They have days off here in Korea, and celebrate such things as Bhudda's birthday, which reminds me of a novelty tee-shirt Sue brought back from UK last week - emblazoned on the front of it is the wording "I HAVE THE BODY OF A GOD!" and in small print "shame it's Bhudda!" What is she trying to say? I dont get it! Anyways, Holiday such as above, Chuseok, which is like Thanksgiving/Christmas rolled into one, and we get 3 days for that one along with a smattering of other single days, which in total come to about 5 or 6 days in total during the year. The problem? If the said holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, thats your day off! They dont believe in making the day fall on the Monday or Friday, so in some years, you could be very unlucky and only manage 1 or 2 days during the working week! Oh well, thank goodness my ex-pat status allows me the luxury of 25 days off plus local days too!
