Run Away Maid

My maid ran away last Tuesday night. I was very dissappointed by her running away. I didn't scold her or anything when talking to her about secretly owing the handphone and keeping contact with people that is unknown to us (dangerous, dangerous). She admitted wrong and appologies. Told her I would have to confiscate her handphone and she has no ojection to it. She say if I am not happy with her anymore, I can send her back. I told her that as long as there is no hanky panky from now on, I am ok to have her continue working with us. That why I didn't send her to the agent! I told her I prefer to be "terus terang" and will not keep record of her wrong and in the past, I have always forgiven her for things she does wrong and she knows that I don't harp on her mistakes.
I talked to her on Monday night. Tuesday, she work on as usual. In the evening, my husband called and told me that my maid said she wanted to go home. Told my husband will talk to her when I get back from work. didn't talk to her when I arrived home. In the evening we went to my brother's place for dinner and celebrate his birthday. The maid came along and she was her usual self. After coming home from my brother place, I took baby straight to sleep and I also didn't talk to the maid. I thought maybe just give her some time to cool down first and was thinking to talk to her only the next morning.
Alas, who know the next morning when we came downstair she has already gone, run away!! Thankful that she did not run away when she was alone with the baby and she locked the door nicely and throw the key back to her.
How did i feel? Like i mentioned earlier, I was dissappointed that she just ran away like that. Maybe I am just plain naive, expecting her to talk to us rather than running away as we have always treated her well. And yesterday, in church, I met other maid whom she talks to every Sunday. she was also surprised that my maid ran away. Because my maid told her that working for us is very "senang" and I give her lots of fredeom. (Maybe too much freedom that she finds time to socialise with outsider!)
Now, we are maidless. Learning to live without a maid can be quite a challenging experience. Only I have come to realise how dependent we are on the maid to do the chores in the house. Thank God that hubby is very supportive and is more than willing to chip in to help. We both have decided that we will try to manage by oursleves first before considering if we want to take in another maid. somehow the phobia is there about maid. We have treat our maid well and yet after 14mths she can still run away, what can i say??

My maid secretly own a handphone!

Just heard from my husband that he accidently found out that my maid has got a handphone. I dunno what to make up of it and is upset that she is sneaking behind our back. There is too many unknown at the moment. Will have to talk to her tonight, where she get the handphone and who give it to her. Hope is not her secret boyfriend!!
She has been with us for a year and so far has behave quite ok and we do trust her. We treat her like a family, she eats what we eat and when we go holidays she come with us. We even took her to Singapore when we went there for holidays!
Now that we found out abt the handphone that she secretly owns, I dunno whether I can trust her anymore. Really have no peace of mind now. So many thoughts running thru my mind, is so scary to think that there are time I allowed her to be home alone with my baby. This is the woo of a working mother. Guess I really need to think hard abt this again!

New Alternate Route

Last week I brave myself to try the new road that may possibly (gut feeling) provide me a shorter route to my office. I saw the signboard indicating KLIA, so i thought the worst is i ended up in KLIA, no big deal. The route was quite a nice two lane road and at the end of the road, viola!! I hit the jack pot!! It does lead to my office! What make me so thrill is that it take a shorter time for me to reach office and the road is quite nice to drive on and best of all is that I don't need to pay any toll for it!! First time I felt, um at least I am benefiting from the road tax that I paid every year!! :):) ALso shoter time on the road means more time with my darling daughter, Qi Ning. What else can I ask for?! Nowadys, I will reach home 10mins earlier and have abit more time with my Qi Ning. She is such a joy.
Actually if I use the North South highway (NSH), my toll from Puchong to Nilai a day will cost me RM 8.00. Now I only have to pay two ringgit!! The other alternative route was through all the kampung road that is winding if I want to avoid paying the NSH toll. Now I get to travel on a road which is equally good as NSH without having to pay. hahahaha now got more money can go shopping liao!!
I am thankful for the new route!!

Saying good bye

Every mornuing my darling daughter, Qi Ning will be seeing me off to work at the gate. It is very saddening to have to say goodbye to her. Because whenever is time to say goodbye to her, I can see that her face is saddened. Someday, she may cling on to me and demand a big bear hug from me before she is willing to let me goes. She doesn't cry but her face shows that she is sad that mummy has to go to office every morning.
She is actually a very understanding girl. From Monday to Friday, she will not fuss when I have to go to work but other day, she will cling to me. Actually, i notice very much earlier when she was about five months old, she already seems to differentiate the day that mummy is working and the day that I am not. Seeing her so clingy to me when I am home, everyone including my maid think that she will cry her heart out when I go to work in the morning. but to date, she has not cry but can see that she is sad that's all. That's why every morning when I drive off from home, I often feel sad to leave her behind!!
I dunno how other working mum feel when they have to wave bye bye to their precious little one in the morning. For me is definitely not an easy task. Hope one day, I will not have to wave her good bye every morning!!

My Diary

My Diary

My journey into the blog world begin

Yesterday, I finally started my own blog and wrote a short note to post, but dunno what went wrong, the post did not show up anywhere. Maybe I blur blur press the wrong button. But anyway, I am glad I already make the first move to blog. I have been reading other people's blog and so envy people who write such interesting blog about their experience and the development of their precious one. It spur me to finally starts writing as well.
I hope to keep this diary for my daughter, Qi Ning so she can get a glimpse of her mummy's life and her own growing up story. She soon will be fourteen months, miss blogging all her earlier development but still not too late i guess. :)