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Hyeon Een
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 Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:56 am Post subject: Public Holidays in 2008 |
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| 2008 is the worst year yet for me in Korea. I will lose precisely *2* days of work because of public holidays. That's rubbish. Also my school's birthday is on a Saturday this year.. so one more holiday lost. What a terrible year. |
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safeblad
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:01 am Post subject: |
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no more constitution day  |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:03 am Post subject: |
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What do you mean? There are 7 long weekends this year. 2 in a row in May.
Work days off due to public holidays from now until the end of the year:
Feb
6/7/8 (W/Th/Fri)
May
5 (Mon)
12 (Mon)
June
6 (Fri)
July
17 (Thu)
August
15 (Fri)
September
15 (Mon)
October
3 (Fri)
December
25 (Thu)
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safeblad
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:45 am Post subject: |
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17 (Thu)
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nope. constitution day is no longer a red day |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:55 am Post subject: |
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| safeblad wrote: |
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July
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nope. constitution day is no longer a red day |
Oh well. It's a middle of the week day anyway. Even without that, I think the year looks good for public holidays. Can't beat 7 long weekends. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:58 am Post subject: |
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| It's sucky that there's only one day off for chuseok. |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:12 am Post subject: |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
What do you mean? There are 7 long weekends this year. 2 in a row in May. Work days off due to public holidays from now until the end of the year:
Feb
6/7/8 (W/Th/Fri) May 5 (Mon) 12 (Mon) March
6 (Mon) July 17 (Thu) August 15 (Fri) September 15 (Mon) October 3 (Mon) December25 (Thu) |
Well yes, but as I said in my OP I was talking about ME, not you. Anyway I don't work Feb 6/7/8. May 5, May 12, March 6, Sep 15, Oct 3 or Dec 25th anyway. (All MONDAYS, which I have off, or vacation time anyway).
On the positive side for me there are 52 long weekends (again) this year. (I'm a d1ck today, sorry, I should have been studying Korean but I drank soju instead) |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:20 am Post subject: |
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| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
What do you mean? There are 7 long weekends this year. 2 in a row in May. Work days off due to public holidays from now until the end of the year:
Feb
6/7/8 (W/Th/Fri) May 5 (Mon) 12 (Mon) March
6 (Mon) July 17 (Thu) August 15 (Fri) September 15 (Mon) October 3 (Mon) December25 (Thu) |
Well yes, but as I said in my OP I was talking about ME, not you. Anyway I don't work Feb 6/7/8. May 5, May 12, March 6, Sep 15, Oct 3 or Dec 25th anyway. (All MONDAYS, which I have off, or vacation time anyway).
On the positive side for me there are 52 long weekends (again) this year. (I'm a d1ck today, sorry, I should have been studying Korean but I drank soju instead) |
So in other words, "Hey everybody! I don't work Mondays!" |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
What do you mean? There are 7 long weekends this year. 2 in a row in May. Work days off due to public holidays from now until the end of the year:
Feb
6/7/8 (W/Th/Fri) May 5 (Mon) 12 (Mon) March
6 (Mon) July 17 (Thu) August 15 (Fri) September 15 (Mon) October 3 (Mon) December25 (Thu) |
Well yes, but as I said in my OP I was talking about ME, not you. Anyway I don't work Feb 6/7/8. May 5, May 12, March 6, Sep 15, Oct 3 or Dec 25th anyway. (All MONDAYS, which I have off, or vacation time anyway).
On the positive side for me there are 52 long weekends (again) this year. (I'm a d1ck today, sorry, I should have been studying Korean but I drank soju instead) |
So in other words, "Hey everybody! I don't work Mondays!" |
Yeah maybe. But also, CHUSEOK SUCKS this year. Last year there were like.. 2? 3? days off. This year just 1. That is lame. If I was a Korean leader who wanted to be popular I'd implement a 'carrying-forward/backward-holidays-which-fall-on-weekends-to-
before/after-the-weekend-policy. One of the weakest ever pro-Korea arguments I've ever heard is that it has a lot of public holidays. That argument is a lie which needs to be brought down. It might have a fair few holidays technically, but in any given year its well behind most nations in the world. (And bring back Arbor day, Constitution day, and the other one they used to have which I forget the name of) |
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davai!
Joined: 04 Dec 2005
Location: Kuwait
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:36 am Post subject: |
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Since when is March 6 a Monday? Isn't the holiday March 1 (Saturday)?
October 3 seems to be a Friday, too. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:45 am Post subject: |
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| davai! wrote: |
Since when is March 6 a Monday? Isn't the holiday March 1 (Saturday)?
October 3 seems to be a Friday, too. |
You're right. I made the necessary corrections. I'm really tired today. |
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paquebot
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
Location: Northern Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:56 am Post subject: |
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| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| Yeah maybe. But also, CHUSEOK SUCKS this year. Last year there were like.. 2? 3? days off. [...] One of the weakest ever pro-Korea arguments I've ever heard is that it has a lot of public holidays. That argument is a lie which needs to be brought down. It might have a fair few holidays technically, but in any given year its well behind most nations in the world. (And bring back Arbor day, Constitution day, and the other one they used to have which I forget the name of) |
You're complaining about how few days you'll have off for Chuseok this year compared to last year and you don't even know how many you had off last year? That seems a little funny since you seem to count public holidays very seriously.
Which nations does Korea fall behind in the public holidays department, exactly? I'm rather curious who you're using as a benchmark. The numbers I've found for the E-2 Visa nations are: England & Wales 8 days, Canada 8 or 9 days depending on the province, Scotland 9 days, Ireland 9 days, Northern Ireland 10 days, Australia 10 days, New Zealand 11 days, the United States 12 days, South Africa 12 days. Meanwhile, South Korea has 14 days marked as public holidays each year. If you have a different set of figures please post them; there may have been some days that I didn't take into account for those countries. Otherwise, your portrayal of Korean public holidays doesn't seem entirely accurate.  |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:58 am Post subject: |
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| Doing the forward/backward thing for holidays here might not have the result you expect. Remember that there are plenty of jobs (such as public school teacher) where there are plenty of Saturday workdays. In other words, if the holiday's not on a Sunday, you'll probably still get nothing out of it. |
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