overheard the conversation of my colleagues (1 thai & 1 korean) on the amount koreans earn and the standard of living in korea.

taking trains will cost us about 2 bucks or so and if you were to convert singapore dollars to korean won, the rates' gonna be around 1 dollar to slightly over 600won.

for a colledge graduate's starting pay, their wage ceiling is around 50,000 a year in singapore dollars. that makes it about 4 thousand over dollars a month! colledge grad!

korean is generally safe but you need to know where not to go.
but of course, comparatively, singapore is still much safer.

yet shocking factor is the standard of living there. there's hardly enough or none for saving purposes if they have the above mentioned pay and no house etc. having to bring up a child is almost unthinkable. (accordin to korean colleague).

to be able to survive comfortably with kids, they need high pay with a house that's paid (without mortgage to deal with). houses in korean ain't cheap. except for those by the country sides. then u'll need a car. cars are cheaper in korea.

then we started drifting off to other topics where my thai colleague was advising me about the knowledge of the right kind of insurance to buy and all. but of course, smarter move is to buy only after you have a stable job and income. think i better make plans for the future.

kinda sian have to think of all these.

i have a tendency to runaway to escape from these so-called 'adult decisions' that's so suffocating.

yet.. i'm already one. an adult. how.. sickening hahaha

mgr is going for leg operation and korean coordinator has tendered the position. now mgr asks if i'm willing to extend til november 18th. to help out for the time being altho they'll be hiring irregardless just that it would be easier if i stayed.

my plans was to not work for november and december since i want to try get a full time job and they'll probably have you start in january anyway. then i can spend time on doing and planning stuffs since this period has always been my busy period of the year. but of course, the less ideal part is that i'll have no income.

guess i'll take up this extension. for the additional income to tong me for the rest of the mths till year end. additional money for spending, and bbq. hm.