hey hollowcell!
A long long time yeah! I am very busy at work :s
I also have a friend who moved to japan few months ago, his name is Khalil Ellouz, may be he's one of them
As far as that special summer schedule go, I am not sure but I think it has been imported with the french colonization at the beginning of the century, since they were not used to work in hot conditions. It is something special to tunisia, I don't know any hot countries that have the same system, but more and more companies are leaving that and having "normal" work schedule, since the air conditioner is now everywhere.
To say the truth they are cool work hours, since you have the time to have a little siesta, time to go to the beach, time to play music ... but if you have european customers, you and they will suffer.
That's why, with globalization, a lot of local companies are abandoning this work system, just like offshore companies who never followed it btw.
