Pay Day!

This is so funny and I have been waiting for this day since I signed my contract back in January. You see when I signed the contract and agreed to the salary I asked if they wanted my bank account number so they could direct deposit the funds, or would they be paying me by check?

No, we will pay you cash was the reply. Hmmmm, I thought that's quite a lot of bills. I can't wait to see how this goes down.

I get paid on the 15th of each month, if the 15th falls on a weekend then the following Monday is pay day.

Here is how it happened, I met Mr. Pang, the guy who hired me, at the downtown campus. He rode his bike up to me and took out a brown envelope from his grocery bag. I handed him a receipt and he asked me to count it. Fortunately I did not walk or take the metro to meet him, but I had the car and driver. So I popped into the car and counted the cash. Otherwise I guess I would be counting the wad of bills right in the middle of the road and my walk/metro ride home would be fraught with fears that someone was following me and waiting to rip my purse out of my hands. Oh, you know I probably would have taken a cab home........well this was not even an issue. Anyway that's it.

In case you are wondering this part-time job pays me about $20/per hour. I work 15 hours a week and probably 10 hours of lesson planning. My monthly salary is 9,000 yuan = $1,323.52.

So that's it, I had such a great level of anticipation since January for this moment and now it's over, but I am wondering.......will next month be different? Will the process change? Will Mr. Pang get a briefcase or will he still carry around a grocery bag?