2012 has arrived and every person here were asking "What are those 2012 holiday dates"? Oh yeah, as early as January 1, people are planning of what to do on the coming Philippine Holidays. Planners on bookstores are also overflowing for those who wants to buy them. Go and mark it with dates when resting at home or hanging out with friends is possible. Well, here is the list.

List of Philippine holidays in 2012:
Regular Holidays
January 1 Sunday New Year’s Day (*Note: Make this weekend worthy because for the next three months, no holiday!)
April 5 Thursday Maundy Thursday
April 6 Friday Good Friday
April 9 Monday Araw ng Kagitingan
May 1 Tuesday Labor Day
June 12 Tuesday Independence Day
August 27 Monday National Heroes Day
November 30 Friday Bonifacio Day
December 25 Tuesday Christmas Day
December 30 Sunday Rizal Day

Special (Non-Working) Days
January 23 Monday Chinese New Year
August 21 Tuesday Ninoy Aquino Day
November 1 Thursday All Saints Day
November 2 Friday Additional special (non-working) day
December 31 Monday Last Day of the Year

Special Holiday (for all schools)
February 25 Saturday EDSA Revolution Anniversary

Since, I really love a lot of things from South Korea, I also decided to include their Holidays in this article! LOL! (Thanks to buhaykorea.com for this list.)

List of Korean holidays in 2012:
January 1 Sunday New Year’s Day
January 22 Sunday Seollal – day 1
January 23 Monday Seollal – day 2
January 24 Tuesday Seollal – day 3
March 1 Thursday Independence Day Movement
May 5 Saturday Children’s Day
May 28 Monday Buddha’s Birthday
June 6 Wednesday Memorial Day
August 15 Wednesday Independence Day
September 29 Saturday Chuseok – day 1
September 30 Sunday Chuseok – day 2
October 1 Monday Chuseok – day 3
October 3 Wednesday National Foundation Day
December 25 Tuesday Christmas Day

Now that you have the list, it's time plan what to do during a specific date. Look for long weekends and you'll surely enjoy the no-class, no-work seasons.