I never can forget.
Just because I don’t talk about it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t hurt.
Just because I don’t write about it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t affect me.
Just because I don’t show it doesn’t mean that I’m not depressed about it.
It’s a constant struggle, a daily battle and I’m not sure whether it’s worth fighting for it anymore.
So today, for reasons I can't get into, we are doing a bunch of
research on employment stuff and one of the bits we need to fit
into the big picture is what an average kitchen assistant/ dish
washer gets paid.
The Ministry of Manpower helpfully directs us to Table 3.5 of the
Report on Wages in Singapore, 2008. I couldn't believe my eyes.
Maybe it's just me, but it says here that the average washer of
dishes in a Singapore restaurant was getting paid a whopping
S$1,013 per month in the third quarter of 2008. That's not a great
deal of money in the long run, but I would imagine that if this is
correct, then most of the inhabitants of sub-continent near us
should be falling over themselves trying to get here to scrub
themselves a dish or two. What the hell was I doing during my
school vacation trying to get a clerical position when I could have
been earning a relative fortune w[...]
