Archive for August, 2007

hard money

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

semester fall da bermula a week ago. alhamdullilah even w/o scholar JPA, dpt gak la daku meneruskan 1 sem ni lagi. At first, i worry sick la camner nak baya duit tuition fee sebanyak RM40,000 for this Fall. Tp rezeki murah, my favorite teacher jd head dept for grad school. So mcm2 scholar la I received. hehe. So, all tuition fee was paid by my dept. Lega hati ni. then as usual I’ll work as TA for AME 300, on top of that me gatal2 g apply jd grader lak. Ingat so far I receive easy money, tp jd grader ni la plg menensenkan hatiku ini. This teacher haa, never let student dpt easy money. Da la kene wat clerical work die, type email, jd secretary society die, update itu ini, kene lak dok kat opis ngan die every week 10 hrs. so far, br 6 jam working under die, rase da nak muntah. $$ offered pun x berbaloi, so yesterday I pi la complain kat accountant my dept that he asked me to do a lot. rupenye mmg camtuh gaya die, and the acct ckp i shouldn’t jd grader utk 2 kelas die, only 1. then no clerical work pls. so, she call my head grad utk complain, but he wasn’t there yesterday. so tatau la camner. salahnye, diriku ini, masa 1st day die ckp for 2 classes instead of 1, me diam je, sbb tau there are not much hw assigned. Tp da kene dok opis die rase giler la pulak. Plus for $9/hr  rase x worth it lak. I heard byk students under him stuck here for years, sbb da tade masa nk wat keje pastuh kuar opis die sakit kepala, tade mood terus nak wat keje. This is really hard money la.

update:
Hari tuh, ade sorg staff (yg so mommy like-I love her), saw me working utk lecturer tuh kat opis lecturer tuh. Ape lagi, makcik ni marah ler diriku ini, krn sanggup dipergunakan. heh.. so, die tlg tepon lg grad head dept ni. I received la e-mail grad head ni, tp terbuka lambat lak emel sbb die suh jmp die last friday. Aku x buka emel until la Sunday tuh, pastuh Mon lak cuti labor day, Tuesday cari die, die lak tade. Finally on Wed kire td la, dpt gak la jmp grad head dept ni. die pun bebel la, x kasi daku membuat keje2 yg x de kene ngene ngan grader ni. Dia kata die nak take further action kalu I berani to back up die. Sbb aku ni penakut, aku minta die kebenaran utk aku slow talk ngan lecturer yg taking advantage of me. Tp mmg aku ni sah penakut, takut betul utk said NO, so aku ckp kat lecturer aku, aku x leh keje kat opis die, aku nak reduce hr keje ngan die, aku wat kan keje2 die dr opis aku. ha, ape lg, sepelepuk la file aku kene bawa blk opis aku. ntah bile aku nak wat ni. malas lak, da dok opis sendiri ni, ape lg aku buke le email, blog sambil2 lepak.. hehe..
Tp nasib baik la aku wat baik kat lecturer aku ni, so td die wat request utk jd kan aku TA instead of grader.. Legaa sikit gitu, hopefully, dienye request ni dipasskan oleh dept la, sbb # of students kat kelas aku nak grade ni almost pass 90 students. Plus, gaji grader ni x penah naik kot, pastuh not even half dr gaji TA. (keje TA ni da 2 kali dpt raise, hehe, TQ pd students yg bg evaluation kat aku) sedangkan list of work sama je.. Mmg x patut tull la Univ aku ni, gaji keje luar dlm AZ ni da naik, keje bangang pun now minimum 6.75/hr, gaji grader gak x naik2. TAnye gaji pun x naik, tp benefit bertambah, plus they pay u ikut qualification, plg penting tuition fee  dpt diskaun/paid!