Well, you should know that I went for the interview with the authority on 8th January 2009. Well, it was horrible! I came, interested to know more details, the procedures if a complaint was to be made, duration, result, etc… I wasn’t really satisfied with my interviewer’s answers. A lot of them were uncertain. But what I got to know from her was something very, very important… She told me that I can only claim up to a max of 1 year. Which means, as of today, I can only claim or get back the arrears from my company from  15th January 2008 onwards. They won’t be able to help me claim anything before that date. How can that possibly be??!! It’s truly utter rubbish isn’t it ?

Before that statement, she had asked me for the month that my boss started to short pay me. I was stumped.. I didn’t know. I thought it didn’t matter cause I already have the total amount owed in black & white, stamped & signed by them. I simply answered, “It should be February. I’m not sure… I don’t have anything to prove it though as I don’t have any payslips.” She gave a stern face and replied, ” I’m sorry but you need to give me the breakdowns of how much he owes you for every month.” I sighed softly as I slowly opened up my bank statements displaying my cheque deposits.. That was all I have but I know it will not be accurate as I did not deposit the cheques promptly. Some of it was as late as one month or so..

Besides that, she also explained to me that if I were to go ahead and file a complaint against them, they will send out a letter to my company’s owner(s) requesting their presence to be in court with me. A small court “hearing” was to be held to hear both side of the story. At the end of it, I will be getting my money back, but of an unsure amount and an unsure period of time. The judge will question the company on their funds and will take their every word.. So, let’s just say if I want $1k per month but my company says that they do not have the money, it’s easy to say that I won’t be getting that amount. I’m thinking that I will have to agree with my boss’s installment plan no matter what.

So I left the room dissatisfied.. Now I have more things to do. I have to recheck my bank statements every month, call the bank to reprint my cheque deposit statements which I have to pay for and it’s not a small amount. They charge PER CHEQUE.. Ridiculous! Now the only question still hanging is…..

Should I go ahead & complain?? This will stop whatever work and sales that my boss & manager has been supposedly trying to do to pay me off… & I may not get the full amount, depending on the company’s status. Plus, they will hate me for this.

OR

Should I just wait?? Cos they already told me that they are really trying hard to settle my payment.. I will get my full money if they are sincere and honest but this wait however, may cause my pay if I decide to complain later should they back out…

Easy to say, there is a possibility that I might not get the full amount whichever method I choose and both ways has its cons. Whatever it is, I should make a decision by 2nd week February cos I believe that’s when my boss started to short-pay me.. I’m seriously in a real dilemma.. The authority kinda sucks after all.. How could they even have a dateline for claims?????!!! Unbelievable!

I’m terribly sorry for the very late update… I have a lot of things to settle at the moment. Well, you should know that I went for the interview with the authority on 8th January 2009. But I will not tell you about the interview now. What I want to tell or show you is the list of events happening on the day of my interview :

07:40 am

I checked my email to retrieve my payslip that my manager had promised to email to me the day of our last meeting… It was still not there. So I texted her this :
For your info, M = manager, A = colleague & B = boss.

” M, you have failed to give me the payslip. Is it really that unimportant to you? First, you told A that you have emailed me already. But when we met later, you said you haven’t emailed me yet & was going to do so tonight. It’s morning already and it’s still not in either my personal or company’s email account. Please don’t make me chase you for every little thing. I’m really getting tired already. I need it by 1pm today in my personal account. Otherwise, I’ll take it as you do not want to give it to me at all. Thanks! ”

07:47 am

She replied back to me via text message :

” I didn’t tell A that I emailed you already. Like I’ve told you yesterday I haven’t emailed yet. As you know, I’m the only one in the office doing all the projects and going for all appointments now. I’m sure you can understand how much work that is. If not, I won’t be up till now. Check your work email in 10 mins. I’ll send it to you now.”

Of course I didn’t wait up.. I wanted to sleep first as I have to wake up in a few hours for my interview..

14:00 pm

I checked my work email and there it was – an email from her! Can’t she understand English? I told her to send to my personal email address!
This was what the email says :

I’m trying to make this work. I’m trying to do my best to return you every single cent asap.
I’m having a super hard time now doing everything by myself without the help of ANYONE at all.
I didn’t know B didn’t email you yesterday. I didn’t tell A I already emailed you.
If I asked him to lie to you, why the hell would I still tell you I havent emailed when we met?
Please understand my situation, I’m already at the verge of breaking down from all the stress and pressure from work, financial and everything else.
Pls stop giving me datelines.

This was what I replied to her immediately after reading the email :

M,

I have to give you deadlines cos I have already given you many, many days
to do it… You were supposed to give me the payslip long time ago..
You should have worked things out with B.
If you’re having a hard time, what about me?
I’m very concerned & worried right now & I’ve already tried my best.
But you guys keep pushing me to the brink.
A told me when I was infront of him that you emailed me already.. (he was on the phone with her at that time)
So, either you or A must be lying.. (A has no reason at all to lie to me)
Think on the bigger picture, you gave me no choice but to give you
deadlines.. Otherwise no news will come from you.
I am pissed enough about this whole issue.

Btw, I want you to call or sms me latest 2 weeks from yesterday.
I don’t want to be the one to be chasing after you anymore.
Take responsibility & do something to show that you really mean it when
you say you want to pay me up cos your actions are showing me otherwise.

Lastly, I’m not using this email account anymore.
Pls stop sending me emails here.
I smsed you clearly yesterday to send to my hotmail account.
In case you don’t have it, its ____________________.
I know you have it.. Pls send it there from now onwards..

Thanks!

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And there you go! That’s what happened… Oh yeah, I am pissed with her email.. Stop giving her deadlines? You gotta be kidding me. I will never ever get that thing if no deadlines were given.. And yeah, I really think she lied but didn’t want to admit. She lied cos she thought I wasn’t going to wait up for her. I didn’t explain much on what happened that day we met but this was what happened:-

I came to the office to take the overdue payslip & some things in the office. She knew I was coming, I told her. When I came, only A was in the office. He told me that M had just stepped out of the office for lunch. I asked for my payslip but A didn”t know anything so he called but couldn’t get through. I told him I was going out for awhile and that I’ll be coming back. 3 mins later, I came in and he said while holding the phone, “M said she emailed you already”. So I said OK and left. Jaz, who were accompanying me at that time said that I should call her and meet up with her. So I did. I called her, “Hey! Where are you?” She said, “Oh… I went out for lunch..” I immediately asked her where she was and she said somewhere not within a walking distance from the office. It was about 7-10 mins drive. So, I asked her when will she be back. And she said that she just went out. Without considering, I told her that we were coming over and that we needed to talk for awhile. She immediately told me not to come over and that she will come back to the office immediately and to give her 10mins. So, we waited at the back of theoffice building..

Then about 5 mins later, I saw her & B walking together, coming from a path that lead to a nearby hawker centre! My blood boiled the moment I saw them. I turned to Jaz and screamed, ” She’s lying! How can they walk from here if they were from there?? Even if they got a cab, they wouldn’t drop here. It’s too far from the road.” When they were about to enter the building, I shouted her name but she didn’t look.. Neither one of them looked back. We were waiting in the car, 4 metres away from the back gate, through which they had entered. How can they not hear?? I was really furious at that moment. So I immediately called her & said that I was going up and that I’ll see her at the staircase. And that’s where we started to talk.. If you missed it, read here.

Hi guys,

I really appreciate the awards I’ve received.. It’s so sweet of you to think about me for the award..

But recently, I have been tagged non-stop. So now I’m afraid I might run out of bloggers to pass them to..lol!

So, I was thinking of putting them all together in one post. I’m sorry if I can’t post it up as what I was supposed to but please bear with me on this..

I’ll try my very best.. Thanks again for the awards guys!

- LEMONADE AWARD

I received this award from another great lady, LilysGramma. Thanks so much! Please do check out her blog…

The concept of the Lemonade Award is about finding people that display a great attitude and/or gratitude. In this day and time, that is a very important quality.
Once nominated, all you need to do is add the Lemonade Award logo to your blog and find 10 more bloggers to nominate. All of the rules are listed below.

Here’s my nominations listed in random order:

- Xgenesis007

- Ahmike

- Lucky Lady

- Photography by KML

- My Life, Unplugged

- Brix

Congratulations to all the winners. Please share this opportunity with your favorite bloggers by doing the following:
1) Put the logo on your blog or post.
2) Nominate at least 10 blogs, which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude!
3) Be sure to link to your nominees within your post
4) Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5) Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.

- TRIPLE AWARDS

I was awarded this award from another blogger friend, Kriscell from SGBoleh. Thanks  friend!
Now, I’m passing this award to the following bloggers:
- Monica
- S-H-Y
- Jane Doe
- Marie
- Utah Mommy
Here are the rules for the recipients:

1. Put the logo on your blog or post.

2. Nominate at least 10 blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude!

3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.

4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.

- A To Z Tag
Finally, I’ve received this tag from a blogger friend, Tiara Zakaria. You may check out her blog too!

A. Attached or single? — Attached

B. Best friend? — I have a few…

C. Cake or pie? — Both! Chocolate Cake for dessert & Pies when I’m hungry..

D. Day of choice? — Sunday! That’s when I usually go out for photo-ops..

E. Essential item? — They all are!!

F. Favorite color? — Purple

G. Gummy bears or worms? — Gummy bears

H. Hometown? — Singapore

I. Favorite indulgence? — Too many…

J. January or July? — Neither! Where’s September??

K. Kids? — Nope!

L. Life isn’t complete without? — My loved ones & my essential items! Hehe…

M. Marriage date? — No plans…

N. Number of magazine subscriptions? – Zip.

O. Orange or apple? — Neither, Does juice counts? If so, apple…

P. Phobias? — Cockroach.. Why do they even exist? Do they have a purpose in life that I’m unaware of???

Q. Quotes? — Nil

R. Reasons to smile? — I always do…

S. Season of choice? — Winter & Spring! I’d love to touch snow.. But I’ll omit Winter after I get to experience one.. ;P

T. Tag 5 people -

- Renzalc

- CrazyNLoveMom

- Jacq

- The Flying Beagle

- Herby

U. Unknown fact about me? – I’m short? lol!

V. Vegetable? — Kai lan.. Yummy!

W. Worst habit? — Sleeping late at night & waking up close to evening.

X. X-ray or ultrasound? – The doctors will decide which one is suitable for me when the time comes..

Y. Your favorite food(s)? – Pasta, pasta & more pasta!

Z. Zodiac sign — Virgo.

That’s it guys! I’m really very sorry if I’ve left some of you out.. I really didn’t mean to.
And please guys, I really do appreciate the tags but I have things to do at the moment and I hope you’ll leave me out of your tags for the moment to avoid disappointment.
Thanks for understanding!

Btw, I will be posting up the update of my Career Crisis ASAP..