What was my bold and amazing experience in South Korea?

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 What was my bold and amazing experience in South Korea?


In South Korea, 16 to 17 hours are the normal working hours in the fishing and agriculture sectors. There are no overtime payments for extra working hours. Many foreign workers have complained to the South Korean labor court about the extra working hours. 

The court said the Sector has off season. But during my 7 and a half years working in South Korea I never found any off season. Even in Natural disasters, we work hard. I have worked with my first employee only about 20 days. During those 20 days I faced two life-and-death situations in the sea. One day there was heavy raining with winds. We were supposed to die in the deep sea. Another water pump in the middle of the of the sea became out of order. Our fishing boat was sinking. But our employer has managed to start the water pump at the eleventh hour. But our luck was batter, Allah Almighty has saved our life. On that day I took an oath that I will never come back to fishing job anymore. In fact I couldn't keep my oath. Because there was no way to change or convert the fishing to any others category. But anyhow anyway I did that impossible to possible after two years worked as a fisherman. Anyway the next morning I refused to go to work. My boss come to my room with full of anger. I myself also shown my double anger to him. Boss decided to take me to the labor court for sign the disagreement contract. On the way of labor court, my Samunim (the boss wife) asked me very politely; " why Rouf, what happened? I had tried to reply her. Bit my boss became angry with his wife. Then I shouted my mouth there. After I finished all the paper work, my boss deducted my cigarettes money. Anyway, I was feeling happy. I got relief from the sea. My boss paid my twenty-day salary on my bank account. After my boss left, I went to a bank ATM to withdraw the money. That was my first day of using the ATM card. I don’t know how, I wasn’t able to withdraw the money by card. But the ATM swiped my card. Luckily,, the day and the time were bank working hours. Luckily the ATM was also with the same bank. Anyway, I go inside the bank and discuss the matter with the officer. I opened the ATM lock from back side and took out my card. He asked me how much to withdraw? I said all the amounts. The officer became shocked. Because in South Korea, a twenty-day salary is a very huge amount. Anyway, I withdraw all the money from the ATM and buy a KTX (express train) to Seoul, the capital of South Korea. Obviously, I didn’t have any idea, how and where to go. But I was not scared. On time, I ride on the KTX and start the journey to a unknown destiny. 

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