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tonyadams
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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 Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:51 pm Post subject: Can I sneak out Korea during Chu-seok ? |
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Hi all.... I havent seen my parents for 3 years and we have paid for hotels and flights to Singapore for Chu-seok, this was done months ago.
I have been working a university here for 6 years and I dont want to lose my job, but I really dont want to let my parents down at this late stage.
* If I leave the country without telling anyone do you think there is anyway my school could find out I've been out of the country by the authorities ? *
It might sound like a paranoid question, but 1 of my colleagues seems to think so and I need to research more before deciding to cancel my reunion. |
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tefain
Joined: 19 Sep 2007
Location: Not too far out there
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| Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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As long as you are back to work when you need to be, it shouldn't matter.
It's your time, enjoy it and go where you want. |
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Goku
Joined: 10 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think it's a problem.
I mean, you are your own man, it's not like they can confine you.
There is nothing in your contract that says you can't travel freely right?
And your visa permits you to go there?
I think it should be fine, just assume it is, go, and if they say anything just say you thought it was ok. Should be fine. |
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Mosley
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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I'm surprised someone w/6 yrs. in would ask such a question. 
If no classes, of course you can go! Just make sure you have a valid re-entry permit.... |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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its worth knowing that some people are required to do a quarantine period on return (though its discesional). i didnt have to, but 2 of my friends did.
so keep it quiet, there shouldnt be a problem. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| If you try to sneak out, I'll send you to bed without desert and ground you for a month... with no TV! |
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steveinincheon
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: in The Shadows of Gyeyangsan
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| Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Have you been explicitly told you are not allowed to leave over Chuseok? Sometimes its better to ask for forgiveness than permission. |
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egrog1717
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
| If you try to sneak out, I'll send you to bed without desert and ground you for a month... with no TV! |
Awwwww but DADDDDDDYYYYY!!!!
OP - Long as there's nothing in your contract that says you can't, why would you let them stop you?
*Best trashy Jerry Springer voice*
"Yo! You don't own me! You don't own me!" |
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Kimsmith
Joined: 26 May 2008
Location: The holographic Universe
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| Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I used to go out of Korea at least once a semester when i worked at a uni - I didn't miss classes, didn't tell anyone I was going away and I never had any problems. Don't worry about it! I agree with the 'asking for forgiveness not permission' suggestion. |
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yeremy
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: Anywhere's there's a good bookstore.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:42 pm Post subject: Re: Chuseok Trip |
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| It sounds like you need permission from your uni to leave the country. GEPIK is like that. If that is true, why don't you ask for permission to do so? They can't really stop you but, as you implied, if they find out, they might hold it against you. I also suggest that you ignore the jail house advice and go straight to the source. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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Never ask for forgiveness or permission.
It will be held against you eventually at some later date. |
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Cohiba
Joined: 01 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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Man, I thought I had heard them all. I stand corrected.  |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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| le-paul wrote: |
its worth knowing that some people are required to do a quarantine period on return (though its discesional). i didnt have to, but 2 of my friends did.
so keep it quiet, there shouldnt be a problem. |
Who are those people and by whom is their quarantine required? I work for the Busan public schools and I spent the last week of the summer vacation in Hong Kong. I met two other Busan public school teachers there. Those two are Koreans and are elementary school teachers. All three of us returned to work the following Monday. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| Who are those people and by whom is their quarantine required? I work for the Busan public schools and I spent the last week of the summer vacation in Hong Kong. I met two other Busan public school teachers there. Those two are Koreans and are elementary school teachers. All three of us returned to work the following Monday. |
It just depends on the employer. I spent August in Canada/Alaska and due to degi flu hysteria, had an 'extra week' of (paid) 'holidays' when I came back.  |
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Goon-Yang
Joined: 28 May 2009
Location: Duh
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| Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Pretty much the same for me. Vacation in Canada and my uni "forced" me to spend a week at home. |
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