Haven been blogging - was kept busy at work and at home
Meanwhile, got a new maid (has been with us for 3 weeks now).. she is definitely smarter than Rownena... def provides a new set of issues. She is 24 years old, Doisa, collage student, we have no problems in communicating our instructions to her. Has 2 girls age 4 & 2 and has 2 sisters working in SG a couple of years now.
She was able to finish her household tasks at about 1500 hrs everyday... so she asked if she can on the TV... I didn't kind of reply, will give her a formal reply if she asked again... do you think we can watch TV @ work even though we have nothing to do? She does not like to go HV for additional household chores... We used to pay Rowena about S$5/week to help out on household chores whenever we are at Holland. For Diosa, the S$5 is not motivating enough. She prefers not to go there and even asked if she can stayed at home while we go... she was not given the choice...we don't have choice as daughter/son-in-law, less say a maid!
While we will have to wait to see if she is able to cope when the baby comes.. if she gives me problems in terms of wanting off days - then I will have no qualms abut asking her to go.
I have specifically told her in the interview process that she is not allowed to take off days during her first 2 years... and again emphasize this point when she arrived. BTW, having finished her tasks at about 1500hrs, she has got more free time than me... if I am not complaining, she should not as well.
If she don't like the agreement, she can always find another employer.. maybe an expatriate family will be better for her.
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