<font color="aa00aa">angel,
Nowsaday we employ maid, govt will send us for an orientation course 1st, oni pass liao, got licence then get employ maid. But good or bad maid is reai heng / suay one.
Zuen,
Getting yur own maid may not be a bad idea but u may also wan to re-think seriously cos will really dent finance quite a fair bit + ve to be responsible for another adult. My current maid arrangement is jus the reverse of yours.
Hb & me are our maid employer but she stay at my MIL’s plc all wk & since my SIL & her entire brood stayed there as well, my maid has to look after my SIL’s family daily welfare + my PIL’s w/o any topping up of monetary from my SIL. She will come by my hse to clean oni 2hrs on fri & half day on Sun cos rest of the wk, she has to take care of my 2 nephews, bringing them to sch, etc. partially she cant reai handly bbs & my ger although dun mind playing wif her, doesn't wan the maid to carry her, so my maid is literally my SIL’s except tat I pay her full salary mthly!
Wif my previous maid, my SIL’s is employer but I pay part of her salary too for her to do washing of clothes for my ger. So the last maid addresses me & hb by “Mdm XX & Sir XX”, addresses my SIL & her hb as “Sir & Mdm”.
Wif my new maid, since my SIL is not paying + my new maid not used to it, she addresses my SIL & her hb as “Auntie / Uncle”, I also cannot be bothered to correct her. Dun c the need to since they dun fork a single cent.
So far, finance wise, I spent $510 for her salary + levy & another $100 for her misc like food, shampoo, soap, etc.
Time wise, wif a maid ard, I still do everything on my own when it comes to bb’s stuff. Dun trust her yet. & I still rush hm daily to play & look after bb on my own. The oni “Me & Hb” time is after my ger goes to bed at 8.30pm. wkend, my maid also not wif me, so back hm, hb & me still do most of the stuff ourselves. No diff from b4.</font>