Wednesday, October 29, 2008 | 6:46 pm
I kind of envy the french...their lifestyle suits me. Today's lecture ended with some brief information about their culture and stuff, and here is some facts:
1) In France, it is illegal for employers to make their employees work more than 35 hours per week. (isit 36? 35? can't remember lol)
2) Even if for some specific jobs it is required to work more than 35 or 36 hours per week, the OT pay will be 1.5 times higher the normal pay and it MUST be paid of course.
3) Annual leave is like minimum 30 days. WTF?
4) During October (I think), everything, all shops, schools, whatever close down. All go for holidays, bye bye! Of course the supermarkets will take turns to open, meaning they will have their holidays anyway LOL. Is that how Germany managed to take over France within 1 month? Their army must have went out for a holiday as well...
5) Let us say, that for example Deepavali falls on a Wednesday. So, the French would just tell you,' OK, since wed is a holiday, tell you what. Don't bother coming to work on Mon and Tues. Keep up the holiday spirit.' Bet they all wished that all public holidays fall on a Friday. Of course you still get paid -.-
6) Forgot to mention that even if you go for annual leave, you still get paid. $$$
7) Now for schools, let's start from October. So, I think after Oct there is a 2 weeks break after a semester I think. Next, it will be Christmas, so they enjoy another 2 weeks break after that...
8) Looking at the calendar, the next holiday will be Easter, 4 freaking months with no break WTF!?!?!? It's inexcusable for the French, thus they declare Feb a winter break, another 2 weeks off...Btw, Christmas is not winter, even though it will be snowing I think, Feb is more of the traditional winter I guess. Excuses...
9) Ok happy Easter! 2 more weeks of break...
10) Walao after Easter have to wait all the way til Halloween? No way man! The students need a break from all the stress! So, there is a summer break around June or July (I think). Not 2 weeks, 2 FREAKING MONTHS.
11) And the cycle continues...
Of course all these good things can't be for free right, the french lecturer only gave 1 bad point only.
-1) Tax rate is 19.6%
Who cares about the tax rate! I can only think of the holidays...
So, to pull all of you down to the harsh reality, welcome to Singapore. After International Finance it should be home sweet home time but since yq wanted to wait for henry and yw to play billard, me being the great brother that I am, I accompanied him. So we were talking blah blah blah in the library. XL made an agreement with me that we attack the other xl and we stop disturbing her with allan. Fine lor, I think allan will kill/damage/pulverise/disintegrate/destory/erradicate/terminate/attack me more than yw anyway. It's a good trade. Then nxl said she had a facebook a/c. Hey, joyous days! yw also have 1. Hear that yw? Your opportunity is here. I told her to add Dickson also, he very entertaining. Everyday will poke you. I swear everytime I login to facebook I will get poked by him. And someone said she is a stalker too since she read blogs but don't comment. HAHAHA let's make her comment.
NXL SUCKSSUCKSUCKSUCKSUCKSUCKSUCKSUCKSUCKSUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Feel like commenting now? Do you, do you? HAHA no? Damnit.