Myanmar maids

[bigsnoopy]

yanyan:

Get her some talcum powder & ask her apply under armpit after her bath? I ask my maid to do tat & the smell slowly go off..

Good idea. Thanks.

[Angelight]

:rotflmao: You've got a wicked sense of humor, bigsnoopy! But I agree with fifi, I wouldn't dare to try Vietnamese maids. Better safe than sorry! :razz:

bigsnoopy:

fifiyeo:

Yes, Vietnamese can work here as maids now. Do you dare to try? A lot of them are out and about looking for foreign husbands just to get out of their country.

Better not try. Wait u wait up in the middle of the night and find DH missing.

[Angelight]

Bigsnoopy, what kind of smell is it? Like incense? Some of them may bring their own kind of powder etc from their homeland.

bigsnoopy:

Haiz despite the fact I ask my maid to bath twice a day, I still find she smells. I wouldn't use the word smelly but a kind of smell which I dislike. Any idea how to deal with it?

[bigsnoopy]

Angelight:

Bigsnoopy, what kind of smell is it? Like incense? Some of them may bring their own kind of powder etc from their homeland.

bigsnoopy:

Haiz despite the fact I ask my maid to bath twice a day, I still find she smells. I wouldn't use the word smelly but a kind of smell which I dislike. Any idea how to deal with it?

I don't think she brought any cos i go through her bag the very 1st day she came. DH commented she smell like old people and i think the smell is like you know when you hang clothes during rainy season and the clothes is dry without the sun. It is that kind of smell.

[bigsnoopy]

Angelight:

:rotflmao: You've got a wicked sense of humor, bigsnoopy! But I agree with fifi, I wouldn't dare to try Vietnamese maids. Better safe than sorry! :razz:

bigsnoopy:

[quote=\"fifiyeo\"]Yes, Vietnamese can work here as maids now. Do you dare to try? A lot of them are out and about looking for foreign husbands just to get out of their country.

Better not try. Wait u wait up in the middle of the night and find DH missing.

[/quote] :lol: of course cannot try la. Have you seen some of the vietnamese here. wa their skin is very fair and very smooth hor. Don't know how they mantain it.

[1amber]

bigsnoopy:

Angelight:

Bigsnoopy, what kind of smell is it? Like incense? Some of them may bring their own kind of powder etc from their homeland.

[quote=\"bigsnoopy\"]Haiz despite the fact I ask my maid to bath twice a day, I still find she smells. I wouldn't use the word smelly but a kind of smell which I dislike. Any idea how to deal with it?

I don't think she brought any cos i go through her bag the very 1st day she came. DH commented she smell like old people and i think the smell is like you know when you hang clothes during rainy season and the clothes is dry without the sun. It is that kind of smell.[/quote]Yes I think I agree with bigsnoopy on the description of the smell. Becoz my dear maid doesn't wait for my clothes to be dry and folds them. A few times I wore my clothes only to realise they are damp. Told her a few times and I think she still doesn't understand what 'dry' really means. One KSP said \"out of this world\" and I really agree. :frustrated:

[moonee]

bigsnoopy:

I don't think she brought any cos i go through her bag the very 1st day she came. DH commented she smell like old people and i think the smell is like you know when you hang clothes during rainy season and the clothes is dry without the sun. It is that kind of smell.

Perhaps due to the fact that they are too long in the village, they have been wearing village clothes with that certain smell for years, think it has penetrated into their skin. Think u got to ask her to lay off those mynmar clothes and start wearing new Ts and shorts.
When I opened my maids bag, it carries tat smell too.

[bigsnoopy]

I don let her wear the Myanmar clothes she bought. So weird, the materialnis very thick n not comfortable at all. I saw her Myanmar clothes most are long skirts. How to work in long skirts? One day she ask me to help her to buy Myanmar slipper. Wat is Myanmar slippers??? I told her I don’t know where to get it.

[BabyLiaw]

Wah…myanmar slippers?? This is Singapore leh…so daring, dare to ask things from you…


Btw, do u all find that Burmese maid can be quite rude? I am not too sure if I am asking for too much…but she has been working for me for 8mths and lately, when I talk to her, she’ll not "response"…meaning no acknowledgement whether she heard me or whether she get my message…I am starting to find this very irritating!! Worse still, sometimes, she just walk away!!! This is maddening!!!

[bigsnoopy]

BabyLiaw:

Wah..myanmar slippers?? This is Singapore leh..so daring, dare to ask things from you..


Btw, do u all find that Burmese maid can be quite rude? I am not too sure if I am asking for too much..but she has been working for me for 8mths and lately, when I talk to her, she'll not \"response\"..meaning no acknowledgement whether she heard me or whether she get my message..I am starting to find this very irritating!! Worse still, sometimes, she just walk away!!! This is maddening!!!

Yeah sometimes mine does that too. But you cannot let bygones be bygones. You must be firm with what you want the maid to do. For me, if she does not respond the first time or try to turn a deaf ear, I will stand in front of her and repeat my questions and make her say yes mdm for like 15 times and i also make her say sorry mdm for not answering. Bad manner is something I will not tolerate at home because kids are living by examples.