As well as the times here being different so are the dates. The day time starts with the sunrise at 6am so is hence 12 o'clock. And likewise the daytime ends with sunset and hence 6pm. So 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night. You just get used to converting the time, adding/deleting hours but soon realise that they use both happily and start to confuse them.
The calendar is made up of 13 months. 12 months of 30 days and 1 month of 5 or 6 days. Presumably due to difference in terms of when they believe Jesus was born - the year is 2001. Do I get to celebrate my 30th again? The New Year started on September 11th and Christmas is 7th January. And on that note: the only official holiday is the summer - rainy season July and August. There is a short break between semesters in February of about 2 weeks but otherwise the teachers here work pretty much every day. Not solidly however, they often have 5-10 hours a week. [Sounds like secondary school teachers] Extra classes are often held on Saturday and there are always Summer school classes.
Whether it's the different dates, the working on Saturdays (travelling to local schools to train in IT) or something else but I have no idea what the date is without checking.
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1 comment:
Mmmmmm sounds like my kind of place-------would love the chance to have 12 hours of sleep!!!!!!!
take care xx
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