China & Siesta

China & Siesta
Jun 7, 2006 09:47	#11
APAULT Points: Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Status: Offline	I can assure you that in some places the siesta is alive and well. In my college, in summer staff work 8:30 to 5:15 with TWO and a HALF hours siesta...and they get the college holidays! We resume classes at 2:30 pm and the students are still half asleep! What can you expect after a large meal and a sleep and then they come back in the heat of the day? For me siesta time is a time to clean the unit, prepare classes, or go for a bike ride. Some local customs I just cannot get used to!

Jun 7, 2006 09:47

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I can assure you that in some places the siesta is alive and well. In my college, in summer staff work 8:30 to 5:15 with TWO and a HALF hours siesta...and they get the college holidays!

We resume classes at 2:30 pm and the students are still half asleep! What can you expect after a large meal and a sleep and then they come back in the heat of the day?

For me siesta time is a time to clean the unit, prepare classes, or go for a bike ride. Some local customs I just cannot get used to!

Jun 7, 2006 09:51

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Rita,Pinetree,
The Siesta is from Portugal and was adopted by the Spanish and passed on to Latin,South Americas.It was meant as a break from the heat of the day to take a nap or spend some ime with family:))
I looked on the internet about China Siesta(Wushui) and it said the nap could be 2 or 3 hours long and WAS a Constitutional Right!!! Just passing that along what I read.
Pinetree,What was that about a nap??Speak up!! us old people don't hear well..hehe.
Reason Rita and Conny don't need a Siesta or as we might say in America:"" Beauty Sleep"" is because they are already beautiful:))

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