On Aug 6, 1:52 am, The 2-Belo <the2b...@msd.bigREMOVETHISlobe.ne.jp>
wrote:
> We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that B Anderson has
> exploded. Flight director confirms that:
>
> >> "They" get the 2 weeks annual leave, but what about you? If you get it, why not
> >> take it?
>
> >I am currently on holiday (that's why I'm home at the ridiculously early
> >hour of 9pm). But I was made to feel like an evil-doer for indulging in
> >1.5 weeks holiday.
>
> I have since learned to grow a thick enough skin to not let the guilt-tripping
> bother me. You just have to take it for what it's worth, and remember that you
> have to allow people to manipulate you.
>

I would imagine being a foreigner would help in that.

> I tend to think people in this country aren't *good* at vacationing and need a
> little training. One of the greatest trips my wife and I ever took was just last
> autumn, a three day trip by car from here in Gifu down through Awaji-shima, to
> Takamatsu, over the Seto Bridge into Okayama, on a ferry to Shodojima in the
> middle of the Inland Sea, and back. No packages, no guides, just the two of us
> and our own four tires and a back seat full of camera gear. And it only took
> three days.
>
I think many are, particularly when you get out of the big cities
(Tokyo in particular). Once you get into the more rural areas people
do a particularly good job of taking time off, maintaining hobbies,
etc. My brother in law is a true work-a-holic, but is also a gentleman
farmer and brings in a nice crop of rice, strawberries, etc. every
year.

John W.