All About Full-Time Maids

[shine_fs]

janet_lee88:

Although Indonesians can't cook pork dishes well, they are still better cooks than Filipinos. I think 'Central' refers to Java...whether central Java or East Java, they are still more polite and refined. The misconception is Filipinos can speak English...my prev Filipino doesn't understand Eng well and half the time I am not able to communicate with her. With my Indonesian maids, they learn very fast.

My 2 Indonesian maids learnt and understand Eng and Cantonese so well that I have no freedom of speech at home. :stupid:

I agree..

[cmm]

Check ou this article on an indo maid who threatened to kill her employer's 8 mth old baby for a ticket back home... :!:


http://thecourtroom.stomp.com.sg/courtroom/

[auntieM]

cmm:

Check ou this article on an indo maid who threatened to kill her employer's 8 mth old baby for a ticket back home... :!:


http://thecourtroom.stomp.com.sg/courtroom/

Scary siah...
Heng the baby is alright.. ...and too young to remember this nightmare.
I think 2 year jail sentence not long enough.. ..

Juz me $0.02 ..

[moonee]

Tks, have decided not to take filipinas or Indons, will try burmese and hope for the best. Have taken fili and Indons for the past few years. This time Im gonna do like wat my last 3 maids told me. \"Try only! come to spore to try try\" Yah!! TRY comes with a heavy price for us. Ive been taking maids with some knowledge all this while, this time I m gonna try out one that is totally raw and out frm the village, probably slow and has no common sense and with little knowledge of english so hopefully she wont get influence by my neighbours nasty maids. I confirmed a burmese today. The agent was kind of surprise tht i wanted one that spoke little engish. Anyway im prepared for the worst, im going more for one who has good character.

I hate taking maids with many moles or worst one big mole on the face, they normally turn out quite tricky. I remember the case of the bukit merah murder and the old lady tht was smothered witha pillow, one had big and small moles on the face , the other had many moles too. Im not superstitious but just want to be safe.

[janet88]

moonee:

Tks, have decided not to take filipinas or Indons, will try burmese and hope for the best. Have taken fili and Indons for the past few years. This time Im gonna do like wat my last 3 maids told me. \"Try only! come to spore to try try\" Yah!! TRY comes with a heavy price for us. Ive been taking maids with some knowledge all this while, this time I m gonna try out one that is totally raw and out frm the village, probably slow and has no common sense and with little knowledge of english so hopefully she wont get influence by my neighbours nasty maids. I confirmed a burmese today. The agent was kind of surprise tht i wanted one that spoke little engish. Anyway im prepared for the worst, im going more for one who has good character.

I hate taking maids with many moles or worst one big mole on the face, they normally turn out quite tricky. I remember the case of the bukit merah murder and the old lady tht was smothered witha pillow, one had big and small moles on the face , the other had many moles too. Im not superstitious but just want to be safe.

Whatever it is, we all hope for the best...for a reliable maid who can help us. With a maid, go one day at a time and you will find that time passes faster and you will be happier at the end of each day.

[hquek]

peapot:

hquek, just curious why you call your current maid \"ex-maid\"?

Sorry, ex-maid with me for 5 years. She went back, now got current maid (based at mum's place).

[hquek]

janet_lee88:

When I choose maids, I don't take ex-Sin, ex-Hongkong, ex-Taiwan (meaning they have ever worked these countries b4). These will ask for rocket high pay thinking they have experience.

Strangest bit about ex-SIN maids being 'worth more'. At times I wonder, except that they have been here and drank some SG water, does this tag really mean that they know what they are supposed to do and how to do it? Eg, ex-maid watched my dad cooked for 5 years, but as far as we know, she can't cook a plate of fried rice.

And she's never had to change diapers. When DS1 was newborn and maid just came, once I let her try change nappy. But she actually 'pinched' his kookoo (not being abusive, but rather to clean the area around it), I gave up and from then on, she never had to change his nappy; or DS2's ever.

[janet88]

hquek,

Ex-Singapore/HKG/TW doesn’t mean the maid is THAT experienced.
Every family is different and job scope is diff. If work for ang-moh, style of housework and cooking lagi more diff. So what reason do these maids insist on high pay ? Their agent helps them fight for increment as well.
My Indon maid worked for me and learnt to cook chicken rice…now showing off her cooking in HKG !!!

[HappyAvon]

janet_lee88:

hquek,

Ex-Singapore/HKG/TW doesn't mean the maid is THAT experienced.
Every family is different and job scope is diff. If work for ang-moh, style of housework and cooking lagi more diff. So what reason do these maids insist on high pay ? Their agent helps them fight for increment as well.
My Indon maid worked for me and learnt to cook chicken rice...now showing off her cooking in HKG !!!

Hi janet_lee88, i remembered 3 years ago, we had our first Indon maid..She was really trained by my mum and knows how to cook very well and also looking after my DD..When she just started with us, she knows only little english but she speaks better and better each day...She even know a little about mandarin! After finishing her 1st contract, she wanted to go back and get married and so we let her go....We went back to the same agent to arrange the airtickets and documents etc...U know what, the manager was chit chatting to her in our presence and even pass her his namecard...telling her to call him if she wanna come out and work again...He even told her she can get a much higher salary....

[hquek]

janet_lee88:

hquek,

Ex-Singapore/HKG/TW doesn't mean the maid is THAT experienced.
Every family is different and job scope is diff. If work for ang-moh, style of housework and cooking lagi more diff. So what reason do these maids insist on high pay ? Their agent helps them fight for increment as well.
My Indon maid worked for me and learnt to cook chicken rice...now showing off her cooking in HKG !!!

exactly my point! But there seems to be some cachet attached to it mah - like badge of honour.

So far, the 2 maids I took were ex-Jakarta - so some city experience but not jaded.

I think I got very fierce face, so they have never dared to tell me they deserve more money.