Hi apple79, qingling, Esther,
Apparently, they can quit anytime.
There is no penalty on them at all!?!? We have to pay for her air ticket home or the levy while she waits to be transferred out. HUMPH! I would understand if she wanted to quit cause she was ill treated but her duties at home are like:
- Daily : sweeping/mopping the floor, taking care of Danica and my 2 dogs
- Weekly : washing of toilets, wiping windows, laundry by washing machine/dryer and bathing my dogs
She sleeps at around 10:30 p.m. and wakes up only at 6 or 6:30 a.m. (sometimes she only wake up when she hears me wake up at 7 a.m.) Somemore she can tell me that she will be able to find a better position elsewhere with better pay according to her "friend" who she only got to know in Singapore. GRRR!!! We always close 1 eye cause she can take care of Danica quite okay. Unless she finds a baby sitting position, I doubt she can last long cause she needs at least 8 hours of sleep a day. Otherwise, she is super blur, breaks things and loses her temper. She hates to do housework and only does when prompted. I seriously want to just send her back and not let her torture another family.

But my HB said must let her stay and learn her lesson.
<sigh> On hindsight, when she did not want to greet us "Sir, Mdm" I think I should have realised that she got attitude problem. Plus the first week when she was here, she made a face when changing Danica's diapers. GRRR... Should have changed then and there and save myself this aggravation now. So my advice is if really not happy with the maid, within 1 month her performance still not up to standard, change. Otherwise, if she decide to quit a lot more ma fan for us.
RE : JWT trial
Sorry, tubao and stephie. Danica had her 1 year immunisation on Friday and developed a fever so I did not go for the trial. I signed up for the trial at Eastgate while passing by to Katong Shopping Centre to shop for a new maid. They are currently having a promotion S$399 for 8+8 sessions. Garfield and Eliaw signed up there too. I saw them there on Saturday. Not sure if anyone wants to share with me cause I kind of like the Eastgate one with the trampoline for babies. I think Danica would love that.
RE : shopping in US
USD is now 1.66!!! I quite reluctant to shop US sites now.
RE : Feeding schedule
07:00 a.m. Latch on
08:30 a.m. Breakfast (Bread with cheese or peanut butter/Cereal with fruits/Yogurt with fruits)
12:00 p.m. Lunch
03:00 p.m. Tea Break (Biscuits/Bread/Teddy Puffs with fresh milk)
07:00 p.m. Dinner
08:30 p.m. Latch on
Friday she was 8.5 kg and 73 cm tall. Not sure if I should be feeding her more.