All About Full-Time Maids

[HAPPYH]

LOLMum:

peapot:

Food poisoning for home cooked food?

no lah. not food poisoning from home cooked food. me though cant cook well, still very careful with food preparation for pre and after cooking.

must be the curry i had from outside during lunch (didnt have anything else except for coffee and bread which was at about 6am). ds had the same food except for curry sacue. Thank God, he was fine.

now i have to clear my maid's room (lots of unpacked boxes) to get it ready for her. my house is so small and i have so many things. thought i could keep most of the toys and books for my grandchildren but looks like i have to either sell or give away.

i got to give away most of my books too. you like chinese romance book?

anyway, didnt go to those few commonly used maid agencies cos the selection really not so good. went to interview one yesterday and got her. now waiting for all docuemnts to be signed (cos dh needs to leave on mon and back only in jul). :xedfingers: all goes well.

my new maid is from philippines, can speak mandarin which is major factor for getting her, and for an expat which is very very fussy and demanding (which i kinda believe cos' my tenants (same nationality) have been giving us and their own hr people + agents lots of problems). not renewing their contract when it expires soon. :dancing:

so see how it goes and hard.

Hope your maid will be good.

Good luck.

[peapot]

Oh I got food poisoning from food cooked by my ex-phlilp maid. So can’t be too sure if food is prepared by them. I think you have weak stomach like me. When I go overseas, I cannot eat roadside food stall. I will end my holidays in hospital there.


Thanks but I don’t know how to read Chinese romance books. How come your maid can come so fast?

[POA Teacher]

peapot:

How come your maid can come so fast?

From her post I gather that the maid is currently working in SG and completing her contract soon.
Usually the pay for such maids is higher.

[LOLMum]

HAPPYH:

Hope your maid will be good.

Good luck.

and :thankyou:

[LOLMum]

POA Teacher:

peapot:

How come your maid can come so fast?

From her post I gather that the maid is currently working in SG and completing her contract soon.
Usually the pay for such maids is higher.

hi peapot, poa teacher is right.

[BeContented]

Hope your new maid will be good.


These days, I seem to only hear horror stories.......just last week, 2 friends had maid issues too. One is pregnant and the other has been threatening to resign and finally the employer got really pissed and simply terminate and send her off the next day.

Currently super happy to be maidless so I'm adamant to hold off hiring a maid for as long as I can. But this happiness probably won't last long.....MIL aging, so matter of time before I need extra help.... and MIL is the type who will probably yell and nag until she get hacked :nailbite:

[FTWM of 2]

Hi, I have decided to take the plunge again and will hire a maid after changing 3 of them in the last 14 months. i have been maidless for the last 4-5 weeks and my #2 will be born soon, hence husband felt it is impossible to "drag" (i have been reluctant to relook at getting maids again) the situation.


My previous 3 maids - A. 2 years ex-jakarta, B. 5 years ex-Saudi C. Fresh with absolute no experience. The first was the best, she was hardworking and learnt fast, however she is too smart and kept lying to cover her mistakes. After 10 months with me, i decided to send her back. B. was with me for 3 weeks, claimed abuse and overworked and tried to run away. When I hired her, agent claimed she worked 2 years in Saudi and good with children. All lies. C was the absolute worst. Could not speak even the simplest english ("the mop is too wet") and cried almost everyday for that 1 week. Have sent her back.

Hubby is now saying he wants to hire experience maid so we are looking at ex-SG or ex-Malaysia. Any advice or things to look out for wrt experienced maids?

[POA Teacher]

I hope your maid proves to be good.

[711mum]

Good? If my maid can meet 80% of my expectation, I am already v thankful

[moonee]

Ex Malaysia, u got to check whether she really worked as a maid or went in there as a maid and landed up working in a factory, I dont really trust Ex malaysia… had 2 in the past that never worked as a maid but worked in the factory and another cleaning shopping centres.