Stores open on new years day for limited times

The year 2009 went away and another year has started. The New Year’s day is a day of celebration in many countries. In the U.S., New Years day is a big day. Various festivals are observed around the country and people go out and enjoy themselves. If you are planning to go on shopping or other works, then you should check out your local retailers, groceries and offices because offices in each area follow their own schedule.

• Federal, state, county offices and city halls are closed New Year's Day.
• Local and county libraries will also be closed.
• All the major banks and in-store banks are closed today.
• Shopping malls will remain open but according to their hour of choice.
• Schools are closed New Year's Day.
• Grocery stores will remain open but for a shorter time and it may vary from place to place. You would have to contact your local store.
• Trash services will close New Year’s Day but it will presume the next day.
• Post offices will be closed. No mail will be delivered.
• Rail services will be running but on limited schedule. You would have to check your near by rail station.
• Register delivery will also continue for a limited time.

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Happy New Year 2010!

Happy New Year 2010 to all the people in South Asia. Well, it is way past the midnight hours but still, I feel that I should thank all the readers of this blog for the last one year. I started the blog on 7 or 8 January 2009 and thus, it is one year. It has been a great year for me along with this blog because of 3 reasons. First of all, it got Google Page Rank 6. Then, it has got now 1600+ Feedburner Subscribers. Finally, South Asia Blog received nearly 700,000 page views in the first one year. It is amazing for a new blog- really it is. It shows that we could get both quality and quantity.

I have been blogging for lamost four years now and it is the most successful blog for me. In 2010, my goal is to build on Google backlinks. This is something, I am struggling a lot. Well, I know very well that I have to work harder for it.

The main problem in 2009 was that this blog became very successful and as a result, shared hosting could not support the original WordPress platform. So, I had to bring it to Blogger Hosting of Google. It caused a lot of pain and then for the last 6 months, I was sick and troubled with a lot of personal problems.

Thanks God that I am fresh at the first day of 2010. Hopefully, I can dedicate my time, effort and focus for this blog from now. Earlier today, I wrote a nice article:

Will there be a Backlash in 2010 in USA against Outsourcing jobs to India?

It is nice because I enjoyed writing it and if you are interested about outsourcing then you would find some food for thought. From now, I plan to write this kind of entries on a regular basis.

To all our readers and visitors, thanks a lot for being with us in 2009 and hopefully you will be with us in 2010 too.