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    • P Offline
      peapot
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      Yes, I remember mine also very dirty. Her handbag was so dirty that she can’t be bother even to wash it and this is her own personal thing.


      Also, Burmese maid has off days. When mine first came, she was still trainable eventhough dirty. However, she started to change gradually after she went for her monthly off.

      She started with rebonding and she had long hair to her waist. I ask her to cut but she refuse. So no choice I had to let her be. I don’t have support at home so I was really at her mercy!! Fancy that! Then nearer to her contract ending, I had hell from her. She threaten me. She wanted to get another job in Singapore, I think waitress or something then she wants me to give her time off for interview, blah blah blah. It was quite sickening!! In the end, I had to rope in my mom to help!! Luckily my mom was very cool and calm. She’s not at all afraid of the maid!! Then after that, when I got rid of her the next burmese maid also cannot make it!! Sigh!!

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        moonee
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        Agree fully with all of you. My current burmese does not bathe for days and even if she does it will be like in and out of the bathroom within 2 mins. I know every room she enters when Im out as she leaves her "aroma" behind when she leaves the room. If asked to bathe, she will give excuses like she bathe yesterday or shes cold. Shes still in my house, no thanks to my agent for making me wait 5 months for 3 replacements that never came. :x

        Like I mentioned in my earlier post, there seem to be a lot of burmese coming in. Gone are the days when they were branded as honest and hardworking. Agents cant screen the maids as burma does not encourage their girls to work as domestic helpers… so we have to rely on biodatas that are not too accurate.

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          jtoh
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          moonee:
          Agree fully with all of you. My current burmese does not bathe for days and even if she does it will be like in and out of the bathroom within 2 mins. I know every room she enters when Im out as she leaves her \"aroma\" behind when she leaves the room. If asked to bathe, she will give excuses like she bathe yesterday or shes cold. Shes still in my house, no thanks to my agent for making me wait 5 months for 3 replacements that never came. :x

          Like I mentioned in my earlier post, there seem to be a lot of burmese coming in. Gone are the days when they were branded as honest and hardworking. Agents cant screen the maids as burma does not encourage their girls to work as domestic helpers.. so we have to rely on biodatas that are not too accurate.
          She bathed already yesterday!? Oh my! Doesn't she bathe everyday? Can ask her to bathe twice a day?

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            bubblebee_mum
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            I employed a myanmese maid and kept her for only3 weeks. this one’s a city girl and u u grad too. She’s full of herself, and she expects to be on equal footing with the employers. I heard from agents that the problem with myanmese girls these days are that they expect to be on equal footing with the employer and some of them are rich girls just out to see the world. But then again, there’re always some very good ones, I wanted to try employing one cuz my friends have got very good myanmese maids. I guess it was just my luck that I got this one. In terms of cleaning, she’s quite clean, but she answers u back and raises her voice at u. And she acts like she’s the mistress of the house. Terrible!!! worst of all, she wanted to be a mother to my 2 boys and demands to have me spell out their names on a piece of paper for her even though I told her that her job is not to take care of the kids. The first day here, I gave her shampoo and body wash, she demanded for facial wash. Btw, she uses loreal facial wash, toner and night cream…

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              All-in
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              moonee:
              Agree fully with all of you. My current burmese does not bathe for days and even if she does it will be like in and out of the bathroom within 2 mins. I know every room she enters when Im out as she leaves her \"aroma\" behind when she leaves the room. If asked to bathe, she will give excuses like she bathe yesterday or shes cold. Shes still in my house, no thanks to my agent for making me wait 5 months for 3 replacements that never came. :x

              Like I mentioned in my earlier post, there seem to be a lot of burmese coming in. Gone are the days when they were branded as honest and hardworking. Agents cant screen the maids as burma does not encourage their girls to work as domestic helpers.. so we have to rely on biodatas that are not too accurate.
              The last Burmese maid I had is dishonest. She stole things which you would not even notice, like hair clips, old handphones and even clothes. She used my shampoo and facial cream, as she claimed that she was bored and free. Just before I sent her to the airport, I checked her luggage and found a few pieces of clothings which belonged to my daughters, my lipstick, watch (which I left lying around as it has run out of batt). Irony is : I bought presents for her to bring home to her folks and this is what she had done to me. By the way, Burmese maids also have habit of not completing their contract : always claimed that mother has pssed away and need to return home.

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                moonee
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                My maid is downright lazy to the core, she complained that her 1st employer made her wash her hair and shower twice a day such that she now suffer from rheumatism, so I should be thankful if she bathes at the end of the day, got to constantly remind her. ...very stressing to watch her work and make sure she bathe too. :stupid:

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                  cher_06
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                  My first time getting a burmese maid.


                  Language is definitely a problem, but after speaking to her, I realized she is only keen to finish her contract and go home. She said she want to be a maid because can sit aeroplane and see the world. *sighhh. Then she even said that her parents dint want her to come to Singapore to work because its so far.

                  However, she is very positive, and takes initiative. Learns fast too.

                  I am not sure now... 😞 we have always had filippinos but the last 2 was a big headache and no more for me.

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                    moonee
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                    Well Hope all goes well with yr new maid, I had filipinas n indons in the past too, hah… had my fair share of problems just like u. I told myself the same, no more filipinas n indons. Now I think I prefer the filipinas after having 3 burmese. I understand the burmese but Im kind of tired n mentally stressed out with their lack of english understandin , common sense etc… I told myself I dont want another burmese but due to circumstances I landed up with the same. Just like yrs she mentioned she hope 2 yrs will pass real fast. Quite focus to work but very stubborn

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                      titank
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                      Any agent to recommend for getting good Burmese/Myanmar maid? Best can see video & able to do sort of tele conference with them. Seem like all the nationality have some kind of problem of one & another.


                      Indon- English communication & they do not eat pork.

                      Fillipino - Like very high pride type, sometime give them instruction they do not want to acknowledge. Most of the time they act blur.

                      Myanmanr most of them are from City area & seem like they do not have any training at all.

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                        moonee
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                        cant think of any agent that provide videos for burmese maids. The country does not encourage their females to work as domestic workers for other nationalities in a foreign cuntry so most of the agents depend on the Yangon agent to source the girls. The spore agent can only depend on what the Yangon agent say. Ive had 3 burmese and they are all frm the village but live in Yangon. My current maid is living in Yangon altho I still dont know why she lives in town while her parents are frm another state and live in the village. Communication is the biggest problem so need to demonstrate every thing. Why dont u try top maids (altho I hv never used them )and specify ur requirements. The lady boss is burmese married to a caucasian. Being burmese, she may be able to give better info than the regular spore agent that have no knowledge of the girl that they are bringing in.

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