>  >Hoping that all are at least having a satisfying long weekend off, and
that
>  >those who celebrate the festival for its deeper meanings have been and
will
>  >continue to be suitably
>  >blessed. And commiserations to those who don't get to celebrate the
event as
>  >a public holiday :-)

> Comiserations not wanted; money is wanted. China (that is, most of the
> working world) gets no holidays. They / we are all to busy making money to
> spend time having 'fun' let alone 'deeper meanings'.

I think in the midst of all that having fun even you may have lost track of
how holidays work in these less enlightened countries :-). Workers still get
the money - they just don't get the fun of working at the same time. They
can even use the time not working to do something else that makes money. I
suspect that if this was explained to them they would be all for the
concept. Maybe not.

> Me and my staff have
> packed a $US20,000 order the last 4 days. That, to me, is fun.

I understand the concept of work as fun well enough. Also the concept as fun
as work. Or perhaps really the concept of all of life being ideally one big
happy mix.

However, if you are tied, as some seem to be, to a job that is less than
one's ideal, then getting some time to do other things that one would rather
do sounds like a good idea. The obvious thing to do is to have a job that is
so compelling that they have to drag you away kicking and screaming to eat
and sleep.

> I'm off tomorrow for another week in North Korea. Now that will be 'fun'.

Carry your bags ? :-)

I agree - I'd love to spend a while in North Korea. Not too long perhaps,
but it would be a fascinating place to have a look around. Turkmenistan
sounds pretty interesting to, but I may not get there this lifetime. I've
been within about 6 miles of it (and I'm sure they would have insisted I was
IN it) but it's not quite the same. I have some interesting photos of the
Karkouram desert and the Merv oasis. Jumbo windows are not condicive to fine
photography but Merv was one of the top most fascinating sights I've ever
seen.



        Russell

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