Myanmar maids
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Take care 1amber… Hope u are ok… You did the right thing… Better change before more accidents happen…
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why did MOM allow Burmese maids to be brought into Singapore ? Evidently they are not suited to work in this country in this environment.
i think at least those Anhui aunties are better -
verykiasu2010:
I have been wondering the same too. Majority of the burmese dnt have what it takes to be a domestic worker. To date Ive only seen 2 that are doing well as a maid and have been in spore for more than 5 years when mynmars were not that popular.why did MOM allow Burmese maids to be brought into Singapore ? Evidently they are not suited to work in this country in this environment.
i think at least those Anhui aunties are better
The agents are to blame, they take in any one frm the village today and with no training send them to spore leaving us with the burden to train.
It may not take long for the girl to know simple hsework or any routein duties assigned to them but their attitude and mentality remains the same. \"hard nuts to crack\"
The agents knw we are desperate for help and due to the recent problems with the other nationality they market the burmese and price them as high as Indons. After 7 months the girl still cant see things the way we do n every small thing have to be explained and shown like a child learning a,b, c.... Almost all their ages are inaccurate and see spore as a get away frm mynmar. -
consumers should continuously voice out so that the problems don’t perpetuate
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just to share my experience. i had a burnese maid for 8 mths so far. totally agreed she is very PRIDE. like a princess.
1. why they give us the feeling they are not coming to work as a maid - when she first came, my sis’s maid (burmese also) came and went out with her for few hours. and my sis’s maid told us she said she got a shock about what she supposed to do here. her agent in Yangon did not train them how to be a maid at all. she was told she is coming here to work as a clerk, that is why she learnt English only when she stayed at the agent’s house.
2. background - she is U grad from kampong but nvr worked before, so she is not bad with housework and cooking, as that is what she did at home everyday. my hubby is not satisfied as he felt her housework done is not very clean. but me can accept it, as she is quite fast. my sis’s one is super slow type which i cannot take it. for cooking surprisingly she is not too much into oily, salty and spicy stuff. and she can cook quite nice chinese meals (at the beginning, now a bit bo chap so standard dropped. i got to write down a list of things for her to take note while cooking, but luckily she read through and say thank you to me). why i said she is like a princess, also becuz she is quite particular with her look, always like to wear skirts,(mini skirts are her favorite, of course dare not to wear too frequently). she brought 20+ sets of clothes when she came, i did not know that cuz i did not check her luggage. only get to know when i open her wardrobe(obviously i was shocked). i still bought her 2 sets of clothes before knowing that. but after that realized her own clothes are much more fancy than what i gave her. that is why i did not give her any used clothes, her bras are either pink or purple with laces. made me felt she is from a rich family. then i kind of ‘forgive’ her and thought she is quite poor since she was ‘cheated’, did not expect to be a maid. still ask the agent to check with her if she is willing to stay since this is below her expectation. anyway, i guess i treated her good enough, and she is not that rich to the extend that she doesn’t need to work, she chose to stay.
3. food - breakfast she will have bonjour pandan flavor bread with chocolate spread, i let her tried all the flavors and that is her choice. lunch she will eat rice with the leftover dishes from dinner, or cook maggie mee, up to her. since she is the only one at home whole day. dinner she will cook for us and eat with us, i don’t seperate anything for her, since we stay together, i don’t want to be so particular. when she first came, leftover food she will just throw away, if we eat outside and she doesn’t like the food, she will just leave it there. my hubby was super angry with that, he hates ppl waste food. so i talked to her nicely, tell her sir is not very happy with that. and i purposely say infront of my girl, that wasting food is not allowed in my house. i guess she got the hint so now she dare not to waste, at least not in front of us. weekend i will cook, and she likes my cooking, so weekend she ate a lot. she loves seafood, so when we had steamboat with live prawns and scallop, omg, she ate more than my hubby. that’s why so far she had put on 3kg.
everyone said she had a good life here, cuz my girl go to childcare everyday, we send her to school in the morning and fetch her back at night. the maid only need to clean house and cook. she is free in the afternoon as there is really nothing for her to do, plus no one at home. i let her watch korean drama since that is very hot in Myanmar. my hubby always said i spoiled her, but i told him, even i don’t allow her to watch TV, whole day no one at home, do you think she will nvr turn on the TV? when i saw my neightbor’s burmese maid at playground, i still let her to go down and chit chat for a while, cuz i scared she felt too lonely and boring here. my bottom line is don’t bring any stranger into my house. the rest i can close one eye liao.
now she is having 1 day off with a pay of 340 a month, seems very cheap as compared to other maids. i think i am quite lucky to get this girl, no one is perfect, but at least she did not threw any tantrum at all, she is always smiling, so i had nvr scolded her so far. her sis is also working here, so i am arranging them to meet up during their off day. hopefully she will appreciate all we did for her. -
i think it really boil down to luck when we get a maid irregardless of nationalities.
my first maid was a Phinoy, yuck yuck yuck like mad, given her so much and still not satisfy…though overall she is still ok but can’t stand it cause always will have this feeling they think we Chinese not as good as Ang Mohs… when she left, was busy looking at maids’ biodatas…and all i were looking were Phinoys or Indon. Saw a Burmess maid’s biodata, pretty but worked for less than 2 years, asking for $450 with all Sundays off and I remembered i told DH, I will never get a Burmess maid is they asked so much…cause thinking if like that, pay Phinoys better.
hahaha…in the end, guess what…I got myself a Burmess maid. Initially my DH tot i was desperate liao cuz maidless = cannot go back to work but then when interviewd her, everything just felt right, her salary and requested days off all easy to meet and she has 3 years experience.
So far, has been with me for 1 month, can cook, got initiatives to cook different food, clean much cleaner than my Phinoy maid though slower and not as neat. Previous Phinoy maid fast but not clean, superficially level only. A little forgetful but still acceptable. Honest type and so far following us… If asked her whether she has given sons vitamin and she didn’t, she will say sorry unlike my previous Phinoy will lie say yes. I am glad and happy for my change of maid! Let’s see what happen 6 months later though i am quite sure it will still be good -
GreenBelt, glad to know you got a good burmese maid, so far i still think it is not a bad choice to get burmese, just need more patience with them.
btw, regarding the phone call to myanmar, i asked my maid to call her mum on the second day she came, using my home phone with IDD. she talked about 15mins and i think it cost me 20+. I told her that it is exp to call back even using phone card, then she told me calling from myanmar to singapore is rather cheap. so in the end, that is the only 1 time she called back, after that her mum will call her once in 2 mths time. of course the line is not very clear, but i guess since it is free to her, she doesn’t mind.
plus i bought envelopes and stamps for her to write home. her mother was super happy after receiving her letters with photos she took here with us. the only prob is she nvr received any reply from her mum even her mum had wrote her 2 letters. -
luanluan cao , Which agent u got ur maid frm, 340 is an acceptable price to pay for a fresh burmese. I wouldnt mind paying higher like now but not for one that cheats steals and lies. Mine is young and perpetually taking anything she likes. She would try everything, stole my face serum cos she overheard its costly, drank up my dds vitamin frm gnc cos its sweet, drank brands essence etc the list goes on . Shes very short and cunning and bold but appearrs quiet. Ive got to hide my expensive cosmetics and use it when shes not looking. Time to change her, think i have to take any transfer maid soon.
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luanluan cao , Which agent u got ur maid frm, 340 is an acceptable price to pay for a fresh burmese. I wouldnt mind paying higher like now but not for one that cheats steals and lies. Mine is young and perpetually taking anything she likes. She would try everything, stole my face serum cos she overheard its costly, drank up my dds vitamin frm gnc cos its sweet, drank brands essence etc the list goes on . Shes very short and cunning and bold but appearrs quiet. Ive got to hide my expensive cosmetics and use it when shes not looking. Time to change her, think i have to take any transfer maid soon.
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hi Moonee, I had a friend who just started doing her agency biz. she had 3 maids in past 16 years, each of them had worked more than 5 years for her. the latest one is a very honest very nice burmese girl. i had to say my friend is a super experienced and detailed employer, she helped me screen through my maid, asked all kinds of questions that i can nvr think of, lol. (e.g. my maid had some scars on her arms, i noticed that but i did not question anything, but my friend immediately asked her what caused the damage, in the end find out she was burn by hot water when she was 2, my friend wants to ensure she had no complicated background). you can contact my friend at 98285158, her name is doreen. good thing is, they are very nice ppl, they try to charge lower fees to help both empolyers and the maid. but they only get bermese maid. hope you will find this helpful.