Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Maids



Maids oh maids. Pening jugak memikirkan hal ni. In this challenging world, how I wish I can just close my eyes on the house chores. I ll be in cloud nine for not thinking of laundry, those dirty dishes and pans in the sink and cleaning up my anak and abah bujang lepak place.

The question: Is having a maid will give you a peace of mind or more headache? or more like escapism.

Hmmm...semua pon betul rasanya.

I was broad up with 5 maids within 11 years of my childhood life. Back then, there no Indons working as maid. All are local people and mama paid around RM200-250 per month. I call them 'kakak'. The last kakak work with us for 6 years when I was 5 until 11. Having maids doesnt give me any chance of escapism. Mama wont let that happen. Thank god for that. I still need to do all the house chores like other kids. But at that time, I still manage to somehow escape la jugak. curik tulang beb...hehehe...Not until the last kakak who quit because she s getting married when I was 11. That s when everything change. At first Mama would cook before she leave to work. But later on,she probably tired of it and later I discover the art of cooking in the kitchen. Yeehaa! Belasah je, semua benda I tried, from tomyam to nasi goreng at the age of 11. Rasa toksah cakap laa,,,experimental cooking la katakan...hehehe

So from that time, I learn to be independent. It's been quite sometime, we live our life without any assistance until the year 1999 where my mom again hired a maid from Indon. Her name is Kak Sue. Mid 30s.Hard working and very good in cooking especially in western food. She works for almost a year. Everything looks good. The only mistake that Mama did was giving her the permission to go back to her hometown (not until her contract finish). It was the last time we saw her, balik kampung and never return.

Next, another indons. This one I dont even remember her name. Old lady, probably early 50s. Yang ni memang laa hampeh. Dahlaa takleh ckp, bongok pulak tu. I remember how arwah Abah showed her how to cut a watermelon nicely. Dia boleh hempas pisau dlm sink mcm tanda protes. It was hari raya open house. This is funny, she dress really nice and sat beside my mom all the way during the open house. Almost all the guest thought that she is my moms relatives. Everyone siap bersalam ngan dia. Yang kita ni punyaa laa berlemuih kat dapur. Next day, off you go.

Pastu ada sorang ni nama Ur. Early 20s. Bagus kerja tapi kasar. Semua style hempas2. Cakap pon garang jugak, kita pulak jadi takut ngan dia. Pastu dia ni suka tengok channel Arab( she use to work there). Tak kira laa sapa yang ada depan tv, she just simply change the tv channel to Al Jazeera. Last-last tak tahan, dia cau. Agaknya sebab kitowang tak bagi dia can nak tgk belly dance la kot.

Then another one. Yang ni scary jugak... E am was around 9 months. Masa memula amik dia ni, dah macam pelik bila tengok dia punya dressing. But I thought she probably sekali-sekala pakai camtu. Memang macam minah dangdut. Ok takpe...relax lagi. Next morning when I woke up I saw her in sleeveless body hugging with faded jeans and a bling bling belt. WTF??? Bertambah gugur laa rambut laki aku camni.isk isk. My mom asked her to change and she said all her cloth are like that. Makk aii...Then she also loves to bring E am jalan-jalan keluar rumah. OMG, can you imagine my little E am with minah dangdut. No no. Pastu ada skali tu, mama asked her tak semayang ke? She said she s not muslim, she a christian. Padahal laki dia islam. Uishh kalo taknak semayang, ckp jelah. Yang pegi ckp dia kristian tu nape. Isk isk. Then we also discover that she smoke in the house and later we discover that she was a GRO in Bali. Aduhhh..no way i can let this type of person in my house.

The last one was a young girl name Ika. Kerja boleh tahan. Bagus. Very young probably in 17. Tapi dia ni suka main telefon. Bergayut 24 jam. Sambil jaga E am, sambil tu jugak bergayut tepon. Then later, we start to lost some money. Mama's syilling from overseas worth thousands hilang. Arwah Abah punya duit RM50 note pon hilang few pieces. We finally caught her taking the money. Hmmm... off you go.

As you can see now, I have few bad experience. How come there s no longer good maids available for me. :(

Baik sangat pon tak bagus, Garang sangat pon tak bagus jugak.

Hmmm...so do I need a maid? Or I become the maid. huwaaa tamoo...

* just got this video from leila
maid kicks a child

we certainly dont want this to happen.

6 comments:

Milky Way said...

i had 2-3 maids too i think when i was small cant remember much but my mom said only one maid tat really jaga us well but after that the maid wanted to go back home in dengkil hehehe local lady laa...

the rest of maids actually abused us ( me n my sis) how i dunno cant remember lucky for that...after that we were sent to rumah jiran 2 houses...also kena buli by the makcik's daughters and tat i remember very well. it does hav an affect to our mentality, social life n communication. thank god i turn out normal ...tak saiko sgt hahaha

Aapitz said...

ahahhaaaa....nasib2 laaaa, nowdays tak leh nak cakap sgt laaaa...sebab macam2 hal dah jadi kan..

Kena beware and be precautious jugak laaa...cannot trust 100%...

Tapi, one thing for sure...maid nie kan, biler dah pernah kena ngan majikan yg teruk2 - means yg hari2 kena marah, kena maki...pastuh baru lah dioarg insaf tau. Baru wat kerja btol2...and diaorg akan appreciate majikan yg baik...ehhehee as what happend to my new maid nie...

t linda said...

scary la tgk video tuh...adehh..i had my share experience with maids..mase kecik2 dulu sumer maid locals la..mase tuh kilang2 takbanyak lagik kan....so no choice..kena la keje umah orang heheheh tapi ok la..sbb orang kite kan...leh tegur2...dierang pon paham cara kite..tapi ade gak masalah heheh especially bab2 nak ngorat abah ku...first time i tgk my parent perang beso...then as usual my mom wins,...maid tu pon balik kampung la...sib baik my dad pon tak angau...kiterang pon heran apsal maid tu taim my mom tak de jek...kerje kan...my mom was a nurse ...bile my dad nak balik jek..dier pon hias kaw2..sampai i tanye...kak mek( nama dier heheh) nak p mana....so..that the last we have live in maid..lepas2 tu sumer yg weekend maid...datang kemas2 umah sminggu sekali kiterang pon dah beso2 taim tu kan...leh jaga diri...all those exciting event in our lives...

ila de cute said...

fizhie, masa kecik2 dulu, seingat ila le kan, kita org pernah ada satu maid je..the problem is my mum is super cerewet and perfectionist ms dulu2 so dia akan buat balik seme kerja apa yang maid dah buat macam sidai baju ke, lipat baju, gosok baju..bla bla... luckily my mum was a housewife so she has the luxury to stay at home..so masa kecik memang i dont have any experience pasal maid...

lepas dah kawin, our first maid was really good and nice and efficient...memang tip top la...sampai aku rasa kalau ada pertandingan Maid Cemerlang, aku nak je hantar borang peraduan tu... lepas 2 thn kerja dia balik cuti, memang lepas tu dia balik sini semula tp ms tu dia dah pregnant le plak..alasan dia terjumpa bekas laki dia kat kg ari and termain sekali...adeiii terpaksa la aku antar balik for good... then dpt lagi 1 maid umur dlm 40 lebih, dia cuma suka masak aje, dia ckp dia tak suka jaga budak so dia nak kerja memasak aje, aku hangin gak le sbb aku suh kerja kat umah bukan restoran then tukar dgn agency dpt maid lain, yg ni aku ingat ok umur dlm 18thn kot... tup tup lepas beberapa bulan dia lari, sib baik dia lari mlm kalau dia lari siang abis anak aku kena hangkut... then lepas tu aku pindah masuk umah mak aku and ada lagi 2 maid indon yg sorang nya aku htr ke agent balik sbb dia kata tujuan dtg malaysia nak dtg sebulan and jln2 je...then the other one ckp atk nak kerja dgn alasan umah aku byk furniture, dia ckp kat indon dia kerja umah yg tak byk barang... adeiii..so sehingga kini aku takde maid lagi...so aku sendiri la maid...

video tu pun aku dah nengok, giler kejam kan maid tu...ishh takde hati perut langsung... tp kita as majikan takkan le nak garang sgt dgn maid, kang derang tensi plak cemana nak wat kerja...tp kalau baik pun susah... serba salah..

nazura.fishie.yan.sili.mummy said...

leila: patut laa ko slalu dahagakan kasih sayang kan kan kan..

aapitz: syukur lah ko dapat maid yg elok kan

t linda: uish, yg part ngorat2 tu takde experience lagi..jangan laa terkena camtu..haru biru dibuatnya!

ila: we sure have all the downfall with this maid issue...grrr

zulkhas said...

well..u gian some..loose some