Cambodia

Ya.. a few days ago, my new maid arrived from Cambodia. In fact, she arrived before my trip down to Singapore but we were already planning the trip...

and of course, my wife was a bit wary of this new maid. This will be our 3rd maid (so hopefully you won't see me logging on at 6am whilst doing laundry) and our last 2 maids were from Indonesia.

The first was ok for the 1st year. She kinda got influenced by my neighbour's maid who kept passing notes to her and influencing her to "be lazy" etc etc. My neighbour's maid (or rather, all my left neighbour's maids) seem to follow this pattern of wanting to talk to my maid, influencing them etc. OK.. I've tried talking to my neighbour, but somehow once my maid talks to my neighbour's maid, then her performance degrades etc etc. Sigh.

My 2nd maid, only lasted less than 3 mths! Sent her back on Valentine's day last year! The moment she arrived, she was sickly, and in her 2nd week already she was passing notes to my neighbour. Worse, my 2nd maid used to work in Taiwan. More $, less work (cause in a condo, her employee doesn't stay at home a lot etc) so of course she compares her lifestyle and she herself bitched to the neighbour and wanted to go back to Taiwan. Damn.. so her perf deteriorated.

Now, we've decided to revert to a Cambodian maid, hopefully communication will serve as a barrier with my neighbour's maid.. but so far, even us communicating with her has been a challenge! She understands a little English, but it is challenging..

More news on this as days go bye!