們的祝福。

I am totally opposite to this colleague, I don't really care about my own birthday. My family didn't celebrate our birthdays while we were kids. My parents prepared red eggs and some Fujian noodle soup for us to share during our birthday, and that's all we did on those dates. It was until my colleague time, while a group of secondary schoolmates, who have birthdays very close by (5 birthdays within 1 week), came together to hold a group event, I started to have birthday celebration.

對比起我這位同事，我自己對生日的重視程度則是偏向另一個極端，我是一個慶祝生日與否都沒有所謂的人。自小家裏都沒有真正的慶祝過生日，爸媽會在我們的農曆生日做些紅雞蛋，煮個福建麵線一家人分吃了就算是慶祝過生日了。所以我們一向沒有要慶祝生日這個概念。直到大學時，一班高中同學因為生日相近，7天內有4個同學在不同日子生日，我們就發起一個一起慶祝的活動。主要就是想舊同學相聚一番。我才直正的慶祝自己的生日。

We did celebrate each other's birthdays while I was in a relationship, however, I believe that's more about seeing each other than to hurray for a baby came to this world many years ago.

到了拍拖之後，當然有跟女朋友互相慶祝生日，但目的其實是想大家多見面而非真的慶祝多年前有一個傻傻的小生命誕生在這人世。

Now, birthday to me is just the day that I add 1 to my age. I don't care if there is how it is celebrated and if there is any celebration at all. Of course, I still feel warm and happy if my colleagues celebrate my birthday with me. Here are some cakes from my colleagues, all are very yummy.

所以今時今日，生日於我只是一個標誌著我又老了一年的日子，有沒有慶祝，如何慶祝都沒有太大分別。當然同事們如果記得我的生日而為我慶祝，我會感到十分溫暖，開心。看看這些近年同事為我慶祝的生日蛋糕！都是很美味的。

Before this company, I used to my birthdays quietly slipped away without anyone ever noticed. After I moved to this company, I was always on the road in last few years so I had experienced a few birthdays alone overseas, which were kind of special to me. I was perfectly fine with all these because I knew that people who love me and care about me would be waiting for me at home. As long as I can hear my girls' "Happy Birthday", I won't have any complaints.

不過在我以往工作過的公司，很多時候都沒有這樣的待遇。我的生日總是靜悄悄的在辦公室裏遛掉。近年轉工之後，因為工作關係出差頻繁，有幾年的生日都不在香港，一個人在異地過生日反而另有一種味道。對於這些日子我並沒有一絲的不快，因為我知道工作之後就會有一班愛我，關心我的人在家中等著為我慶祝。只要能聽到女兒們跟我說一聲生日快樂，我就已經心滿意足。

It doesn't matter whether I need to work or not, or where, the only thing that matters is if I can make enough money to support my family. That's why I won't make any special arrangement regarding work on my birthday. How about you?

所以生日那天是不是要上班，在那裡上班，通通都不重要。最重要的是要掙足夠的錢。所以我生日那天是不會有任何特別的工作安排。那你們又會如何安排你生日那天的工作呢？

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