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one last spring in korea before moving back home.
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had an argument with my boss yesterday about my resignation date. about two weeks ago, when i just told her that i would be resigning, she asked me to work for a few more days longer than my planned resignation date so that they would have time to find a replacement as 1 month was apparently too short despite the fact that my contract states to give a notice of 30 days. she also told me to check with HR when would be enough time for them to find a replacement, which i did, and my senior was like just quit on the day you want, you followed the contract and gave a notice of more than 30 days so you don’t have to worry about your boss. i then agreed and ended up extending leaving by one week. i even specifically mentioned to my boss and the HR manager that i would be using two days of leave on the last two days of work, which would then bring forward my last day of work by two days.
anyhoo, after everything was officially submitted, my boss told me to find cases of foreigners working in public organisations so that they would know what to post for the recruitment notice. i found it quite ridiculous because first, the HR should be doing that, and second, it would be easier for a korean to find such information than a foreigner -.- then shortly after, she told me that our company was deciding if there was really a need to replace me with another foreigner, so they would need more time if they were really gonna replace me. as such, she told me that i had to extend my resignation by one to two weeks, at which point i blatantly refused to do so because i already made plans for that short 13 days i would have left after my last day of work to pack up 8 years worth of stuff and ship them back, and also travel around and settle everything. so she asked if i had already booked my air tickets, and then asked me to change them. wtf is she crazy? is she gonna pay for my air tickets and accommodation if i change it? so of course i said that i couldn’t, and she then insisted that i not take my leave on the last two days instead, which i then again rejected by saying that she told me to work till the latest possible date and i already did. then she went on about how i could take my leave on two other days instead of the last two days, but i was very firm (i don’t know where this strength in me came from cos i have never argued like this with anyone in my company lolol) and refused even though she told me to 양보 since she already did. hehehehehe. end up i just told her my family was coming to help me pack so i couldn’t make it on those days, and she insisted that i come back for an hour or so if she called me on my off days. gahhh.
after that argument, my junior told me not to listen to her and to just quit on my planned date, and my colleague told me to 힘내. and at that point i felt so drained and exhausted without realising it lol. arguing with her in korean takes a toll on me man. i can’t wait to leave already ugh. so glad she’s not coming next week! 19.5 working days to go!
update on the quitting front:
gosh can i just say i have the best department head of all time. he called me over for a talk after my boss informed him that i was quitting, and asked if my grandpa is ok, and if he’s really the main reason why i’m quitting or is it because of my current boss. i said that she played a tiny part but i really didn’t wanna regret not being there for my grandpa now that he’s 92 and can’t really walk and has slight dementia.. he actually met my grandpa before six years ago so he totally understands just how important my grandpa is. but he also said that if it was for any other reason, ie my boss, he could actually do something about it. LOL! seriously nobody likes her! and he even said that he could arrange for me to have a long term break instead of quitting, but because i don’t know when i would be able to come back, i can’t accept that offer and have to quit instead. sobs. so so kind indeed to come up with concessions just to help me stay. this is how a good boss should be, kind and tactful. not like that evil and tactless bitch!!! anyways i just kept apologising to him and requested for a recommendation letter from him as well LOL. he was my very first boss, and i was right all this while. he really is the best boss everrrrrrrrrrrr. T_T
I QUIT!!!
i was intending to tell my boss that i would be quitting today, but i had a stroke of luck yesterday and was asked to stay back after work for about an hour to translate some urgent stuff. as such, i decided to take the opportunity to tell my boss that i would be quitting cos most of my colleagues already went home by then, so she wouldn’t make a huge scene in front of everybody.
however, what really irked me when i told her that i was quitting was her reaction. basically, i told her i was sorry that this was so sudden, but as i have to go back to singapore, i would be quitting. as a foreigner, as the only foreigner, this would be a given because ultimately someday i might decide to return home to where my family and friends are (with the exception being if i married a korean, but there’s still the chance he would relocate to singapore too). but anyway, i digress. she asked what my reason for quitting was, so i told her that i needed to go back because of my family. by right, she should have stopped asking at that point. but she went on to probe further and so i obliged and said that i wanted to go back cos my grandpa is getting on his years, as he is already 92. being the fucked up bitch that she is, she replied, “why? do you have to take care of him? your parents are there, they can take care of him, so you don’t have to go back.” WHAT. THE. FUCK. i was flabbergasted, to say the least. firstly, she has ZERO sense of family and filial piety. is she not human??? second, she’s encroaching on how i am living my life, trying to make personal decisions for me. thirdly, she’s trying to have a say in how my family does things. fucking unprofessional bitch, to say the least. i ended up just insisting that the only reason i made it to korea was because my grandpa supported me and sent me here, so now that he needs me, i need to go back. that shut her up and she said she would tell my department head today, before letting me know what to do with my resignation letter. gahhh. wanna slap her fucking face seriously.
oh on a side note, i had lunch with my senior and junior on monday, and they were super nice when i told them i wanted to quit. they were like let it be known that you quit cos of your bitch boss lol. my senior even bought me a cake to celebrate and wish me well. anyway one of the topics raised was that the government might not approve hiring another foreigner to take over me now that the pyeongchang olympics are over. hahahaha. well, let’s see how that bitch suffers if that’s the case. she always thinks i have no fucking work to do but in truth, i’m fucking busy and important (if i do say so myself). LOL. DIE BITCH DIE!!!
no thanks to 연말정산, my dream of throwing the 사직서 in my boss’ face will probably have to be delayed for one more week. gahhh. i’m gonna be taxed super alot so i decided to work for one extra week to recoup my losses, cos europe’s gonna cost me damn alot :( and now there’s a headache over when i would receive my 퇴직금, cos i definitely wanna bring it all back and not leave it stuck in the bank here. GAHHH why is quitting my job so complicated??? fuck this shit!!!
Fuck this shit. I'm finally gonna get to throw my 사직서 at my boss next week, and it can't come soon enough. Any tips on how to tell her i'm quitting??? So frickin' sick of working here, of staying in korea, of winter, of 눈치, of 미세먼지, and of all the problems korean society bring. I know there are things that i will definitely miss once i leave.. but right now, i just can't wait to quit and say goodbye. It will be my 8 years anniversary in korea tomorrow, and gosh i can't believe i lasted here this long. Or is it that i can't believe i didn't stay here forever as planned? At any rate, i am sosososososo grateful to the bf for bringing me back home.
throwback to my bintan glamping trip with the bf last september. hating this cold winter (it’s already february, why is the temperature dropping to -10 degrees tomorrow?!?!) and the super polluted air. give me some warmth, blue skies, and clean air already (ok not that indonesian air isn’t polluted but bintan was ok)!!! anyways this resort was a little pricey and like 1/3 of it was still under renovation, but overall it was pretty good (save for the ants in the room and the outdoorsy toilet cos i am so NOT a nature person) and i especially loved the lagoon cos it was super clean! apparently it’s filtered sea water so i could “play” in peace hahaha. all in all, it was a really relaxing trip, and i can’t believe i went to indonesia to relax after suffering for three weeks in jakarta LOLOL. wanna go to montigo in batam next!
my neighbourhood for four years! gosh i miss the food and the hofs there but it was really time to move!
did that for the past five days during seollal. SO AWESOME! loads of me time, plus rewatching old movies and cooking up a storm (or rather experimenting with food) :D
i hate my boss part x924718419
OMG I’M SO FUCKING PISSED AT MY BOSS. she asked me to request for a car from HR for her but i obviously don’t know how to do it (i didn’t even know there was a form for such a thing). then i told her that i really didn’t know how to do it as it wasn’t my job, but she insisted that i do it!!! in the end, she told my colleague to teach me, but my colleague came over and asked if i was shocked that she asked me to do it, and that he said it was ok cos he would help me to do it. i think he also thought that it was super ridiculous that she made me do it! like wtf!!! it’s not even in my job scope!!! and obviously if one of the koreans do it it would only take like a few seconds??? end up when he did it, even he wasn’t sure cos she didn’t provide the full details FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT.
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fucking bitch boss strikes again. she thinks i have no work (well sometimes i don’t, but majority of the time i’m fucking busy especially when tons of urgent translation work get thrown to me not just from my department, but others too) and so she wants me to come up with a proposal of projects that i would like to be in charge of. she obviously can’t think of anything that’s why she’s pushing the task to me??? and seriously, one of the old projects that my senior was in charge of and i was assisting became like shit after this boss took over, cos she insisted the newsletter be out once a month instead of once a week, and that i translate every single article instead of just the important ones that are to be in the newsletter. so there’s alot of backlog and outdated stuff plus alot of my time is wasted as well. fuck her and her retarded ideas. since this project can’t even be handled properly, what makes her think a new project will be successful??? also, cos i’m not a korean, obviously someone else would need to assist me on this project ie submitting stuff online, contacting the right people in korean, getting shit approved. of course i would like to learn and handle more projects and grow in terms of korea, but NOW IS NOT THE TIME. not when i’m about to quit, and definitely not under her poor fucking “leadership”. UGH I HATE HER SO MUCH!!!
whoever said that cats are selfish and unloving creatures should watch this T_T
I think the saddest thing about adult/working life is that you’re forced to spend your days around people you barely like or care about, but you have such little time left for the ones you really love. You see your shitty co-workers all day every day but your best friend and your family and your lover get the tired, deflated, de-energised scraps of you at the end of the day/week.
de-energised is right. sometimes i’m so exhausted by the end of the work day to even talk or retell things that happened to me at work.
one of the hardest things to learn as a depressed former Gifted Kid™ is that half-assed is better than nothing. take the 50%, 40%, even 20% job. scrubbing your face is better than not taking a shower at all. picking up your clothes is better than never cleaning. nibbling on some bread is better than starving.
DO THINGS HALFWAY. NOW YOU’RE 100% BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE BEFORE.
One of my college professors used to say “anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.” I didn’t understand that for years because I didn’t do anything poorly, I couldn’t do anything poorly, I had to Do Everything Perfectly.
But brushing your teeth for 30 seconds is better than not brushing them at all when that 2 minutes seems exhausting. Doing ten minutes of yoga is better than 10 minutes of sitting when 30 minutes of cardio sounds impossible. Changing my clothes is good when a whole shower is impossible. Standing on the porch for a few minutes is worth it after being in the house for three straight days because I don’t have the energy to go anywhere.
Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly… because doing it poorly is better than not doing it.