but they won't increase my pay easily either >.<
blue, yah cos my colleague who covers me got stuck then call me
de... she's the only one tat kinda roughly agar agar know wat i
handle... if anyone else i think my hp will be ringing from 9 - 6pm
>.<
You never know leh. These things add up bit-by-bit and
hopefully, by appraisal time, they would have realised how much
they need you and give you a pay increment in appreciation!

I had a boss who used to call me at least once every time I
called in sick. And then my colleagues would call me a few
more times. Once, my boss even asked, "Are you really sure
you can't come in to work today?" I mumbled something like,
"Yeah, crawl there, then wear the carpet thin running to and from
cubicle to restroom!" (I had diarrhoea that time). 
That job almost killed me, but that was also the job where I had
pay increments and bonuses too to compensate for the life that they
have sucked out of me! 