In one of my previous postings, you ban I ban, I received a few comments which I could almost say I felt the pain of these people, as far as their experience with their maid was concerned.
The nature of the rat race we are in puts most families in the 2 income category, which generally means that both husband and wife works to basically put enough (and probably more) on the table. With most not having to depend on their parents to care for the young, getting a maid would most probably be the next best solution. In recent months, cases of maid abuse was brought to light and the threat of banning Indonesian maids from coming to Malaysia to work was Indonesia's response.
In my opinion, and a qualified one, seeing that my family and I had experienced two maids (one caring for my terminally ill aunt and my mum, and the other was looking after my household back in 2002, when I could afford it!) conspiring to run away, many more Malaysians have had to endure this kind of setback despite spending thousands on them.
As such, I will be dedicating a blog solely on runaway maids so that you can post a picture of the fugitive as well as provide other information relative to your experience in order for other Malaysians to spot them and probably bring them to the police for being illegals!
I say no more to illegal maids, and lets ban them altogether!
'Towards an Illegal Alien free Malaysia'!!
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009
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I sympathise with all of you ! But you Tony, cannot paint them all with the same brush !
Maybe you have all had bad expriences with "illegal" Indonensian maids...BUT Sri (that's my legally hired maid) has been with us for 7 years now and she's a priceless jewel!Always polite and has a cheerful face under the most trying circumstances !
To my family she's family too ! Perhaps you and the other disgruntled ones have not given your "maids" that human touch or have always regarded her as a paid "maid" !
Hey I'm not preaching.....but Tony you have met my Sri, yes ? She prays 5 times a day and does everything muslim ( and she's not a hypocrite like so many I know !) BUT she also treats US like her family !
Guess there's a certain magic or human touch missing in your relationship with your "maids" OR my family has been blessed with the arrival of Sri !
Shalom !
Yes sir!
Thanks for dropping in.....
Human touch eh? I am not sure if taking her for local holidays is human touch.
I can't say if taking her to the masjid for raya prayers is human touch (I drove her there and waited for her while she performed her duties). I am not sure sending chocloates and a 48 piece dining set on poslaju (which was over 300RM) and not deducting it from her salary was human touch.
We did our best to make her feel welcomed, and she was with us for three years....until my aunt's maid decided to hatch the plan....
So I guess, my human touch was still lacking....humaness!!
The point is they are not here (not all but MOST) to work as maids, but merely using the position to scout for something better. Unfortunately, we have monkeys for immigration and enforcement which allows them to fend for themselves whenever they go underground.
If only we can control our borders better...........
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