My mum’s Indonesian maid has ran away this morning after working for close to 3 months. My mum is quite disappointed (or angry perhaps) because she has treated the maid very well and didn’t expect the maid to run away.
Some friends and relatives have pre-warned us that Indonesian maids tend to run away after working for around 3 months… sounds like a taboo.
I don’t quite understand the logic yet, but I was told that some Malaysian maid hiring agencies are encouraging the maids to do so because the agencies could profit from it… I guess it was the reason why some of the agencies were blacklisted by the Malaysian authorities a couple of months ago.
It took a full afternoon for my sister-in-law (my mum is staying with my brother) to lodge a police report and settling the issue with the maid agency… she would have to pay around RM1000 (~USD300) to get another maid from the same agency. Actually it might not be a good idea to get a maid from the same resource again… but hiring a maid from different company would mean extra costs.
I hope that my mum’s (former) maid was fully aware of what she was doing and not cheated by people who intend to use her for illegal activities, like prostitutions etc. Despite the havoc she caused, I don’t wish to see her being a victim of some illegal syndicates.
No thanks for all the troubles though.
I believe that all parents will favour one kid over the other(s), consciously or subconsciously… no matter how hard the parents tried, they will be certain favouritism among their kids.
When I was in teen-age, some of my friends seemed to have serious problems with parental favouritism… most of them are from traditional Chinese families where boys are normally more favourable than girls. One of my friends actually ran away from home because of the unbearable discrimination.
The perceptions changed when everyone grew older… those friends that rant about parental favouritism are now maintaining healthy relationship with their families; even the ran-away friend is still keeping in contact with her parents. Perhaps they have accepted the fact that favouritism will always happen, and that it is not really a big deal.
I am lucky that my parents have tried their best to share equal love… there were still favouritism that they might not consciously aware of, but I’m ok with it… knowing that I am loved, what else do I need to ask for?
Just came back from the Asian Cup match which Malaysia was humiliated 1-5 by China.
I am not sure why I went to the match; I am not that much a soccer fan actually. The last time I went for a live match was more than a decade ago, in Malaysian Cup final which was won by Perak…
I guess some part of patriotism in me had urged me to go for the game, not just to support the national team, but to help filling the huge stadium as well.
I am glad that I went for the game though; it was quite an experience. Here are some photos (13 images) - before, during and after the match at National Stadium, Bukit Jalil…
The ticket
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Have you noticed that lots of the fairy tales and childhood stories often indicate that poor people are normally happier than the rich?
There was a long period in my life that I thought getting rich is a bad thing… that rich people are normally greedy and can’t live a happy life.
I started to realise in late teens that real life situations are quite the opposite of fairy tales… that rich people do enjoy happiness, and most likely happier than the poor; and that rich people are not not any idiotic than the others.
I now know that I don’t need to be rich to be happy… but I also know that happiness could come easier if I need not to worry too much about the bills and the basic expenses in life.
Would be nice if I could understand these facts of life earlier… I think I should burn those stupid story books that I read when I was a child.
