New maid

Last Friday, went to pick up the new maid at the agency. She looks more pleasant than in the photo.

After settle the necessary, I brought her home by bus. On the way, tried to find out more about her. She spoke simple English but managed to understand everything. So far she is the one whom make me comfortable speaking to.

4 years of experience in Singapore before, it was quite easy for her to pick up things around.

After we reached home, the children are back from school. Just a brief introuction to them, I showed her around our 5-room flat.

She began working by organising the kitchen cabinets. The previous one did not do a good job and some of the stuff are in a mess. As I want her to understand better in her native language, she was brought to my sis-in-law's house floors above.

Over there, she was guided what the do's and don'ts and everything. She was given simple dinner guessing that I did not prepare any Indian food for her.

Afterwhich, she continues to clean up the house. At about 10 in the night, she went to bed cos she had a long day.

Sat morning, taught her how to use the washing machine and some of the utensils at home. She started cooking for the first meal with whatever is available at home. That was a good start and the kids like her cooking. Then on the next morning, she was officially introduced to the market. From the way she going around, believe that is not a problem at all.

So it had been almost a week with our family, her performance is good. Hope that is not the usual saying 'new brooms sweep clean'.

Hopefully we got a good helper in our house with good and nice home-cooked food.

Bless me!