Dear Dad,
I started working at China Kitchen the previous Saturday, from 3 o'clock in the evening to roughly 10:30 pm at night. It was my first time working at a restaurant. Despite the disgusting dishes that I have to wash, the minimum wage payment ($240/hr in Taiwan), and Chinese people who speak Cantonese, which I cannot understand, it would still seem bad to my employer if I suddenly had to go on a vacation after my first 3 days at work (I work Saturday nights). He even specifically told me that I "must stay there all the way throughout the day (Saturday), until closing time for the restuarant." The reason why I am reluctant to talk to my employer about a 2 day leave is because I am just starting out at this job, and if I do not attend work, he might think I am lazy, or otherwise not taking my work seriously, and fire/layoff me. This would be OK if it were not for the 40 hours of hands-on-work experience required for my high school graduation. I have only completed 10 and a half hours so far performing clean-up duty around the city, and 29 and a half more hours are still required, which leads to why I would rather go back to Taiwan in May or the summer in July/August rather than February/March.
Surprisingly for such a big piece of land such as Canada , work is still very hard to find for a 16 year old boy with no work experience. I even tried to apply for a job at McDonalds, and they never phoned me back. There may be a chance that I might not complete the required hours for my last year of high school. If I were to take a vacation after at least a month of straight work, the employer won't take it so hard and think badly of me when I do take a break.
On the issue of health, please do take some time to exercise. Walking is good, running I don't know. The bottoms of my feet still get a splitting pain when I run/jog too much (1-3 hours). For the last month, I've been going to the local swimming pool almost every day. It feels good to swim again after such a long time. The last time I swam daily was years ago.
I still play video games and find them fun even though I have grown up some over the last few years. The graphics/video card that I bought back in Taiwan last time broke about 5 months ago due to playing an extremely graphic intensive game. I can't remember the exact time that it broke, but I immediately replaced it with a new card... only to find out it was more expensive and performed like a snail compared my previous gpu component.
Mother only wants you to buy me a camera so that I won't use her's. I really only need it occasionally for school, and don't use it much. It's still convenient to have one though when going out with friends. Thanx.
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兒子今年16歲，在異鄉居住讀書已經10年，
今年暑假他回台灣，他說想要找個兼差，教英語會話，發揮他的所長；
我則想要帶他去看看小時候出生成長的地方；
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從這一封信得知，他擅長游泳，喜歡打電動；
另外，他說就業困難不是只有在台灣，
在國外也是一樣，要得到一個打工的機會也不容易，
何況這個工讀機會一個星期只有做一天而已。
....................................(攝影達人)
