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Published On: Mar 07, 2006 03:02 PM
Total entries in this category: 24
Published On: Mar 07, 2006 03:02 PM
Nap Time
Siestas are by no means the exclusive domain of
Latin Americans.
For the Chinese, lunch is always followed by "xiu
xi," a rather lengthy nap. This time is sacrosanct, so phoning someone between
1:00 and 2:30 in the afternoon would be as rude as calling at 3:00 in the
morning.
Recently I had lunch with two of my grad students, Bi Yan and Zhu Xiaodan. As we finished, I said to them, "You will take a nap now?" They said yes and politely inquired if I would be going back to the faculty living quarter for my own nap. I told them I didn't nap. They looked as shocked as if I'd said I didn't breathe oxygen.
"But why not?" asked Bi Yan.
"We can't take naps in America. We have only an hour, or maybe even just a half hour, for lunch and then we have to return to work."
Zhu Xiaodan said, " What is the use of all that freedom if you can't even take a nap?"
It does make you wonder....
Recently I had lunch with two of my grad students, Bi Yan and Zhu Xiaodan. As we finished, I said to them, "You will take a nap now?" They said yes and politely inquired if I would be going back to the faculty living quarter for my own nap. I told them I didn't nap. They looked as shocked as if I'd said I didn't breathe oxygen.
"But why not?" asked Bi Yan.
"We can't take naps in America. We have only an hour, or maybe even just a half hour, for lunch and then we have to return to work."
Zhu Xiaodan said, " What is the use of all that freedom if you can't even take a nap?"
It does make you wonder....
Posted: Sun - September 21, 2003 at 08:25 AM