What is the right way to ask for annual leave?

Ever since I started using Facebook, I kinda abandoned this blog.

Now I'm back, just for a little while, because I don't want to say what I'm going to say in my Facebook.

Here is the text conversation after I sent out a half-day annual leave application form.

It seems my leader's understanding of Labor Standards Act (勞基法) is very different from most people's.

An advanced leave application does not count for approval process?! An unofficial medium of leave notice is preferred?!

I've never heard of this logic, but it seems my leader think it's a common practice in the workplace.

The conversation stopped just there. I didn't reply back because I don't agree with his personal opinion.

The irony is he does not always inform the team of his leave of absence in advance.

Should I follow his words, or his actions?

如何使用網路郵局ATM轉帳繳國民年金

成功登陸郵局網路ATM後

1. 選擇"繳費(稅)"

2. 選擇"繳稅"

3. 選擇"國民年金保費"

4. 接下來根據畫面的要求輸入繳費通知單上的資訊即可.

方便通道: 網路郵局ATM在此

小女孩在美國學校的煩惱

突然被前同事邀約吃飯, 還說只有我能幫他, 真是受寵若驚.

原來是她的姪女在求學過程中遇到困難. 為什麼一定要我去開導呢? 因為小女生讀的是美國學校. 女孩高中前讀的都是本土學校, 為了大學要出國留學, 特地到美國學校準備.

聽到這裡, 我的聯想就是:

美國學校 -> 不適應多元化教學/與ABC共處/開放文化 -> 想到我一開始到美國的那段苦日子 -> 需要我以過來人身分開導女孩 -> 真是重大責任!

為了不讓女孩失望, 前一晚我特地做了research! (對自己的工作都沒那麼認真) 沒做就算了, 做了還讓我大開眼界.

大部分人對僑生學校的認知就是天母那兩所美國學校和日僑學校. 其實不然! 本縣市有4~5所僑生學校+雙語學校. 兩者不同處於僑生學校只收有外國護照者, 雙語學校收台灣護照者. 兩者相同處均為--貴! 女孩的學費一學期25萬, 一年50萬. 哇! 那不就等於跟去外國念書差不多了嗎?

女孩在南部念到國中畢業, 每次考試沒有第一名也有前五名. 來到本市的美國學校 入學測驗考不好被降級. 在PAS常常數學考70分, 物理化學也讀得很痛苦. 每晚在家自修都要到12點. 若提早半小時睡覺, 女孩就有強烈的罪惡感. 學校因為有名聲要顧, 也會給小孩課業壓力.

我聽完後整個覺得, 怎麼跟我想像的不一樣啊? 我以為女孩需要的是心理輔導師, 其實他要的是家庭教師. 女孩不開心的原因是課業壓力大, 考試成績差. 這狀況在本土學校也會發生啊....

.....這些話我無法對同事說出.

女孩從小就是佼佼者, 來到異地後發現其實比自己強的人很多. 他的家人已被僑生學校這幾個字誤導, 無法看清真正的原因.

到底這種僑生學校是為了培養菁英, 還是給不適和台灣教育制度的小孩上的呢?

下午茶喝完, 我給的建議是: 考慮參加exchange student program吧. 女孩到了美國高中, 一定全部拿A. 過著真實美國學校的日子, 到時他的困擾變成culture shock, 再由我出馬提供心理輔導吧!

Wishful thinking

I thought my colleague and I were close. I thought we could talk about anything. Turned out it's just my wishful thinking.