「交換學生Day74」- Happy Halloween!! 在美國的萬聖節！

嗨！一年一度萬聖節快樂：Ｄ

今天的白天一如往常，早上行銷課，不過Jazz課因為萬聖節而取消了，其實老師在放假以前的前幾次上課就有問我們說，他知道萬聖節我們都會有party可能需要時間準備什麼之類的，如果要放假是沒有問題的就問我們的意見，不過當下蠻多人都說ok不需要所以本來應該是要上課的，說不定老師自己也有什麼變裝趴所以需要時間準備所以才停課嗎（？）呵呵，唉我還記得在台灣的時候我每年都一定要過的節日是聖誕節，然後當天都會自己停課哈哈哈哈一個很響應國外的感覺，不過我想今年就真的可以真的是停課吧畢竟學期在12月中就結束了呼嚕嚕～

然後用了很高的效率在圖書館把作文修改了一下因為今天要交final draft，說到這個那就順便貼上我（綸綸）一起寫的呼隆作文～～

Work in Taiwan to Work in America

          I still clearly remember my first arrival in America. I had dreamed of this day for years and now it had come true. When the flight approached the main land, I was sitting on the plane and looking down on the country from above. At that moment, a sound came out from my mind, “Is that the country I had yearned to live in day and night?” I stared at the view for a long while, and hesitated. In the past few years I only thought about living here, but never thought about working here. Although both American and Taiwanese have workaholic cultures, the salaries, work environments, and work concepts are totally different.

          Compared to America, the base salary is quite low in Taiwan, for university graduate students it is approximately 760 dollars per month. (“The base salary...”) However, the base salary in America is about 3,083 dollars per month. It is a tradition that companies in Taiwan pay for a great quantity of benefits to compensate the low salaries. The extra compensation is about 10-months and sometimes even 12-months salary. Unfortunately, in America, only high-level managers can get a significant annual bonus. The attitude to the year-end bonus is also different between these two cultures. The Taiwanese may think the quantity of the bonus implies the proprietors’ assessment of each employee, so they really care about how much they get. On the other hand, unlike Taiwanese workers, Americans have an optimistic attitude on this bonus. They see the bright side, and they will work harder to earn more bonuses next year. (“Annual Bonus in…) Therefore, compare to American, Taiwanese laborers are prone to worry about too many things, and they become stressed in the working environment.

          Regardless of the amount Taiwanese workers receive, they do care a great deal about their work to the point of becoming very stressed. In Taiwan, many people go to work at 8 a.m. and get off work at midnight, especially in the technology industry. Many people don’t get their overtime wage though they work really hard. Moreover, proprietors don’t care about their employees. Their only concern is efficiency and money. They take for granted that their staffs should finish the work no matter how long it will take. Though there are some laws to protect laborers’ rights, the environment is still terrible because of the stress and excessive workload. In America, employees are divided into two different types, one is annual salary employees and the other is wage hourly employees. The annual salary employees will not be paid for overtime which is same as Taiwan, but wage hourly employees will get their payment for working overtime. (“Benefits Annual Salary…”) Moreover, the working environment is much more comfortable in America than in Taiwan, not only for the reason written above, but also the freedom in the work. Taiwanese laborer’s creativity is limited when they work, because most of the proprietors don’t like to innovate. The pattern of thinking of American laborers is much more free, and they do have much more creativity on average because of the working culture climate. For example, Google and Apple always try to make their products better and develop new ideas.

          Taiwanese laborers, on the other hand, will obey all the rules which set by the boss when they are doing their work. They always see the rules as the decree and seldom think about making some changes. In contrast, it’s more relaxed and enlightened to work in America. The laborers will think more and want to make something better and more efficient. Of course, workers have a lot of responsibility in both these two countries. Working environment is diverse. From the salary to the working concept, it can be concluded that working in the USA is better than in Taiwan; however, the reasons written above are averages, it cannot be true for everyone. Each country has their own strengths and advantages.

Work Cited

“Annual Bonus in Different Countries.” Bossline. 9 Jan. 2009. Web. 9 Oct. 2013. < http://biz.bossline.com/?action-viewnews-itemid-5382 >

Dwight, Ueda. “How Bonus Work.” Salary.com. Salary.com, n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2013. <http://www.salary.com/how-bonuses-work/>

Jane, Demerica. “Benefits Annual Salary Hourly Wages Employee Wages Employer.” Money

Matters. 21 Aug. 2009. Web. 27 Oct. 2013.

“North American Employers Not expecting to Fully Fund Annual Bonuses in 2013, Tower Watson Survey Finds.” Towers Watson. 15 Aug. 2013. Web. 10 Oct. 2013. <http://www.towerswatson.com/en/Press/2013/08/North-American-Employers-Not-Expecting-to-Fully-Fund-Annual-Bonuses-in-2013>

“Work in Taiwan-- The Carrots and the Sticks.” Taiwanonymous. 26 March 2008. Web. 6 Oct. 2013. <http://taiwanonymous.blogspot.com/2008/03/work-in-taiwan-carrots-and-sticks.html>

Xiao-Yen, Xia. “The Base Salary of College Graduate Student in 2013 Increases but The Overall Employment Rate Is Still Low.” The epoch times. 9 May. 2013. Web. 10 Oct. 2013. <http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/13/5/8/n3865969.htm>

後面的參考文獻格式大概算是我在這裡學會的一個非常有用的格式，內容有一些會有點不合理就看看哈哈，因為其實台灣還是有些公司會付加班費啦，我只是想要讓他們對比明線一點點而已...

之後就去tutoring了，老實說我的tutor感覺頗鬼混，因為其實規定的時間是一小時可是每次我們差不多半小時就結束她就問我有沒有不懂得要問他什麼的，就也是不會慢慢的帶我看書這樣，有點討厭的感覺哪～

 今天是下雨的Scranton，看到雨就會想到政大，總是濕漉漉的政大。

 還記得自己曾經因為太喜歡台北而把下雨一起喜歡進去了，雖然會有點憂鬱

離開高雄是在上大學以前一直很想做的事情，想在台灣首都闖闖，殊不知木柵根本偏遠要死，又或者我太懶惰，沒關係我還有半年，回去要更象台北人一點。

向大家推薦我上次在圖書館喀資喀資的餅乾，超好吃啊啊啊啊啊不知道不知道台灣有沒有

然後就開始化妝準備晚上partyyyy time!今天的裝扮是女警！有種背負著父親使命的感覺哈哈，其實以前真的有想過當警察，因為我是個沒什麼安全感的人，感覺當警察後就有辦法保護自己了！

 畫鬼妝之前美好的樣子

 心機的找了個可以露肚子的哈哈哈雖然外面好冷哦可是熱情不滅！

＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝畫鬼妝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝

其實這兩張一樣，只是效果不一樣，下面那張是全身的所以看得到腰上也有傷ＸＤ

好像畫的有點成功因為真的蠻恐怖的ＸＤ其實我也就只是在youtube上打halloween makeup然後就找到一些教學，就大概看了一下就畫了

這是用的顏料，今明後三天都是用這個，還有一罐假血。

接下來是一系列的party照

 今天的pregame在Jcob的家，一開始到的時候覺得人超少，可能是因為西班牙女孩們還沒來

 怎麼只有我長得很恐怖..萬聖節不是就是要嚇走壞鬼嗎><

 超可愛的印第安情侶檔！

 西班牙女孩們來了之後就熱鬧許多

 她辦french people哈哈超可愛的鬍子跟法國麵包

 最可愛的Paloma

 不約而同警察檔

 再來是一些驚悚特效照片ＸＤ

 這種色調用了真的會上癮欸

 鬥雞眼們

 Gloria的妝也很酷

 轉戰Bar time!

 今天竟然要排隊才能進來..扯

 很可愛的企鵝裝

這光打上來又更恐怖了

這是第一天，差不多這樣，有錄一些影片想要三天的都剪在一起比較方便看ＸＤ所以就再緩一緩吧！突然發現我怎麼字距突然變大了好神奇噢ＸＤ萬聖節什麼事發生都不奇怪哈哈

想說明天還會再來所以今天大概跳到一點多就回宿舍了，必須要長期抗戰要養好體力才行:P

在美國過節日就是不一樣！

忘了說路上的人都是變裝再走所以一點都不突兀，不過嚇到的是我們今天在走去bar的路上看到一個幾近全裸的女子只用了兩片厚紙板...會不會玩太大了呢（？）

大家萬聖節快樂Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!