I hate it too when we make time to go to the bank and are then told we have to come back because blah blah blah! parking is always close to impossible at areas near banks!

Hope you have decided on the school! I have to research more on that when the time comes to meet HEADS! What do you ask/look out for?

And of course hope you are doing alriht health wise and pocket full of pennies wise!

Take care.

Thank you, Ann.

I’m a very new mum who can’t believe I ended up at a blog about mommy-ism. I don’t mean to be rude, actually. I’m still learning about what it means to be a mum after many years of being a career woman.
Everything sounds fascinating and foreign.

Hi. I’m still learning too and in the process, I have 3 blogs, all mainly about mommy-ism. Actually, this blog that you have stumbled upon is about me. This one is about mommy-ism and this one is about parentism. Hahaha.

Thank you so much for your comment and suggestions. They are all very useful. I’m sorry you had to read my post 4 times over to comment. Next time I’ll break them up into smaller posts like you suggest. Then I’ll have a small post a day instead of an epic post once a week. Hehe.

I decided to do without a maid anyway, and stick to cleaners etc, thats pretty much all I need anyway. (hate housework haha).

the Js have received their letters saying they’ve been approved to go to the local govt school. I haven’t met the headmistress yet. Now that would be an interesting time LOL It’s a real headache huh thinking of schooling!

Haha. Epic post? Not quite. But very lengthy and long winded, yes. I’m still having a headache school hunting. I just can’t make up my mind!

price all go up. I also now ta pau bento for work. Use up all the leftovers from the night before, or cook extra the night before.

my previous maid also very free, cos no need to cook, no need to mind kids , no need to wash clothes. Only fold clothes once a week.

After she mop floor at 7 am, she is already free till dinnertime wash some dishes. So I decide to do without maids.

I have send her to FIL and MIL since 7 months ago for the rest of her contractual year. Been there at FIL for 7 months already. She was with me maybe 1 month.

MIL also say there nothing for her to do except mop floor so I guess we will be sending her back to Indonesia soon cos MIL and FIL everyday go out with friends no time to check on whether she forgot to lock the gate , swtich off gas etc or not and on top of it, they complain maid very biadap and they cannot take it.

I thought I was the only one whose maid are free and have nothing much to do. Like your maid, all my previous maids loves magazines too, they spend hours in the guest room flipping through magazines. ha ha.

Fortunately your maid is quite a good maid and is not rude. Very difficult to find a good maid nowadays. If she can clean the house that itself is a bonus already.

Your maid sounds a lot more free than mine. Haha. I cook and she cleans up. Cleaning up is quite time consumming.

Chinee, some maids complain about having to clean two houses if you send them to another. Anyway, I just keep on reminding her that thats when we have free time, I don’t mind her napping but if there are things to be done, then I will expect her to do her work plus I remind her that we won’t be so free all the time especially next year when the elder goes to school and the younger to kindy. I think its the expectations that need to be handled so that she won’t expect this level of free time all the time. I think some of the comments that came from that post are scary like overloading the maid from dawn to dusk! Hehe.

Last time I remisier mah. For business income its June so not so late loh. Besides I have no income now. Hehe.

Maybe can teach her to blog, then she can write paid blog and make more money for you… hahah joke again… sorry. dun “hit” me!

*Boink Boink Boink Boink* Pain or not? If not I hit again. Hahaha.

i know wht u mean that ur expenses have shot up after the maid came. the first 2 weeks, we also brought ours very where and felt the pinch. now we leave her at home but without the house keys. but it’s only for a while, 2-3 hrs the most! maybe u also want to do this? actually, if my maid wants to run away, she can always do it from the balcony as we don’t stay too high up in our condo but i’m not risking leaving my housekeys behind yet and she’s not allowed to open our house doors so far.

i agree they have nothing much 2 do after the basic stuff is done which is why i’m lucky that my day care takes her in. left her at home for 2 days with my inlaws (who are in town) this week and found out she asked them to switch on the tv for her and that she had a nap in between, which is fine by me as my condo is not that big and she has already done the basic stuff.

maybe there’s a hobby u like which she can help out? like gardening? if u have a garden, maybe can grow some veggies and stuff?

Many ppl have told us to just leave the maid at home without the house keys but we are not comfortable with that. What if there is a fire or some other emergency. 2-3 hours is a long time IMO, don’t shoot me. Hehe. Your maid asked them to switch the TV for her? Thats quite bold. Hehe. So far mine haven’t asked because we’re not tv watchers but when hubby is away and I have movie night with the kids we invite her to watch the movie with us. We used to have movie nights in our room but now we watch it in the living room so she won’t be left out. BTW, I’ve heard of maids complaining about having to clean two houses when they are ferried to in-law’s houses just FYI.