Saturday, September 25, 2004

working on sat at scs...

now in scs office.....have 2 work on alt sats.....sianzzzz....only 2 pple in office 2day, me & another colleague who came in 1 mth earlier than me.....super boring 2day....actually not in mood 2 work at all....juz had thosai...not very nice but smells really gd though.....

anyway, my new job here really sounds challenging.....i'm involved in research wif regards 2 child abuse & neglect, & my pri research wld b emotional & social well-being o children......i'm doing a lot o reading in e past wk tt i started work.....2 much reading....& there r a lot o formalities tt i need 2 follow......a lot o papaer work.....i know it's necessary but really troublesome......

got 2 know o n incident tt happened on my 3rd day o work......smething which i doubt i'm supposed discussed.....it's actually abt data, esp data which throws our c'try, e so called newly developed nation, into a bad light......1 researcher had data abt sexual abuse in s'pore & she was due 2 present e paper in an international conference but was called bk at e last min 2 sign a letter tt she's not supposed 2 say anything abt her data.....she's not a researcher in scs so scs cld not force her 2 present, even though scs paid 4 all her expenses 2 e international conference....& she got research grants fr scs.....it was really a last min thing cos she was due 2 fly on sat, we got e call fr her at 5.25pm (5mins b4 we knock off) on fri......i dun c e rationale o tis.....if we've data tt shows tt smething is happening, but it displays our c'try in a bad light, we've 2 sweep e data under e carpet??? every1 in my departmt & my boss was so angry & disappointed....& e nagging qn in every1's minds was do we always have 2 keep track o our research so we only present e gd side o everything??? my boss said we'll need 2 bring up e topic in e next meeting.....but she is certain tt as gd researchers, wat we need 2 do is 2 do a gd research, no matter wat e result might b....

another lesson i learn here is tt in work, we need 2 b very diplomatic.....we need 2 always powder up everything tt we say......e truth can only b uncovered by pple who happen 2 have gd make-up remover......

1 comment:

Cycy said...

the dilemma is...
now knowing if it is a good make up remover, or one so good that it actually cleans off more than the makeup. so clean it reveals how disillusioned you are. And, hey! we all need a bit of disillusion to function happier in life ya? there is great truth in 'ignorance is bliss'.