All About Life Without Maids
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I have enough of all these maids! I used to employ 2 of these foreign maids at any time, but I have survived without a single maid for the last 6 months now. I clean, iron, feed, cook and also teach all my kids myself (no tuition). I can vouch to you that I'm much happier and most of all, my kids are much more independant.
2ppaamm,
I’ve been without a maid for 2 months. My home is much cleaner and I’ve been enjoying my privacy, thank you very much.
I’ve read so many negative comments about maids and it scared the hell out of me. Before that, lousy or bad maids only happened to people that I read in the newspaper or from friends, and thought it will not happen to me.
However, for the last few days, I’ve been feeling emotionally and physically strained and started to dislike my routine life due to not having a maid. I was toying with the idea of getting a maid again this morning but hated the idea that the new maid will turn out like those previous ones.
Thank you for posting, for a parent of 5 can do it, so can a parent of 1. I’m feeling energetic all over again. I hope my energy will not dip bottom again. -
Hi 2ppaamm
Wow you are fantastic.
I have been without maid for the last two months.Has been mopping the three storey house daily and is really tired.Will be really glad if you can share with me how you manage.
Care to share how robots clean the hosue?thanks
rgds
Joy2ppaamm:
Dear Peapot,
Here's my little story. By any measure I need a maid badly. I have 5 children, ranging from P1 to 15 years old. But I don't. I work full-time and I have a 4 storey house. I don't even have a part-time maid. Why?
I have enough of all these maids! I used to employ 2 of these foreign maids at any time, but I have survived without a single maid for the last 6 months now. I clean, iron, feed, cook and also teach all my kids myself (no tuition). I can vouch to you that I'm much happier and most of all, my kids are much more independant.
My last maid climbed over our wall on several occasions to meet Bangladeshi men till late at night. She provides sex services. I gave her stern warnings so many times, then I sent her to the agency. She did the same thing there, running away from the maid's agency. She is the 2nd maid who does the same thing to me. Prior to this, I had maids who worked for me for 7 years. Lately, my experiences has changed drastically. The quality of maids coming to Singapore are poor and we must learn to be independent of them.
For your current maid, get rid of her, immediately. Buy a ticket using one of those budget airlines, then send her to the airport. Log in to the website and cancel her pass. She deserves that for doing this to you. After that, just send a note to MOM and blacklist her from entering Singapore forever. You'll need good reasons for blacklisting her, if you are not successful in blacklisting her, at least she will learn her lesson.
Why am I suggesting such a mean measure? Simply because if you don't do that, more and more maids will know about how she got away with you (their network is really fantastic), and you will see that her demands will become standard procedure very soon in Singapore.
As for your child, get a student care to take care of her. I'm sure you can find one near your house, or call the school to see if they offer such services. You'll find that very quickly, I assure you. Trust me, life will be much better without a maid. I could not imagine without a maid just a year ago, now, I am coping very happily. The house is CLEANER!
How do I cope? I use robots to clean the house, and plan my calendar carefully. If you want to know, I can share how they are done! -
mocharita:
Hey, how about investing in a robot? You can get them at about $800 at Courts and they will clean your house routinely. You don't even need to remind it to clean and your floor is always spotless. I have 5 of these.I have enough of all these maids! I used to employ 2 of these foreign maids at any time, but I have survived without a single maid for the last 6 months now. I clean, iron, feed, cook and also teach all my kids myself (no tuition). I can vouch to you that I'm much happier and most of all, my kids are much more independant.
2ppaamm,
I’ve been without a maid for 2 months. My home is much cleaner and I’ve been enjoying my privacy, thank you very much.
I’ve read so many negative comments about maids and it scared the hell out of me. Before that, lousy or bad maids only happened to people that I read in the newspaper or from friends, and thought it will not happen to me.
However, for the last few days, I’ve been feeling emotionally and physically strained and started to dislike my routine life due to not having a maid. I was toying with the idea of getting a maid again this morning but hated the idea that the new maid will turn out like those previous ones.
Thank you for posting, for a parent of 5 can do it, so can a parent of 1. I’m feeling energetic all over again. I hope my energy will not dip bottom again.
If you need help, I will try and get one for you. -
Joy:
Here's how this works. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewdbilSWjaM I set the timer for everyday cleaning and my floor is vacuumed everyday. Sometimes, I vacuum it more than 2ce a day.Hi 2ppaamm
Wow you are fantastic.
I have been without maid for the last two months.Has been mopping the three storey house daily and is really tired.Will be really glad if you can share with me how you manage.
Care to share how robots clean the hosue?thanks
rgds
Joy
I only mop certain parts of the house. The dirtier parts, e.g. kitchen dining areas, I mop everyday. The rest, I clean only 2ce a week. The floor doesn't get that dirty.
For others who want to know what can be done, perhaps knowing what I do helps?
For food, I cook really easy stuff. I either use my cooking robot, the thermomix (not available in Singapore, I imported it), or I use the thermopot. I boil the soup for 10 - 15 minutes and leave it to cook, with the rice on top. So I take about 1 hour to cook everything.
The dishes? I guess you know the answer, the dish washer which I have not deployed for a long time until the dismissal of the maids.
The laundry, not that difficult. Wash the whites on one day, and the darks on another. They are fully automatic. I only use bleach on the white socks. When the washing machine is done, I hang them out to dry. I make sure they are always under shade so that I don't have to run when it rains. For those that need pressing, I press them fresh out of the washing machine. I press everyday, so that's 5 uniforms, 1 shirt, 1 blouse and about 4/5 pairs of pants everyday. Because they are wet, it's really easy to iron, and I take about 30 minutes to do all of that.
If it rains and my laundry won't dry by 7, they are in the dryer. I then fold all of that and they all go to the 7 cupboards in the house. I don't have a backlog.
For the windows, I clean them only once in a while (I have 60+ windows). I am thinking of getting a part-time to do this, since CNY is coming...
Now the garden. I imported some irrigation system (cost me about US$300) and basically irrigate the whole house. I put it on a timer so that the whole garden is irrigated once a day. For fertilizers, I do this manually, only fortnightly, but my garden is blossoming with nice flowers. My DH does a lot of the gardening.
At the end of the day, I tie up the black bag and walk the rubbish out.
In between, I will sit with my 2 youngest for their piano practise, check on my kid's homework.
At about 11 p.m., I will work on my computer, marking papers (I teach), and prepare the next day.
I also run 2 businesses, so I give instructions to my partners what to do next.
Realise I don't watch TV? Haven't done that in 20 years.
Hope this helps! BTW, my house is CLEANER than with maids (who will lie to you that they've cleaned the floor when they did not).
If 2ppaamm can do it, so can you! :lol: -
2ppaamm:
... If 2ppaamm can do it, so can you! :lol:
You do realize, 2ppaamm, that there are TWO of you (2 PAMs mah) and only ONE of us.
Hats off to our wonder woman. You should be featured during National Day as the consummate mother the gahmen wants our citizens to be: smart, productive to both economy and birth rate, and efficient.
:udawoman: -
ChiefKiasu:
No choice, hor? Have to double up most of the time. Actually, going by the standards of the mums and dads here, I do need have four of myself. I am doing so little for my kiddos compared to the wonderful mums and dads here...2ppaamm:
... If 2ppaamm can do it, so can you! :lol:
You do realize, 2ppaamm, that there are TWO of you (2 PAMs mah) and only ONE of us.
Hats off to our wonder woman. You should be featured during National Day as the consummate mother the gahmen wants our citizens to be: smart, productive to both economy and birth rate, and efficient.
:udawoman:
Err... I also don't have baby bonus leh... so unfair hor? :roll: -
2ppaamm:
... If 2ppaamm can do it, so can you! :lol:
You are amazing indeed! :salute: I am also a subscriber of good and efficient household gadgets when there are no maids in our lives. It works better and only gives maintenance issues once in a while unlike issues given by maids. -
2ppaamm:
Dear 2ppaamm,
How do I cope? I use robots to clean the house, and plan my calendar carefully. If you want to know, I can share how they are done!
Here's how this works. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewdbilSWjaM I set the timer for everyday cleaning and my floor is vacuumed everyday. Sometimes, I vacuum it more than 2ce a day.
I only mop certain parts of the house. The dirtier parts, e.g. kitchen dining areas, I mop everyday. The rest, I clean only 2ce a week. The floor doesn't get that dirty.
For others who want to know what can be done, perhaps knowing what I do helps?
For food, I cook really easy stuff. I either use my cooking robot, the thermomix (not available in Singapore, I imported it), or I use the thermopot. I boil the soup for 10 - 15 minutes and leave it to cook, with the rice on top. So I take about 1 hour to cook everything.
The dishes? I guess you know the answer, the dish washer which I have not deployed for a long time until the dismissal of the maids.
The laundry, not that difficult. Wash the whites on one day, and the darks on another. They are fully automatic. I only use bleach on the white socks. When the washing machine is done, I hang them out to dry. I make sure they are always under shade so that I don't have to run when it rains. For those that need pressing, I press them fresh out of the washing machine. I press everyday, so that's 5 uniforms, 1 shirt, 1 blouse and about 4/5 pairs of pants everyday. Because they are wet, it's really easy to iron, and I take about 30 minutes to do all of that.
If it rains and my laundry won't dry by 7, they are in the dryer. I then fold all of that and they all go to the 7 cupboards in the house. I don't have a backlog.
For the windows, I clean them only once in a while (I have 60+ windows). I am thinking of getting a part-time to do this, since CNY is coming...
Now the garden. I imported some irrigation system (cost me about US$300) and basically irrigate the whole house. I put it on a timer so that the whole garden is irrigated once a day. For fertilizers, I do this manually, only fortnightly, but my garden is blossoming with nice flowers. My DH does a lot of the gardening.
At the end of the day, I tie up the black bag and walk the rubbish out.
In between, I will sit with my 2 youngest for their piano practise, check on my kid's homework.
At about 11 p.m., I will work on my computer, marking papers (I teach), and prepare the next day.
I also run 2 businesses, so I give instructions to my partners what to do next.
Realise I don't watch TV? Haven't done that in 20 years.
Hope this helps! BTW, my house is CLEANER than with maids (who will lie to you that they've cleaned the floor when they did not).
If 2ppaamm can do it, so can you! :lol:
:udawoman: :udawoman: :udawoman:
I :salute: you -
ks2me:
Ok, the household gadgets. The list is here in case anyone wants to try ditching their maids. Try it! And if it does not work, go get the maid back:2ppaamm:
... If 2ppaamm can do it, so can you! :lol:
You are amazing indeed! :salute: I am also a subscriber of good and efficient household gadgets when there are no maids in our lives. It works better and only gives maintenance issues once in a while unlike issues given by maids.
1. Cleaning robot. $1000 (with timer) $800 (without timer)
2. Dishwasher: $500-800
3. Washing machine: $200-800
4. Clothes dryer: $400 - $800
The cleaning robot will ensure your floor is hairless and sparkling clean day after day. However, I'm sure how long one will last, my guess is a year or two? The rest last pretty long.
They will never talk back, complain that they are tired, complain that food is not enough/not nice. They will not demand for air con or a computer, and they will never bring men home. O, and they don't need to work with the lights on the whole night, they are not afraid of ghosts. I have had 15 maids for the last 15 years. Enough is enough. -
2ppaamm:
hey hey :celebrate: to you, I so agree...
Ok, the household gadgets. The list is here in case anyone wants to try ditching their maids. Try it! And if it does not work, go get the maid back:
1. Cleaning robot. $1000 (with timer) $800 (without timer)
2. Dishwasher: $500-800
3. Washing machine: $200-800
4. Clothes dryer: $400 - $800
The cleaning robot will ensure your floor is hairless and sparkling clean day after day. However, I'm sure how long one will last, my guess is a year or two? The rest last pretty long.
They will never talk back, complain that they are tired, complain that food is not enough/not nice. They will not demand for air con or a computer, and they will never bring men home. O, and they don't need to work with the lights on the whole night, they are not afraid of ghosts. I have had 15 maids for the last 15 years. Enough is enough.
I can put the cleaning robots on and have a wine glass drinking away without someone wanting to drink what I drink.... :celebrate: