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Ideas for Office Noon Breaks
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2006-05-21 11:23:44
China Daily
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Noon break is a hot new topic among young white-collars in China. Heavier pressure at work and longer hours means less time to de-stress. Making full use of the noon break at the office can help reenergize a tired employee from the morning's work. Here we have listed some ideas for you to get the most out of your noon break.
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Take a nap
 Yang Yang, an employee at a foreign company also does freelance writing work on the side. His schedule is so busy that sometimes he writes stories late into the night. For him, the best way of spending the noon break is taking a short nap. Since it's not comfortable to rest your head on your desk and give yourself a neck-ache, Yang searched for a good place to rest his bones. Finally he realized no one was using the company's meeting room at noon, and inside there was a comfortable sofa. Thus, the meeting room has become Yang's noon break napping place.
But it pays to be careful where you choose to lay your head. One sunny afternoon, his boss came into the room with some customers while Yang was having sweet dreams on his new napping couch!
Tip: Having a nap at noon really does your health good, but when you look for a good place to rest your tired eyes, you should be very careful!
Eat like a pig
 Mao mao, who works in the center of downtown Shanghai, says lunch is the most important meal in the day. Every noon, she goes to restaurants near her office with her colleagues. If she can't find a restaurant to her liking, she'll take a taxi to a faraway place than compromise on her satisfaction.
"There are many good restaurants around my office, most of them I've tried. There are also restaurants guides in newspapers or on websites, so it's not so difficult to find a good one," she says. She knows Shanghai's restaurants so well, it's no wonder she's regarded as a busy gourmet!
Tip: Delicious food will put you in a good mood, which may even help you work better. But, it can be hard on your wallet and waistline!
Make a romantic date
 Yi Fan is always busy with his work, which makes his girlfriend unhappy and sometimes even results in quarrels. But the problem is solved after the girl changed jobs and now works in a building close to Yi's office. Yi leaves the office every day at noon, and is back to work at 1. At first, his colleagues were curious when they saw Yi having lunch with his girlfriend in a restaurant near the office, but that's the way Yi spends his noon break.
If his girl is too busy to have lunch, Yi will ask the restaurant to send the meal to her office. Such a romantic noon break makes his colleague envious. Soon, Yi will marry his girlfriend and the wedding ceremony will be held in a restaurant they often go to at noon!
Tip: Using the noon break to make a date with your boy/girlfriend is a romantic idea, but you may be tired in the afternoon and it also costs money.
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