One for all... All for one

最近, 我家的帮佣又听到了关于自己胖的声音。。。

于是, 又变得挑剔了。一但觉得菜肴太多便会坚持不原意煮。。。(还要加一个"不爽")。

我才恍然大悟,原来是这样; 所以最近好像我莫名其妙地欠了她什么似的。。。总是无精打采。

好吧。居然有人不视快会对一个女人说她胖, 而且越来越胖! 我的天啊!

好吧, 那我就来一起受般委屈; 看来我最近也得少吃连咯! 不过不是我不想吃哦, 是有人示威了, 只好迁就一下。

(奇怪的是,都说了要减肥的话Milo少喝点。。。又不见得妳听? 或说回来,你曾几何时听我的呀?)

早前让我无语的对话。。。

对话(一)

"要煮粥吗?"

"要的。让睿琦吃。"

"可是没烧水"

(那就开吖!)

对话(二)

"那要煮饭吗?"

"Yes"

"那要煮饭吗?"

"Yes"

"我是问。。。要煮饭吗?"

(Which part of Yes do you don't understand? )

真的。。。路遥知马力, 日久见人心。没有人是完美的, 我们没有期望更不会对你有什么奢望。如果你不珍惜现在的雇主, 我们也不会勉强。希望你早日归队, 不要再顾虑着什么胖不胖, 吃完不吃完的问题了。

现在将就一点, 陪你少吃点。。。one for all, all for one. 然后, 我才偷偷吃。。。 哈哈哈!

Happy Birthday, helper

It's not easy to be away from your family for a long time and to stay employer whom you have not met before....

I'm not 100% sure if today is the date but our helper mentioned before its her birthday today.

So we brought her to a pleasant Indonesian cuisine for dinner, parkway to get her hari raya jeans and head scarf... also, Giant to get some vegetables for her break fast meal at the wee hours...

We ended our weekend outing with a car tour along Geylang Serai to show her how Singapore Muslim celebrate Hari Raya.

Hope she enjoyed herself today ^^

Thank you, Dear, for bringing us out despite ya swollen sprained ankle... jiayou!! ^^

Can't believe that I'm the fool again...

I thought this "love" will never end... how was I to know... HAVEN'T I TOLD YOU?

Just in less than 24 hours ago, I plucked up the courage to express our views on how dissatisfied we were at the fact that toilet was over used as a "bomb shelther" where she played with her phone every day, every toilet visit, without fail. We had been closing on one eye as long as the work was done properly... but let's face it, that's not the case anymore. Besides being slow, you were messing up the priorities...

Hello, even if we didn't see it, we knew it... It's not like we will peep at you but please don't make me do it...

Which was why you were fore-warned with the courtesy of your employers... trying to give you one last chance... before I help you to safe keep your phone...

Looked like my dear friend who lived in the toilet didn't understand the consequences of taking my words on deaf ears...

Thinking that I would be shut down from the rest of the world once I confined myself in the home office? You were partially right, that happended sometimes, which gave you the wrong impression that you could mess with my warnings in less than 24 hours? Bad luck... it's just your bad luck!

You, my dear friend, went into the toilet for 45 mins, at least, and for the first 30 mins (when I already spotted you and counting the minutes) were so quiet. Bet you didn't know I'm also a quiet person? I stayed in the kitchen to "hear" you wash your clothes without a single sound.... for 5 mins.....

So I thought, okay, fine, Let's not do it the harsh way... I shall wash my hands to show you how washing sounded like in reality. So, you panic and started to move some pails ard, pretending to start washing stuff by making some noises (after 30 mins?), finally!!

You, my dear friend, really think that your employer is a fool? You came out at 12 noon (after 45 mins of washing just some clothes?) but your were last seen on WA at 11:40am? Haa... you must be kidding me! So, where should I start?

"You, finished washing the toilet?"

"No, just the clothes."

"Oh, I thought you were washing toilets... I see, please keep the door opened when (you are) washing toilets or clothes."

DO YOU GET WHAT I MEAN?

从何开口。。。

第一次，我们开一只眼、闭一只眼。。。

因为我们想道，你一个人千里迢迢来到陌生人的家。或许需要一点空间收拾心情和适应环境。 所以，你躲在厕所里数钞票也好，数大便也罢，我们给你一点时间。

转眼间，九个月的时间一下子就过去了。。。最近有一些变本加厉咯。

竟然可以一天几回都躲到厕所里，一待就半个小时。有时更是一个小时，连个水声都没有。。。到底你是时空转移到家乡去了；还是每天都要数大便、数头发呢？

有时我会问道，“里面的你，还好吗？”

里面的她回答，“我很好。”

你他妈好还不快出来！厕所是你的房间吗？

今天，我又问了，“里面的你，还好吗？”

同样的回应 ；我忍不住了。。。

“你在里面干啥呀？”

（一滴水声也没有）“我在冲凉。” （加一点心虚的笑声）

太好了，把我们都当成白吃了。。。

我心里想：你有种就永远呆在里边儿不要出来啦！

我明白你家里有点事。我问了你又不肯说。让你放假散心你有没能恢复好好干活。我迁就你就是了吧。。。 你不想吃、我也不逼你吃。你想怎样？当我们的助养千金吗？我也想啊。。。可是我们家没那么阔呀！怎么办呀。。。

倒霉的是，有一些事，在开始时就应该纠正的；时间一久了，就难开口了。。。 我学到了。。。真的不需要为他人想太多；因为自己想的未必是对大家都好的。至少自己也不会为难了。现在我绝对有勇气开口；但是真的很害怕小宝宝会变成待罪羔羊呢！

I am starting to think...

I am starting to consider to become a full time housewife...

BH, don't freak out and yes, your eyes are not playing tricks on you... I am seriously thinking...

12 midnight... I decided to pump the miserably little amount of breast milk that I was left with... I grabbed a 'sterilised' bottle from the kitchen and started to pump. ..

It didn't take me too long to discover a pungent of odd smell... that can't be my milk... well, it is fresh, isn't it? Then I smelt the bottle again... WTH!@#$/^&*

I went into the kitchen and took another 'sterilised' bottle, only to find the same smell even before I pumped!!!

Not right, I smelt all the 'sterilized' bottles and almost all smelt that way... just that the first 2 bottles had a stronger pungent...

I started to take a sniff at Renee and Phoebe's milk bottles. Both were fine. So I went into the baby room to retrieve the steriliser that was bought less than 8 months ago... and the story began...

2 days ago, I cleaned the master room and living room because they were way too dusty. I didn't even bother to get the helper to do it... because if she would, she could have done it... After cleaning, I could tell that the last time she cleaned it was probably 2 months ago...

I had to specifically instruct her to clean up the baby room by washing the anti - slip matt which was covered with stains, to wipe the baby cupboard and window grills... but I didn't mention abt the steriliser.

On the next day, she was reading newspaper at her cosy kitchen corner and did not clean the study room's window grills... she continued reading the newspaper while I followed frantically behind my feverish Renee to everywhere she roamed.

Tonight, at 12 midnight, I spent a good 30mins to clean up this steriliser and re washed all bottles and caps with baby soap... have a look at the before and after...

How can my babies be fed using bottles 'sterilised' with rusty water? And were those stickers recyclable?  Why were they left in the steriliser to decompose? I had told her at least 3 times to remove those stickers before washing... Suddenly, I just felt like crying at the thought of my girls well-being... specially for baby Phoebe...

My little energizers

These kids surely have powerful energy...

See what happened to my helper during mid week...

It was Phoebe's routine to either fall asleep on her own on the seahorse mattress... or to continue her sleep from sarong to the mattress after 9 pm. ..

Tonight... Phoebe woke up when helper tried to change her into pyjamas. Helper looked absolutley helpless when Phoebe started smiling and talking ahh-ahh-ahhh...

Feeling quite awake while waiting for my last pump for the night, I stepped in to take care of my little one who woke up at the wrong time ^^

So I pat her to sleep or should I say almost to sleep...

Just 5 mins after I went out of the room, I heard Phoebe's happy voice of ahh-ahh-ahhing. .. okay she wasn't asleep! My helper was really tired.  So I insisted that she got some rest while I would try to make Phoebe sleep.

Few mins of this little girl into sarong, she started to run her little fingers across the net... attempted to flip... and got a little drowsy when it was so bored inside the rocking sarong...

Then, her dad came by to check on us... Phoebe turned her head to her dad's direction... I could see that her eyes grew wide and she smiled, which was very sweet... Phoebe started to talk ahh-ahh-ahhing, again! She thought someone had came by to play with her... Oops!

Oh no... not at 11pm, my dear! So I started all over again to make her bored after her loving dad bid her goodnight... she certainly looked very disappointed but finally fell asleep... wuhoO~*

All the best, everyone in the family! Jiayou ^^

一发不可收拾?

It hasn't crossed my mind until my long-old friend (Oops! Kris) mentioned this...

「一发不可收拾」

Our helper's name is Ifa (一发）

And based on this common Chinese saying... It simply implies that she couldn't tidy up my place... Wahahahaha!

Interesting... ~,~

Breaking News

After receiving an overwhelming feedbacks from several witnesses of helper Ifa with her endless call-time...

Mdm had finally expressed her concern when helper Ifa asked for permission to top-up her calling card.

Helper Ifa had proactively asked if we'd like to keep her phone, so Mdm generously accepted this proposal and highlighted that it's to ensure she has enough rest. She can make call of not more than 15 mins during weekends.

I hope there's no hidden agenda in this episode... We had communicated! ^^

My happy helper

She used to switch off the TV when no one is in the living room...

Today, she watched TV when no one is in the living room... Wahahahaha ^^

Just like a mid-year Spring/ Summer cleaning

Within a week (before the raining days arrived), we managed to wash and iron all curtains at home!

Last week, we cleaned up our fridge together and its neater, cooler and more organized now... (Not that I hadn't done it before but as time passed and stuffs from different families came piling into my fridge... I kind of lost track of what it was supposed to have.. Excuses, I know!)

Yesterday, our helper packed our kitchen cabinets upon request. So many food was expired and had to be thrown away... What a waste!

Our helper is indeed a good helper. She cleaned up the cabinets and proposed new way of arranging our items, so that the condiments will be easily accessible by most of the folks without climbing up chairs... and the canned food or snacks are more visible in the frequently opened shelves to avoid turning bad before it was forgotten...

Just wondering... what's there to do in this tiny space after all the "big cleaning"... We shall see...

Second home cooked dinner by Ifa

I'm hungry again...

Zzz... T__T

Day 10 下马威

今天，我吃饱了撑着给帮佣来了个下马威。那就是七早八早就坐在餐桌前吃着自己准备的早餐。。。

On day 10... My helper took afternoon nap... This is how small and 'nothing to do' it could be at my tiny 4-room HDB...

Did I also mention that she completed reading her story book in less than 10 days also? Haa...

Ohhhhh... And I helped to keep her laundry due to the heavy downpour in the morning... Zzz

I'd be reviewing the chores that we had planned for her and also find suitable time to debrief on the level of expectation of her cleaning work...

Anyway, I woke up early (6am today) and fixed myself this breakfast... While my helper was still snoozing... Hee! She'll help me clean up the kitchen later ^^

Good morning!

(Story behind this: I only wanted soft boiled eggs and choco-banana spread... But the eggs weren't cooked so I fried sunny side up and added a hush brown)

It's fried rice lunch by Ifa

And the key is... Renee is feeding herself with some of the fried rice! Wahahahaha!!

Oh and Renee had a new interest... 'Sight seeing' from my window bay... Haa!

BTW, Renee loves chocolates and she calls it 'chor'... that's her language.... Haa!! ^^

First home cooked dinner by Ifa

Our good helper had been put to test today... We discussed about what to cook up for dinner and she's left in-charge of the kitchen ^^

We're satisfied with her culinary skill... Well done, Ifa! I am on my way to put on weights from now on... Bye-bye hot mama!

Day 3

Getting better everyday!

Good job! ^^