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Hi doralol Thanks for the reminder! What is the same? Like dates and incidents is it? I don't think I can ever get over the fact that she tried to use my laptop, restarted several times over several weeks to try to get through my password. My husband had never bothered to use...

Hi tinklestar I meant I asked her why don't the Myanmar girl look for husband after their high education and stay home. Why come to Singapore to work as maid? I wonder, what are we then, pay them to stay in our house, teach them to take care of babies, then they go home get married and...

Hi Cheryl M I was horrified reading your story a few pages back, that's why I begin to think that these Myanmar maids have hidden agendas. Many come here to work in the hotel industry, restaurant etc, I've been served in dept stores by them too, at Robinsons, Hush Puppy etc. These maids...

I think all these Myanmar maids have hidden agendas. My maid just finish paying her loan, told me that she wants to buy hp and send her salary back home. Bit by bit I manage to extract info from her, told me that her sister came last year looking for hotel job, should be in Singapore now and...

10 years ago, I employed my 1st maid (indo). I was thinking, be nice to her first, have a good start, she will be more motivated. BIG MISTAKE! She was younger than her bio-data, 17 years old; I only found out 2 weeks later. she kept calling me while I was out, saying that she's lonely. I...

Is it like they have some kind of rebellion streak in them? A job is a job, follow instructions and do the job we paid to do. How difficult is this? They can't or won't do what we have instructed them to do? They want to do what they want to do they way they want to do it, when they feel...

I was thinking a few months ago that after this Myanmar maid, I probably go back to Indo maids. Then in the news, with the recent changes on employing Indo maids, I think it's going to be difficult and much more expensive. If the quality of Indo maid is good, don't mind to pay more...

Thanks so much for sharing about the bathroom wash frequency, I really appreciate it. I get very pissed when I go into the common bathroom and it smells. Last night, I discovered she nested the pails while they were wet, there were pools of water in the 3rd and 4th pails and I'm sure they...

Hi Nelle I agree with you. I'm curious though, about how often other households have their maid clean the bathrooms? What's the majority's frequency?

How often do your maid wash the bathroom? Everyday? Alternate days? My maid said that, with her 1st employer, the bathroom is washed every 2 weeks. Her employer brings her to mother's house every day 7am and returns home evening 9-11pm.

I agree with tinklestar on her 3 points. The correct attitude for a maid would be to understand that this is a job. She is to FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS, do a job and get paid. If she constantly refuse to follow instructions and do things against your instructions repeatly like once or twice...

Thanks tinklestar for sharing.

My relatives are ok as I see them often and they know about my maids and what's going on in my life. It's my husband's relatives that I only see once a year when they come to my house on CNY. They can't even tell if my maid is the same person or not. Then they give me this look like I'm the...

Do any of you have issues with neighbors or friends giving red packet during CNY or stuff to you maids, or am I the only one? How do you deal with it? Last week,my neighbour gave my maid a mango. I was quite upset and thought about CNY when my husband's relatives and husband's friend gave ang...

My 1st mynmar maid, I brought her to agency after 2 weeks for councelling. On 3rd week I sent her back to the agency. That evening, she simply refuse to work. Few days before. i received a letter that she was to attend an interview. In these 10 years hiring about 7 maids, including those awful...