Myanmar maids

[happy to be mum]

after one year having my burmese maid, I will have to say I am happy to have her than my previous Phinoy maid. My phinoy maid yucked non stop while my burmese maid rarely used the phone when I am around. I asked my elder DS before and he also said seldom see auntie using the phone. My burmese maid likes cooking and she often will try to cook different dishes (she needs to cook twice a day, lunch & dinner). On her days off (i gave her twice a month though she only requested for one), she will wake up early and do all the housework first even though I am okay if she does not do it. I told her she can leave at 10am and she will wait for me and ask okay for her to go out now, then she will leave the house. She never breaks the curfew of 8pm to return back home. Unlike my phinoy who would leave the house before 7am during her off day!


It is true, they tend to be \"slower\" than phinoys as they are from the village and also they are more \"straight\" (they dun beat around the bush). But so far DH and I really have not much complains except she digs her nose openly! DH often saw it while I never. But there was once I finally saw it and told her nicely and after that she never dig her nose openly anymore

One thing I do feel that it will be better to get e Christian burmese maid. Mine is a Christian from village and she prays everynight, kneeling down. Also sometimes it all boil down to luck whether you get a good one or not. I am grateful to have this current one as my family depends on maid to function cause no grandparents to help look after. Hope she continue to be good

[janet88]

happy to be mum:

My burmese maid likes cooking and she often will try to cook different dishes (she needs to cook twice a day, lunch & dinner). On her days off (i gave her twice a month though she only requested for one), she will wake up early and do all the housework first even though I am okay if she does not do it. I told her she can leave at 10am and she will wait for me and ask okay for her to go out now, then she will leave the house. She never breaks the curfew of 8pm to return back home. Unlike my phinoy who would leave the house before 7am during her off day!


It is true, they tend to be \"slower\" than phinoys as they are from the village and also they are more \"straight\" (they dun beat around the bush).

If Myanmar maids are slower than Filipinos, it's ok if they are willing to learn...just like why I employed Indon in the beginning.
Last maid I had was a filipino...desperate at that time...so took transfer maid. We had agreement NO OFF DAY for first 3 months. But we go out often and bring her along. Then she said wants to meet her aunty. In short, her nonsense started very fast. I had no qualms sending her off.

[matrix0405]

janet_lee88:

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If Myanmar maids are slower than Filipinos, it's ok if they are willing to learn...just like why I employed Indon in the beginning.
Last maid I had was a filipino...desperate at that time...so took transfer maid. We had agreement NO OFF DAY for first 3 months. But we go out often and bring her along. Then she said wants to meet her aunty. In short, her nonsense started very fast. I had no qualms sending her off.

U r right. Once meet her aunty and handphone starts, very like is also the start of all the nonsense.

[happy to be mum]

i think it really depends on the maids…whether they are "automatically" or not. My current one when she started with me does not have a phone as she has broken her previous phone. I bought her a cheap Nokia phone and she was clearly touched by it and never abused it. Recently my friend’s Phinoy maid also willing to "surrender" her phone to my friend during the day time as she said she cannot control herself for using it. I told my friend, your phinoy maid is still good as she is "willing" to do so! rare for phinoys! To me, I feel that sometimes the more you don’t allow them to do certain things, the more they want to do it, so try giving them more "freedom". At least I know my maid wun get herself stuck in the toilets for long time just to use her phone secretly or pretend to go downstairs and buy things just to use the public phones…

[janet88]

That Filipino maid may look quiet, but it’s so true that those who pretend to be pigs can actually devour a tiger. Was too happy and relieved to send her back to agency…then at agency, she gave a prospective employer problems…my mum taught her to cook, so she was easily "marketable". An elderly couple decided to send her for Hepatitis B test. After test, she told agency she wanted to go back home!!! She had to buy own air ticket back for all the trouble she created.


Myanmar maids are not very popular yet…that’s why bio data so limited.

[xfx]

gangnam:

Myanmar maids are not very popular yet...that's why bio data so limited.

May I know y Myanmar maids r not popular? Any particular reasons? :scratchhead:

:offtopic: Btw did u change your nick? How did u do that??? R u Janet? :?

[janet88]

xfx:

gangnam:

Myanmar maids are not very popular yet...that's why bio data so limited.

May I know y Myanmar maids r not popular? Any particular reasons? :scratchhead:

I thought of changing nick but realised it's pointless...have asked ChiefKS to help me revert.

brother has selected a myanmar maid...now learning english and can come only mid dec...can't imagine the madness when she arrives - the baby would be due anytime then and the maid is so green.

[peapot]

Unfortunately it will take a long time to train a green horn Burmese maid. It took 1 year to train my previous Burmese maid who was a U grad. Problem is they don’t do housework at home.


Tell your brother maid don’t just learn English but help around the house and learn cooking from their sister and mother before they come.

[mistral77]

is the loan for myanmar maids 8 mths?

if the agency want to charge 9 mths, is it fair?

[janet88]

peapot:

Unfortunately it will take a long time to train a green horn Burmese maid. It took 1 year to train my previous Burmese maid who was a U grad. Problem is they don't do housework at home.


Tell your brother maid don't just learn English but help around the house and learn cooking from their sister and mother before they come.

Don't frighten me. I read from an earlier post here about a Myanmar maid who cannot wash dishes even after some time, and also cannot open a can :nailbite: I have had my share of training maids and enduring their nonsense...so your 'take long time to train a green horn' reminds me of labour pain and engorgement. I pity my mum who has to face her.