Champion of the Pause
February 21st 2010 03:03
I often go to a cafe across the road from my college, called Pausa. In Italian, the name means 'break' - like cigarette break, lunch break, coffee break. I use the place for a combination of the three.
Matter of fact, I use just about everywhere as a combination of the three, if I can get away with it. Waiting at the doctor's surgery, all the cafes surrounding the workplace, the park around the corner, and of course my own back yard.
It is an institution and an association with those of the same character who often feel the need to just kick back for several minutes, take in the scenery and rejuvenate our physical and mental states. Without our designated break time, whether in leisure or work hours, society would simply not be able to function and connect as well as it now does.
Everyone sitting al fresco at your local cafe is there for exactly the same reason, where on a level of physical proximity it is considered a community, and on a more global scale it is seen as a culture. Whereas a community provides the opportunity to see - and maybe socialise with - the same people on a regular basis without the need for planning it, the culture allows us to relate across borders and oceans to those who take time off for the same reason as ourselves.
I'll be taking a long, well-planned and well-deserved Pausa from Sydney in the coming months. And hopefully take the time to use the culture and zoom in on a few different communites around the world, without being too much of an outsider.
Una tipi di pausa I did not mention above will also be utilised to my advantage, being the order beer from the bar type. Not to mention the gastronomical glimpses into how, and where, other nations get their feast on.
For the meantime, I'll keep taking my breaks, and will refuse do be told I can't do so. I trust you will all do the same.
Matter of fact, I use just about everywhere as a combination of the three, if I can get away with it. Waiting at the doctor's surgery, all the cafes surrounding the workplace, the park around the corner, and of course my own back yard.
It is an institution and an association with those of the same character who often feel the need to just kick back for several minutes, take in the scenery and rejuvenate our physical and mental states. Without our designated break time, whether in leisure or work hours, society would simply not be able to function and connect as well as it now does.
Everyone sitting al fresco at your local cafe is there for exactly the same reason, where on a level of physical proximity it is considered a community, and on a more global scale it is seen as a culture. Whereas a community provides the opportunity to see - and maybe socialise with - the same people on a regular basis without the need for planning it, the culture allows us to relate across borders and oceans to those who take time off for the same reason as ourselves.
I'll be taking a long, well-planned and well-deserved Pausa from Sydney in the coming months. And hopefully take the time to use the culture and zoom in on a few different communites around the world, without being too much of an outsider.
Una tipi di pausa I did not mention above will also be utilised to my advantage, being the order beer from the bar type. Not to mention the gastronomical glimpses into how, and where, other nations get their feast on.
For the meantime, I'll keep taking my breaks, and will refuse do be told I can't do so. I trust you will all do the same.
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