The money will shut me up...

Time seems to pass pretty quickly today.

But I would assume it didn't actually pass faster. After all, it is always constant.

The only logical explanation is, when we busy ourselves with things, we tend to minimize the moments we look up to the clock. When the lapse between moments decrease (in comparison to when we are free and we keep looking up). time suddenly seem to have passed faster.

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For the last 2 weeks leading up to today (and possibly for the next week), I have been doing brainless work.

I say brainless because there is no need to think, at all.

No, I am not saying it in a stuck-up manner; I am not saying I am so clever until everything is too easy for me. I am merely reflecting to you the actual scenario.

For the past few weeks, I have been copying his transparencies into powerpoint slides. How brain-taxing can that be?

And all these transparencies are that from a private venture my boss is in earlier.

So really, don't ask me what I am doing? I am, not even sure myself!

But I guess, if I have a choice, I would rather be doing this.

Yes.

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I don't know if I have told you, but I have developed some modules.

And please note how I have phrased it--I hadn't elaborated on whether it is in my scope of work. There is no need to touch on that. Whatever it is, just know that I have developed some modules.

But while I should be happy that they are used (my colleague encountered some problems formatting and asked for my help and I saw the contents), I was feeling more of upset than gladness.

Somebody is obviously feeling guilty--I was asked to amend the layout of the document to make it more presentable to the selection committee. And now that it has been accepted, someone else has been tasked to modify the layout, changing the page number and adding in the crafter's name.

Which is not my name.

And of course, we can all argue about how I am paid a salary to do all this work. How the modules wouldn't be incorporated had it not been for the salary I am paid. We are all right in our own ways, I am sure.

Just as how somebody hasn't even the integrity to at least acknowledge my division as the crafter. It wouldn't be as maddening.

So my question would be, then wasn't the instructor paid as well? Then why is he not the one crafting the module? Why make someone else do it?

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There is a serious problem with the way things are done here.

The fact is, I still can't get over the 'practice' of calling worthy competitors up for interviews when there is already a designated candidate who has a 90% chance of clinching the position.

Aiyah..whatever whatever. I am paid. Period.

Yes, I am paid, so I should just do my work and shut up.

But you know what--suddenly, I can't help feeling glad that I am not a permanent staff.