Saturday, January 19, 2008

another week passed...

i've got wedding to attend tonight...my cousin's wedding. i've only seen her less than 5 times in my entire 22 years..omg...im so dreading it..

but at least i finished watching Golden Path today, its a fantastic show manz..li nan xing's a talented actor..the way he acted in this show is really impressive, so is tay ping hui..its a damn sad show..i cried so much..the show hit my weakest link..even till now i feel the sadness..thats me..

now im going to spend the rest of the day watching shows, shows and more shows...ha...my enjoyment..and at night..haiz...some dreadful dinner...just cant wait to find a way to escape later and go out thou there's nowhere really exciting to go thou...

ever since graduation, i feel so darn bored...i really wanna get a course but $$$ its never enough...think i gotta wait till i've saved back my degree $...

something at work this week really bugged me..

sometime last year my coy sent some foreign workers my coy sent over are now suffering cuz' of the agents at australia. we have our australian agent who were supposed to get these workers job, instead this agent sent their resume to a 3rd party agent to get them a job...the fees naturally went up..

and now these workers are working double cuz the company supposedly paid them AU$30 a day, but in actual fact, they only got about AU$17-19/day..the agents are getting half of what is 'paid' to the workers. so the coy expected them to work extra and do things that were not in their specialization. as a result the agents commanded us to contact these workers to buck up else they'd be sent back to their homeland..what's worse is, as long as these workers are working for that coy, the agents get paid..

after my mgr contacted these workers, one of them actually cried over the phone (kinda heartbreaking). complained that they were not paid that much, and they got scolded everyday for not doing their work properly..the fact is these australians employers did not give them a chance to explain themselves.

all these happened as a result of the agent's incompetency, hence increasing the cost..but these costs are born by the workers..its rather pitiful, they've already paid over 10K in SG to get there in hope of earning more..but it turns out worse..besides that, i believe there must be some kinda racistism treatment..they're black-skinned..how sad..

i seriously think they'd be better off here..the agents never once blamed themselves, thinking they're right. but its not fair to these workers, what they were tested here in SG before going and what they are doing now are both different things, of different specialization. its just not right..

so sometimes, i really donno whether to pity them or dislike them..they're sometimes really irritating..now they don't really have a choice, they already paid so much to get there...they cannot afford to get sent back..hmmm....

something i learnt in this job - im so much more fortunate than them. i cherish what i have now more than ever..at least i don't have to suffer the pain of leaving my family behind..also, its always good to treat people equally regardless their status, color and race....

well...thats all folks....