FollowMy Cambodian maid only speaks a smattering of English. She doesn’t know the word “squat”. Each time she brings Alycia and Sherilyn to the loo to pee when we go out, she will say this to them “sit” as she motions them to squat at the squatting toilet bowl. I have been trying hard to correct…
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Alycia And Our New Maid Are Good Friends
Our Cambodian Maid
….. can really ‘kaik sei ngor’ (can really anger me till death). Though she’s hardworking, some of the things she does can really kaik sei ngor. She tries to be efficient by putting the dirty clothes into the washing machine whenever she sees them in the laundry basket, even if there were only a few pieces…
Sherilyn Hates Our New Maid
There just isn’t any chemistry between my new maid and Sherilyn. When Sherilyn saw our new Cambodian temp maid for the first time, she had just woken up from her nap. She was sobbing away on the mattress as I was talking to the maid agent. When I asked her why she was crying, she…
Mum’s Out, New Temp Maid In
I Am Finally Maid-Less
After having a maid for more than 5 years, I find it really tiring without one now. Today is Alycia’s first day of school this year. I woke up early to do some simple house work and to prepare her lunch box. The 2-hourly temp maids arrived at 10:30am sharp on a motorbike. I had to…
Our Maid Has Finally Left Us
Warning… long ranting ahead…. My maid has finally returned to Indonesia for good yesterday. The entire morning, my maid was telling Sherilyn how much she would miss her and was teary eyed. We were still in a jovial mood until the last minute when I paid her all that’s due to her. She was so disappointed that she did not…
Trusting My Guts Feelings
My guts feelings have been right most times. Even though I had gotten a verbal confirmation from this maid agency that supplies temp maids that he can provide me with a temp live-in maid for one month starting this Sunday, somehow, I just had a feeling that the maid will never arrive. True enough, my fears and worries…
One More Week To Go
This week will be my maid’s last week with us. Can’t imagine life without her. Though she’s got her weaknesses, she has nevertheless been quite a good and efficient maid. I can leave many things to her like handling the kids and cooking and that has given me some time to do my own work. With…
I Will Be Maid-Less Soon
Maid Stories
After yesterday’s episode, my maid has been extra nice, extra jovial and extra patient to everyone today. I guess sometimes these maids need to be threatened a little and shown that we mean business and let them know that we are not afraid if they leave us. When hubby asked her to leave our house with her Nepalese boyfriend, I…
Maid Stories
I caught saw my maid walking out of the house to meet her friend boyfriend (she maintains he’s only her regular friend) for about 3 minutes yesterday afternoon. When I asked her, she admitted that her friend passed her a letter and asked her to go out in 2 weeks’ time as he has a…
Maid Stories Again
My maid caused a big stir and commotion last night when her Nepalese boyfriend tried to talk to her from outside the gate. I was about to take my shower when I heard a commotion outside our house. I peeped at the window and saw a group of about 4 guards apprehending a man. I thought…
Maid’s Secret Love Affair
When I brought the gals out to the park yesterday evening, my neighbor who was inside her house rushed out from the house waving to me as she was making some gestures with both her hands. She had wanted to inform me that she had seen my maid and the security guard on patrol passing…
I Want To Follow You Kakak!!
When my maid left the house to go Raya shopping with my hubby’s staff several days ago, Sherilyn was very upset. She kept screaming “I want to follow you kakak” and bawled till she almost puked. It freaked me out when I saw her choking and coughing and on the verge of puking. If she…