Hi,


Thanks for your sharing…
Agree with your views.

Sigh, so sad to see her go. She is a really nice lady…

Hi,


Can anyone help me on this?
I have tried many ways but the frozen meat gets cooked on the surface but still frozen in the inside. I put the setting to thaw mode but still unsuccessful.
Thanks for helping.

Hi,


If you have no major problem with your maid, would you still prefer to go maid-less?

My maid of 5 years is great and plays along very well with my ds(5 & 9yrs old). They said they are best friends…
Both ds will be in school from 7am to 4pm daily and I am a SAHM.
I have always been the one cooking, doing marketing and taking care of my kids. My maids’ major task is playing with the kids, preparing our breakfast and housework. I am neither a clean freak nor a fussy person, so I don’t request that the house is always neat and tidy.

Am toying with the thought of going maid-less.
But my younger ds wants to have porridge and I need yakun coffee and my oatmeal cereal for breakfast. Can’t imagine I have to wake up at 6am to do all these!
Yet I envision the privacy I will have when maid-less.
The only thing about my maid is that she likes to join in ALL conversations that I have with my kids and dh. From general issues to major ones like buying house. Sometimes it irks me but I never told her off cos I think she behaves thus cos she feels at ease with us.

Seems that most of you go maid-less cos of problems with maids. What about in my situation? The little bit more of privacy is worth having to go through the morning madness rush and not having someone to be at your beck and call?

Please share. Thanks.

Hi,


I read your post 4 times, back to back…
It must be painful. You must have been overwhelmed.
I hope your children are coping ok.
Sigh. So sad.

Take care and God bless!

Being a skeptic here, if she lies easily on trivial things, what makes you think she won’t lie on other areas behind your back ?[/quote]


yes agreed she might have or maybe lied to you before without you know off…[/quote]


Hmm…I am a SAHM and my maid is with me everywhere I go except in the mornings between 7 to 7.30.
She is really a nice person otherwise. There was once she gave my younger ds 7ml of nurofen instead of 4ml. She quickly notify me. When the porridge that she is cooking is charred, she will also own up and apologize.
Each time she made a mistake and own up, I will just ask her to be careful next time. So she knows it is ok if she own up her mistake. Form the record, she only lie on petty things. Things that she should know I don’t mind…

My maid is a great helper. Been with me for 4 years. She adores my kids and they play so well together. We are very comfortable with each other.


Of course there are hiccups once a while, such as breaking my stuff, doing wrong things despite my instructions…but she would apologize sincerely and I don’t hold it against her at all.

I am aware that she does lie to me. I need advice on whether I am being gullible to think that she lie not cos she is a bad person. I feel that she lie cos she wants to remain good in my books. There was once I confronted her lie and she cried so remorsefully.

Examples of her petty lies:
- she lie that she had washed her hands before handling my kids’ food when I question her. When I am out of sight, she quickly wash her hands.
I believe she simply forgotten to wash her hands, not like she is being
stubborn.

-I allow her to use my house phone to call her family any time she wants to. She doesn’t do it often so I always remind her to please call home in case her dad worries about her. She will say no need. But then I found out that in mornings when I send my kid to school, she calls her family. I feel that she lie cos she wants to be seen as good but why the need, when I am the one who always urge her to call?

- during her Feb home leave, I told her that it is ok if she gets herself a bf in her hometown and I don’t mind that they call each other when she is back to work for me. Am happy that she told me she got a bf. Cos we are now residing in China, I got her a calling card and taught her how to call
her bf. I don’t see her calling. So I asked. She said she decided that she
don’t want to be attached yet,blah blah. I was puzzled. Then I found out
she does call her bf behind my back. I am not angry cos the ultimate thing
is I do agree that she should have a healthy lifestyle in which she can fall in love…I am just puzzled why she want to lie?

So all mummies with maid, am I being gullible to think that she lie cos she want to remain good in my books?
Each time I caught her lying, I feel angry and would just walk away. But after 2 minutes, I will start finding excuse for her as to why she lie. And all these things that she lied, are so not important to me. Forgotten to wash hands before handling food, just wash asap lor! Why lie???

Maid from Indonesia?

Need to get a ‘chop’ from Indonesia embassy. Do go to their website and check the operating hours. I remember I had to go back and collect the passport the next day.
Please adhere to their dress code stated on their website. I was asked to loan their sarong cos i was wearing 3/4 pants.

Hi Ksi,


With the breadmaker, is it easy to bake decent bread without much frustration? As long I get the measurements of the ingredients right, it is almost foolproof?
Am seriously thinking of getting one, but if the bread turns out to be some days soft, other days too hard, I may not have the patience to use it daily…

Regards

Hi mrswongtuition,


Am considering getting a bread making machine because my family had relocated to china and I simply feel bad feeding my boys bread purchased from the bakery. In china, they use alot of whitening agent in their flour:(

Is it really easy using the bread making machine? As long we follow the recipe, bread will turn out decently nice?
What brand are you using?