n this particular day i went out to mit the August mummies at 313 Marche, so i left hm ard 11+ in the morning, only left with daredi n ahboy at hm ma. i told daredi, lunch pack her food kks? 1+ ahboy whatsapp me say eh she eat kfc but say spicy. i was like huh! KFC? WTF? i called daredi, he said oh.. i gave her $6 to buy lunch. =.-""" blood boil. i tell him don ever do that again. at night i asked her u ate kfc? 1st, the coffee shops is at the left, kfc on the right, y u cannot see? she say idk where, so i pointed to her n say, HERE got 2 in this row, can see? she say yes mam. thn i tell her eat kfc, xpensive n nt full enf how u get enf food? she kept quiet. bth. 2+ all went out leaving her at hm, then 3+ darlingg came hm say she bz still packing stuffs.
Marche @ 313 with the August Mummies
2nd day went out with Xav still dunno how to differenciate that cross road must stay close to him n get him to hold hands. n she SWAYSSSS across the road not walk faster. =\ tt y i hvn teach her to take the public bus to pick my xav. i still hesitating if i should let her go n pick him up from sch (10-15mins) away frm hm by bus and thn bus back. or should i let him take the come home sch bus also.
930pm i went inside the rm n spoke to her i asked her any questions, r u happy. do u wan to go back? or do u wan to change employer? she say no mam i wana stay here im v happy. i ask her anything u wan tell me? she hesitate than say mam i have 2 handphones but one the agent took it away already. can u help me take it back but i dun wan to use, u can keep for me. i asked her, y u need two thn she tell me oh cos one is my country card one is international callingg card. thn i ok. if anything u need u can tell me, u wan request for what i may nt give u ill consider first dpending on ur performance u understand? she say yes she know.
Day 3 & 4
i taught her how to cook simple dishes ytd. fry meat w ginger n mushroom + caixin w prawns & rice/porridge. she noted down all v quickly. looked v eager to learn. so far so good.but tdy she did somethink too k gao liaos. she used the machine b4 i cld teach her, n she used to wash towels. ok so i came back she tell me mam i use machine to wash the towels, i say ok. i open up n see, the machine turning right? but the towels r NOT immersed in water. so i told her u must estimate the water level, must be above the towels n must have ample space to move about else how to be clean? curious to see inside still got what cos i saw some pillow covers, i dug & i saw STEPLEGCLOTH!.. i was like HUH? what is this? she tell me, towel mam. i say NOT towel ok. this is for leg. i continue digging again i saw hand towel. i JAm. haisss.. so i told her eh i wan u to know all this is not for machine use. handwash n sun! she say okokok. thn i wash up all on my own. yikes.
its her day 4 with me today. u know what? my maid v inquisitive, asking alot of problem, eh sir work what u work what, u no need go back office? u work from home? ur office nearby? asking about my work stuffs etc. ok nvm, so i told her i didnt work nearby la. (cos my office is just behind my house the ind. 10mins away only) i said depending on where im allocated. so she asked this week u no need work? ok sua sua ki, u wan know i tell u. i drilled into her that i AM working and that ill go back to work ANYTIME, n she'll be ALONE at home.
another thing is she seems to knw SG quite well after a week stay in the hostel:
maid: where is jurong & sembawang?
me: y u wana know?
maid: i come from changi airport n my friends some go to tampines, sembawang, jurong, woodlands & yishun.
me: so i told her, oh all these locations are where ur agency has branches.
maid: where is the central of SG?
me: (start k-siao cos ppl ask ill say orchard).. oh its maybe raffles place?
maid: is raffles place near orchard? is our place yishun near orchard?
me: driving 30mins. y u ask about that?
maid: my friends tell me thts the only place to send $ home.
me: u wan send $ tell me. yishun also got western union!
than she continued eating her food. thn she talk again after a few mouth, tell me about her procedure how she come here blahblah n alot of her stories, i one side hear in hear out.. thn she ask me y i chose her. i tell her idk, i slowly choose n try one by one lor. she say oh n nervous abit n say but i haven take care of baby yet so i cannot tell u if i can or cannot. i asked her do u have xp with newborn? she say no but i can learn. she asked if i will teach her i said yes of cos, u will be looking after baby. thn she say so one month u wil go back to work? i say YA. enough for u to learn? she say u must guide me. thn i continue doin my work so she wun hv more questions. after which she started meddling with the floor, after she mopped i realized i cant walk properly. the floor was like rough? sticky? or dk what. the texture maciam er, sand. thn i asked her, what u used to mop the floor? she tell me BLEECH. i was like omfg. i asked y. she say oh, can use as stain remover. so i asked her where got stain，she say no stain mam only jus mopping. so i told her, u wan use u can use little bit, one mth once u use is OK but please mop AGN with clean water, else wait sit on floor backside also will itchy! she do things no shortcut one, she made my hse look like a hse, spick n span, clean n tidy =)
oh ya! she cooked her own dinner last nite using the method i taught her how to cook de. cook alot. n v v v salty. i told her u wan cook so salty how i eat. she say no mam i cook for u all will use less salt. i like salty. so i say u better drink more water. n her dishes all pass! =D oonly problem is salty nia. hahahaha.. she kept the balance up to eat for breakfast this morning.
today 16th her 5th day with me ler. this Sat morning she woke at 7.. thn idk what she do la i dun wan see also let her own time own target. thn ar i see her keep washing n washing clothes n using the dryer this morning. i wan ki siao. she seperate my black n white clothes. i tell her hang sir clothes, she throw in dryer 6pcs tee. i tell her dun keep use wait bill too high. she say ok. thn she wash a pack of NEW hand towels in machine agn. i say DONT keep use machine, new u wash for what?! wan wash u can use pail rinse ma.. hais... really blood boil early morning =(
Day 1 - 5:
overall v pleased with her working attitude n the way she does her stuffs, only problem with her is she asks too much, too ba, n too k gao. this is the only reason i let her stay by me, else i early change ler. now till i deliver she better prove her worth, n show me she can look after bb. else i can only say bye alina.
