End

"That's tough work," K finds himself not easily being put off, "I shall finish the report on time. Is that all?"

"That's not the end. That is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

The young lecturer is apparently not amused with Winston Churchill. He pushes further, "What next?"

L stands up and walks to the other side of the office. In no time K realizes there stands two gigantic bookshelves, which are not filled with books, but files and folders. But, this time, L does not take out any of them. He merely points at the targets, one after another.

"You have all these to work on: Faculty strategic plan... Department strategic plan... Division development plan... Application of church approval... monastery approval... government approval... assistant performance report... amah performance report... justification of public lecture... justification of stationery usage... tendering of toilet paper... Well, that's probably all for this month."

"Alas, in that case, what's the time left for me to do some serious work - so that I could renew my contract and get promoted?"

"No - unless you are Jesus himself."