Jul 1, 2010

Antara Si dia dan Si dia

Ana yang never keeps her words to come back :(

Mid year term results :) pass above average – that is all that I can say about my current maid who has been with me for 3 months. July marks her first month of earned income. All this while gaji bayar tongkang.:(



She is very fast, she seems to have ample time at hands, boleh tengok TV, bole baca malay novel at night :),baca yassin lepas sembahyang maghrib and all without compromising her efficiency and quality of work (ceh).

She follows the schedule that I draft for her diligently and she is not yet showing any sign of rebellion :). Dengar kata tu yang penting beside able to manage all my children well, tahan dengan kerenah anak- anak, yet still follow my house's rules.


Cooking wise – boleh la – bearable but I cook better hehe


Surprisingly for someone who used to work in salon (serious k – dulu dia tukang basuh/ gunting rambut orang and she said she helped in doing facial as well- kata dia la ye kalau tipu tipu la saya :), she is very good at doing house chores.

Pukul 7 pagi da mengemop – she is good at planning out her day so that her work finishes in a short time. She knows how to multi-task. Mesin basuh on pagi - habis sapu  mop, sidai baju, sambil tu masak nasi dulu. Ironing is only on Sunday – give her 2 hours habis siap semua baju dia gosok – I don’t have any benchmark for comparison – cepat ke lambat 2 jam? tu hehehe


Unlike Ana, who worked from dawn till midnight yet her work seemed never ending. Pukul 11 malam lipat baju lagi - kadang-kadang satu hari tak sempat lipat baju.


Tapi kenapa ya? Dia juga yang ku ingat ingat :). One thing about my former maid is that tengah malam buta sebelum tidur pun dia mop the floor lagi - for one last time (one last time for the day:)).


But Jernih – she does not do sweeping and mopping 5, 6 times daily, mopping once a day only, and sweeping maybe twice or 3x times a day :). Dah malam da sepah- sepah or lepas dinner – dia sapu ala kadar ja dapur tu and esok pepagi baru dia sapu and mop betul betul. Sometimes I tak tahan – I pulak yang ambil mop – takpala kan madam kena keluar peluh gak tak gitu ?:).


I don’t want to make a big deal of small things – you will never get the perfect ones – as long as my house is clean (to my naked eyes), my children well-beings are taken care of, ironing is all done nicely :), behaves appropriately, pandai bawak diri jangan dia lebih pulak jadi madam :) – then I have no complain.


She retreats to her room at 9.30 pm daily– reading novels till she fall asleep – but I told her that she should never go into her bedroom that early if my relatives or in laws around – ramai orang, makan pun lambat, supper lagi – takkan dia nak duk dalam bilik dia tinggalkan I lak buat semua kan - but she manages to keep to my request – so for that I don’t mind if any other nights she wants to do her things -




Jernih - jernih ke muka nya? :)

Macam mana maid kawan kawan iye ? :)

11 comments:

CiKaYu said...

takde maid, tak tau cmaner experience. i pun pernah tpikir, camner ek maid i nanti...hehehehe

N A N I E said...

Takpe dear..setiap orang ade caranya..mungkin tuh cara Jernih..insyaAllah lama lama akan terbiasa la..:) Ana balik kawen kot? :)

zarin said...

okay lah jernih tu cepat je buat kejer dia..i pulak as long as kejer dia siap tkpe..masak, i memang tkkan bagi dorang masak...dulu pun i yang masakkan and my maid melantak macam haper je tiap kali i masak sampai diet dia habis ke laut :D

A D I A said...

eh lawa jernih ni, ada rupa pernah kerja saloon dulu :)

Yummy Mummy said...

1st maid ok, tapi masa tu anak baru sorang. Tak banyak kerenah,pandai bersihkan rumah. 2nd maid anak dah duorang, tak pandai kemas tapi pandai jaga budak. 3rd maid kemas tiptop tapi kurang keibuannya. Semua maid i tak pandai masak. Tapi sama macam you cakap, tak kesah asalkan rumah nampak ok and budak2 ok kan?

Nana said...

bestnye ade maid, nana teringin nak amik tp tak berani takut pening kepala lak nanti :( tapi kalau dh dapat yg ok tu alhamdulillah kan.

cantik wei jernih ni :)

Lady of Leisure said...

haah la cun si jernih ni. hhehe. my mil's maid ran away last week. hehe. yesterday i went back to malacca to lodge a police report sebab pakai nama i dengan hubby.
previous maid ada henpon.. ntah la susah nak cakap, skrg ni susah nak dapat maid yg bagus ikut nasib, kadang dapat yg ok, kadang ko..

Eti said...

my current maid baru lagi tak sampai 2 bulan... so far puas hati. Not too fussy, janji kids taken care off, that's the most important bit. I still cook, sebab I love cooking, walaupun masak simple simple je... tak boleh get too attached and too fond, nanti dissapointing, i have had runaway maids a few times, my last one lari ikut boyfriend! tension!

Ermayum said...

cikAyu xpa one day :)

nanie heheh bagus la kalu dia kahwin

zarin bagus u :) i pun kalu duk umah i masak - dia masak utk budak2 hari keje ja

adia ha lawala sikit dalam gambar heheh

YM betul betul asal bersih tak nampak dirty gila umah n anak2 alhamdulillah tak leh demand lebih2 :)

nana u larat lagi okla tu - but iya semua ikut nasib - maybe ikut agent gak semua yg dari sini keje ok except kalu da balik la

lady alahai sian u melampau tu guna nama u - betul ikut nasib alhamdulillah la so far ana pun ok sebelum ni

eti betul tak leh attached but i ni tak reti gak nak jagi madam bebetul hehe but no x factor la byk dgr dari kawan kawan da berpada pada gak

TK said...

jernih ni cute jugak ye..nama dia simple je. My maid yg baru namanya Zara Amelia tapi rupanya tak secantik namanya..
BTW, We still contact maid lama..I really miss her..

Shopaholic Mama said...

Eda, same here. If mine does the work, as long as its clean to my naked eyes, then I pass. But if I have to do it myself, then I will scrub habis2. I cant expect mine to overwork since she is already above 50 (51 yrs old on 7 July), so as long as she does her work diligently without me having to worry this & that, then I am fine.

My report card during her 12 years with me -

housework: 8.5/10
cooking: 3.5/10
attitude tak byk songeh: 8/10
honesty: 10/10

hmmm, apalagi eh??

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