Whew! Im thinking of formulating a good time management strategy now. It seems to me that I'm loosing so much time in work that I have no more time for myself. Its not like that I have a family of my own who needs my time, attention and devotion though, but, hey! I'm human too and I need a break. I cannot spend my entire life serving this institution sucking up all my energy and exhausting my prime strength.
I was wondering if I could apply for a flexible time schedule with the Office of the Court Administrator in the Supreme Court. However, I was in a quandary if my reason for applying would be justifiable and acceptable. I should tell the truth and that would be, in effect, stating therein that I am working in another job, because I was offered to take a second job in a University as an instructor for Political Science subjects.
With my present job in the judiciary, the impending teaching job in a university and my schooling in law school, I believe that 24 hours in a day would be insufficient for me. That is a limitation none mortal being could breach. So now, what shall I do? Hell! I don't know. Maybe, I quit law school, huh? This time I really need a reasonable time management scheme.
My work in the trial court is not that bad though. My exposure in law practice is rather very advantageous on my part. I could grasps easily the lessons thought in law school and I believe that I have a slight edge ahead of my other classmates who have little or no exposure at all in court hearings.
The salary I receive from the judiciary is not luxurious but, that, notwithstanding, I enjoy the privilege I secure in my present job.
As a Court Interpreter for some time now, my repertoire has expanded. It made me more confident in expressing my thoughts. I am now more vocal and assertive in telling people what i think. Such that when I am being asks for an opinion I can readily give lecture on the subject matter without wasting a single sweat. No kidding.
The down side of this story is that court employees like me are not well compensated. The judiciary although able to renumerate its employees more than that of the standard salaries of the government employees is barred by law to do the same. The present Government Employee Standardization Law prevents the Supreme Court from giving its beloved employees more that what the law says. Indeed, dura lex sid lex, the law maybe harsh, but that is the law.
To add more gloom to our plight in the lower court, we have just received the information this morning that the additional benefit that the court employees will receive this month has a substantive discrepancy between the eployees of the Supreme Court and that of the lower courts. The SC Circular, authorizing its disbursement, states that employees of the lower courts will receive substantially lower amount. "Hay buhay!" I commented. No one dares to question that Circular anyway. Where would we file our grievance? Before the Supreme Court? That is foolish. Who dares question a resolution where the forum to file the very questioned resolution is before the body who at the first place issued the said resolution.
Troubled employee, indeed we are. That is no matter to me though because at the end of the day, what matter to me most is that I am instrumental in the process of despensing justice in this country, however underpaid I may be. It is enough that in my own little way, I take part and gives a competent hand in making the justice system in this country credible. My personal wants become subordinate to the noble duty of rendering my country men genuine justice. It is an investment I hope someday will give me good returns.
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