Myanmar maids

[hquek]

I can only say I live and learn…and yet I still pray for the day when I nonid to have maid. Just that having a maid makes life easier becos a lot of things I dun have to lift a finger.

[bigsnoopy]

I can’t imagine life without maid. Sometimes you have to close one eye and pretend not to see the mistake.

[fifiyeo]

my maids were employed to do only housework. Don’t have to take of kids or cook (cos I do all that). So it’s considered quite simple work. But I guess it’s luck and you will really need lots of it when it comes to maids…you might have to go through several or even many before you meet a good one. I usually try to close my eyes and play hide and seek at home with the maid. But the 4 Burmese I had…it just was not good. : (

Just unlucky I guess.

Now I don’t have a maid, I get the kids to help and gadgets like vacuum robots to ease the work. It’s really tough the 1st few weeks cos there is so much re-organizing to do (many things missing or damage) but after that it’s ok. Actually feels really good now without extra worries. : )

[hquek]

I went maidless for a couple of months before the 2nd maid. The feeling of release was so good that I was happy doing the housework. But my mum insisted on having a maid…so I went back to hiring one.

[annfresh]

hi

How do you send money for your maid to Myanmar?
I checked with Western Union but they don’t have service with Myanmar.
Please advice.

[hquek]

Someone told me to try Peninsula Plaza - there are quite a few remittance agencies there.


Seems like Myan is a controlled economy so there is not very much choice for pp to send money back. And it seems again like pp will actually carry the money back to Myanmar for such remittance. Can’t imagine how much that will cost.

My maid is looking to send money home, in time for their planting season.

[fifiyeo]

The Burmese shops in Peninsula Shopping centre provides remittance services. But you need to go in and ask. Their rates are also different.

[annfresh]

Thank you. Will go to check.

[bigsnoopy]

For me, I go there only once and got one of the namecards with bank account. Subsequent months , I contact them and TT the money to the bank account.

[moonee]

Hi annfresh, I go to Peninsula ( same building where BATA shoes are ) there are shops selling singtel cards, provisions etc, they provide this service. I went to the 2nd level last month and remitted 200 for my maid. Theres a service charge of 5 dollars frm this shop. My relatives maid goes to the 3rd level quite often and the shop charges 2 dollars or sometimes nothing. (cos shes frequent and burmese).