Honestly, every day is like a vacation for me now because I am unemployed. So, I will write about when I was a computer engineer. The vacation was exhilarating for me because I could spend my time with freedom. I used to be crazy about shopping for clothes. Therefore, I went shopping every vacation.
2. How often do you have your vacation?
(あなたはどれくらいの頻度で休暇を取りますか?)
(日本語)
忙しい日以外は毎週末休みでした。夏休みは3日、年末年始は数日休みを取ることもできました。
(英訳)
I had my vacation every weekend except for busy days. I also could take three days off as summer vacation and several days off as New Year’s holiday.
Certainly, New Year’s holiday was the longest. The days that we could take off depended on the year. Basically, we could take days off from December 29th to January 3rd. If the December 29th in the year was Monday, we could take nine days as the holiday.
I always felt sluggish after my vacation. I couldn’t make myself motivated at the beginning day after a vacation. The most troublesome thing was checking a bunch of e-mails that I had received during my vacation. It took a long time to do that before beginning my routine tasks.
I took two pieces of luggage when I went to travel. One of them was a trunk and another one was a traveling bag. It was heavy and irksome. Besides, most of my belongings were not necessary. Nowadays, I tried to reduce my luggage as much as possible. So, I merely take a backpack and a small bag. I try to avoid bringing too many clothes. I take only a few ones and use them repeatedly by washing them.
My best summer vacation is going to Okinawa with my older sister. It was five years ago. We saved money to spend at a luxury hotel there. The hotels that we made a reservation was amazing. There were a big entrance and lobby, two large pools inside and outside. Our room was quite ample and had a comfortable balcony. The room had an ocean view, so we could see a beautiful sea from it. I was impressed the most when I saw a picturesque sunset. It was fantastic. We tried to play parasailing. It was the first time for us. But we didn’t feel fear at all. It was lovely weather, so we could feel a fresh breeze during playing it. We spent a lot of money, but we had a gleeful time. I was happy to share great experiences with my sister.
Part3
1. Is taking a vacation important for every person? What benefits can a person get after a vacation?
Definitely, it is important for everybody. It is because we can get refreshed during a vacation. It helps us think positively because people are prone to be negative when we are exhausted. So, we should take a rest to get rid of our fatigue. Then, we can work more productively.
2. Why do some people spend their vacation or holiday doing things for their work or studies instead of enjoying it like many others do?
There are two types in them, as long as I can imagine. Firstly, they have the eagerness to improve their skill during their vacation. When I was a computer engineer, I tried to do programming in my house to learn how to do it well. I struggled to do it in those days because I didn’t have enough know-how about it. So, I believed that if I had been able to get the skill, I would have saved time to finish my tasks. Secondly, people have to work or study though they don’t want to do that. I have experienced that many times when I worked. We had to finish our tasks on time, but the schedule was behind a lot. Therefore, we had to work in spite of the weekends.
3. There is a proverb that says, "To love your work more, go on a vacation" Do you agree?
I partly agree with this. As I wrote in Part 2, I could stay at a luxury hotel during summer vacation. I felt I could deserve it because I worked hard in those days. We can earn income as compensation for labor. Then, we can enjoy our vacation thanks to that. It is a reward for our hard work. Therefore, we can do our best at work. It can be the factor that makes us motivated to our job or like it. However, people sometimes lose motivation because of vacation. We sometimes wish we could extend our vacation more during a vacation. It makes us try to keep ourselves from our job spiritually as much as possible.