April 16, Day 49, temp 6C windy & clear

I sent my boss a letter yesterday, requesting for training allowance. I know it is not a norm, neither is it company policy to provide exchange interns with allowances. But I tried it anyway, wrote a page long letter in English, for a boss who only understands Finnish!!:(

I got one of my work mates, Suvi-Maria to read and translate it to her. Eeva than told me that it would have been really nice to provide me with a much needed allowance, however there was a problem... I didn't have the necessary employment documents and most importantly, the tax card. A tax card is a card which states the amount of taxes the holder must pay. I didn't have that. I had nothing. Therefore today, I headed off to Keski-Suomen Verotoimisto (The tax administration) to register myself. I can gurantee that no ever Singaporean exchange student has done this before lol.... it's out of this world:D I registered myself in their database and there: I GOT IT:D.

If I were to receive salary, I have to pay 35% of my gross income. Thats TOTALLY RETARDED but its normal here as taxes are always high in a welfare state! I have gotten my tax card... Now, its up to God and the Hotel Management to determine whether to give me my salary or not... FINGER'S CROSSED PEOPLE!!:D

Kovski

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