Now, I can hug anyone if they want

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I think that EVT should apply different ways in the various cultures of different societies. Korean’s space expectation is really different from Filipino’s. Expectancy Violation theory reminds me my experience in the Philippines. Maybe that time was first SEM, last year. I was in the A Building 4th floor then, and I saw my friends there. My friends won a competition (I can’t remember what competition is.) so I congratulated their good works. Among my friend, there was unfamiliar face to me. Suddenly she hugged me same as my friend. I was really surprised and embarrassed because she violated my space expectation. However, my friends didn’t care about it, for them that was expectable space between her and me.In Korean, that kind of situation happens rarely. Most Koreans have strong space expectation because of Korean’s culture. Hugging is allowed between close friends. If a Korean is not familiar with person, they should respect the space of Korean.I have been here for more than two years and six months. Now, I can hug anyone if they want. Hahha. I adapted to Philippine culture well.

Time to change

with John~~!!

These days, I continuously search about job. After, I wrote my editorial, I am shocked. I already sign up three website related to job searching. I realize that I think getting a job is not hard but in fact, that is super hard. Companies want to have many requirements from the people who want to apply.

However, I have nothing; it makes my feeling nervous. I need to start practical things to get a job now. Before do something, I should arrange what I need to do. Frankly, I am doing many things inefficiently. And I should add works to prepare for my future.
I still have one year, I must change by myself. I am not the one who is took care by others. I am one of the members of this cruel society. I must wake up.

Getting a Job in Korea: A surviving game

Nowadays, many new wards are created in Koran; there are related with unemployment. For example, NG(No Graduation) student who postpone graduation till he/she gets a job, and “Li-GU-Back” which means 90 percent of people who are belonging to age between 20 to 30 don’t have a job. These new words explain well about the situation of employment of Korea. If a person want to get better job, he/she needs to beat almost 300 people, meaning to say, if a company wants to hire 30 employees, 9000 people apply to get a job. In this situation, if a person gets a job, people think that he is the winner of surviving game in the society. Based on the research of Korea government, 40% of people who are belonging to age between 20 to 30 don’t have Job. This phenomenon was begun since 1994. Unemployment in Korea is already one of the biggest threats of development of Korea.

To solve this problem, the Ministry of Labor in Korea supported 40 million dollars to universities and companies, but they wasted the money for Job fairs which were just temporary events, so it didn’t help to solve essential problem. Also Korea government spent four billion dollars for three years to solve this problem, it produced jobs in the part of social insurance. However, it was not helpful to find a job to the people because it was not related with their interest and talent.

Moreover, in August 2006, Korea government made a law that if a probationary employee works in a company for more than two years, a company must hire him to be a regular employee. It seems like good for the employees. However, companies took advantage of it; companies fired their probationary employees before they work for more than two years and find new one. Korea government intended to reduce probationary employees however among 1,500,000 employees, 60 percent of them,8,500,000, are probationary employees now, and probationary employees increased 20 percent than last year. As a result, People don’t want to have that kind of job; people want to have stable job. This is the one of the reason to increase unemployment’s rate.

We need to have more essential way for solving this problem. It needs to start with education system. More than 30 percent of fresh graduate students get a job which is not regarding with their course. The reason is that when they choose their course, they find what they can afford to enter university based on their grade; it is one of the causes for making problem to find a job. If a person has certain plan in life based on his/her interest and talent, he/ she doesn’t weed out in the society. Thus, people should avoid planning their future based on trend, incredible information or impulse decision. We need to educate people steadily. They can minimize their mistakes by systematic education and job training which really important project individually and nationally. They are the essential treatment for solving this problem.

Pursue the job

Today, I searched about employment of Korea for writing editorial for my class. I chose this topic because I knew that employment is really serious problem in Korea nowadays so I thought that there are many things to talk about it; my expectation is right.

After searching about it, I feel bad and quite worry about my future. According to my resources, 40% of people who are belonging to age between 20 to 30, don’t have a job and person need to beat 300 people. For example, if company wants to hire 30 employees, 9000 people apply to get a job from company.

That is why, people often say, “Li-GU-Bak” which means 90% percent of people who are belonging to age between 20 to 30 don’t have a job. This is just joke but it indicates what situation they encounter. They study English hardly for getting a job; they try to graduate university as possible as late because they expect that if time goes, the situation will be better; situation cannot be worse then now.

And I will be one of them soon; I need to adventure our society. That is why, their story is not others who I don’t need to take care, that will be my story. I hope that one years and half months later, the situation will be better than now.

Time goes by so fast.

I still remember last January when I saw fireworks for celebrating New Year; that was already 10 months ago. Also it means that I am turning to 26 years old. I used to say that age is just number but nowadays I think that age is not only just number, age is something.

Nowadays, I often think about my future. I want to do many things; I want to help my mother to enjoy her life, traveling Europe, and taking care of my sister. Simply, I don’t want to be took care by others, I am the one who take care of others. I feel sorry to the people who take care of me, specially my mother. I want to be their mainstay of life.

Maybe next year also goes by so fast and I will graduate soon. That time, I will become really adult who has responsibilities in life.

Byebye Kei~~~!!!

Hum… If we meet someone, there is a parting day. I think, no one can be together forever. And that’s sad. I’ve been with Kei for more than five months but I cannot believe that; I think that it is just one or two months. Kei is really good brother. He always takes care of me, and he want to give many things to me.

Sometimes, I feel that he is so cute and pure; He is childlike and he is easy going with other people. That is why, I can easily make a friend. For more than five months, I made lots of memories with him.

This Dec. 8, he will be back to Korea. I know that he needs to go there and find a good job; he leaves here for good. However I feel quite sad that someone who is important to me will be apart from me; that makes me sad.

Yet, I know that I will have our relationship with him continuously till end of my life. That is why, I can let him go. And when the time we meet again, we can show our better changes each other. I will pray for him to achieve his goals.

Life~~!!

last December in Korea with hyo-Ju and John

I believe in God. Whenever I encounter important alternatives in life, He guided me in the right way. And now, I am in the Philippines under His will; I met many important people in my life in here. I think, there is fatality in life. Although every events happen randomly, there is cause and occasion for each event. I never knew that who I will meet in the Philippines. But I already met Ma’am Virgie, Ki-Bok, Hyo-Ju. John and Kyang-Hyun. I am sure that they are already important in my life and they will be important people for my future.

I think that is life- -making a relationship with others. I already made lots relationship with other people. Sometimes those relationships gave my sorrows and pain but after overcoming them, I can feel that I grow up; at least I learned something from there. Thus I am not afraid of making a relationship. I want to meet many people and experience many things with them as much as I can.