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FUBAR
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: The Y.C.
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 Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: Working Christmas Eve? |
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| Who has to work on Christmas Eve, December 24? |
Yes. But it's on a Friday which means, I finish at 1pm. Just like today...  |
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justagirl
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Cheonan/Portland
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| Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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Nope. Well, for one, we're out of here before then. But also, our hakwon doesn't have classes Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
Christmas eve is Friday= no class
hmmm....was trying to do christmas colors, but the green doesn't show up very well.... |
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CanadaCommando
Joined: 13 Feb 2004
Location: People's Republic of C.C.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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Teach till around 4, then off to the airport for an evening flight home!
Christmas Eve will rock-Drinking on the plane all night, only to arrive home in time for Christmas Eve lunch...Rum and eggnog anyone?
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah Christmas seems like not such a big deal here when you have no family around you. |
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coolsage
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: The overcast afternoon of the soul
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| Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 8:42 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, it seems premature to be looking that far ahead for a holiday, but there are no breaks at all in November, and that just doesn't seem right. Surely these bali-bali people need one long weeked in November, and so could we waygook use one; call it National kimchi-apppreciation day, call it anything; clearly the uni students are aching for a holiday, not that they've earned one, but those of us who have chosen to teach them certainly deserve a long weekend during the declining days of autumn, if for no other reason than to experience the glorious autumnal colors for which Korea is 'famous'. Or just to stay home, deal with the laundry and the shopping, and have the luxury of kicking back to watch 'Jeopardy'. Pleasures in this country are few, and if one is ultimately alone here, those autumn leaves are not as colorful if they're not enjoyed by two. This is when melancholy can kick in, and that's why there ought to be a holiday around this time. |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| No I will be in new zealand in shorts and a t shirt enjoying christmas at the beach |
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phaedrus
Joined: 13 Nov 2003
Location: I'm comin' to get ya.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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Just call in sick.
If they want a doctor's excuse, tell them to *beep* off.
When I don't want to go to work, I take a sick day.
Anyway, Koreans should adjust to our holidays if they want us to work for them. Simple.
When Koreans ask me why I get Saturdays off, I just say that if I didn't I would be in Canada right now. I don't love teaching English in a foreign country that much. |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 8:08 am Post subject: |
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| phaedrus: I've got to disagree!! How many WESTERN countries give Koreans time off for Chusok or Solol??? "I'm Korean. If they want me to work for them, they should understand my culture." Sounds stupid that way, eh? |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 10:09 am Post subject: |
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| ajuma wrote: |
| phaedrus: I've got to disagree!! How many WESTERN countries give Koreans time off for Chusok or Solol??? "I'm Korean. If they want me to work for them, they should understand my culture." Sounds stupid that way, eh? |
There's an awful lot of Christians here, you notice? |
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Gord
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| phaedrus wrote: |
| Anyway, Koreans should adjust to our holidays if they want us to work for them. Simple. |
I am curious to know when December 24th became a holiday. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| in my part of Canada, from the afternoon of Dec 24 to January 1 is essentially a holiday, unless you're unfortunate enough to work in retail. |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Or hospitals, nursing homes, police stations, fire stations.... |
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waterbaby
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Baking Gord a Cheescake pie
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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Is holidays on Christmas Eve a cultural thing?
I don't know any one (except my brother's German in-laws) in Australia who has a holiday on Christmas eve or celebrates Christmas on Christmas eve.
You're lucky if you get to knock off work at lunch time (private industry), but don't be surprised if you work until regular business closing hours.
I've never thought of Christmas Eve as being a holiday. |
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Sage Monkey
Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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I forgot... where are we again? You're not in Kansas anymore Dorothy!  |
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