Long Time No Blog...
I've been visiting my blog everyday but still I cannot find the urge to write something. It has been a week now so I guess I have to force myself even to write some senseless but entertaining thoughts.
Search for the Ultimate Yaya
Our search for the Ultimate Yaya has finally ended (I sure hope). Just when we have decided to work the chores out ourselves, "Flor", not her real name, came knocking on our door last sunny sunday afternoon. She was referred by our aunt's helper, who also had a sister who worked for us before. We have had a total of four (4) household helps since our baby came out to the world. It's a good thing that babies still know who their parents are no matter who takes care of them most of the time. Anyway, just to give you an idea on how excruciating it is to look for a perfect household help, here are the summary of our experiences with regards to dealing with them.
Period: Mid Dec. 2003 - Jan. 2004
Name: Daisy
Description: Daisy is a 16 y/o girl from a small rivery town of Macabebe, Pampanga. She is actually my cousin and god child at the same time. It was a relief at first that we got a help that we could really trust. Someone who could take care of our child whole heartedly because of our blood relation.
Pro's: Expert in carrying babies because of her care giving experience for her 4 other siblings. Easy to be with and likes to talk about issues on TV (e.g. what's the buzz?, latest showbiz flicks, personalities who died and gave birth). Cares a lot about her looks, puts on make up, eyeliner, lipstick, hair dresses herself and diets by not eating at night.
Con's: Has this things propagating in her long hair that even we (including our baby) got it also. Leaves strands of hair everywhere in the bathroom. She's our lola's favorite that's why she always get DOH (Dept.of Help) from her chores which makes us cautious of what we're asking her. Not a self-driven professional, I mean, you have to tell her everything for her to do it.
Reasons for Leaving: Conflict between Lola and her.
Period: Feb. 2004 - August 2004
Name: Elvie
Description: A petite 17 y/o girl who is the sister of our Aunt's helper who hails from Leyte. Obviously has Visayan traces in communicating. She resides also within the city that is why she gets to have days off every Saturday and Sunday. Worked for a foreigner in Ayala Alabang before but resigned because she doesn't want to work for foreigners anymore.
Pro's: Self driven professional. Expert in cleaning the house. Waxes the floor almost every weekend. Able to entertain our baby early in the morning while we are still enjoying our sleep. Made our orchids bear flowers. Wears printed underwear, plunging neckline, and short shorts (no malice). Updates us with all of the teleseryes (television series) we miss sometimes.
Con's: Consumes a lot of electricity because she watches every show on TV. Teaches our baby to call her grand father - 'LULO' (argggh!). Does not come on time when she gets back from a day off on mondays. Let some guy in our house with out our consent. Into her boyfriend very much that she absents herself from her job. Let her arrogant and "feeling at home" sister sleep in our house without even asking us for permission.
Reason's for Leaving: Need I say more? Her lying became a habit that we do not trust her anymore. Got some amount from my wife's bag which made us decide to dismiss her immediately.
Period: Sep. 2004 - Nov. 2004
Name: Lisa
Description: Lisa is an 18 y/o girl who resides somewhere in the city also. Has a strong visayan accent and hails from Samar. She told us that she is scheduled to marry her boyfriend on Dec. 5, 2004. We agreed that she will be taking a leave sometime that period and got her assurance that she will be still coming back.
Pro's: Silent and shy type. Speaks softly. Conserve's energy by not watching TV at all. Say's yes to everything even the question or command is not finshed yet. Sleeps early and gets up early. Sometimes when she wakes up in the wee hours of the morning, does the laundry and finishes it by sunrise.
Con's: Rarely speaks to our baby, at times we hear her whispering something we do not understand. She did not fulfilled her promise of coming back after a 3-week wedding leave. The day she was scheduled to go back, we learned that we lost some things. Good thing, my wife had persistent instincts. We located her and redeemed all our things (even those that we did not expect that she got).
Reason's for Leaving: We did not let her come back. We even planned to put her to jail.
It has been almost three months now since we washed dishes, did the laundry, cleaned the house, took care of our growing baby, my wife's folks taking care of our baby during the day, went to and from binan to have my folks take care of our baby for a while and a whole lot of computations and comparisons between us couples of who did more or less chores. And now we got a new help again. A talkative one. Expect the unexpected. We'll always be ready and cautious this time.
Search for the Ultimate Yaya
Our search for the Ultimate Yaya has finally ended (I sure hope). Just when we have decided to work the chores out ourselves, "Flor", not her real name, came knocking on our door last sunny sunday afternoon. She was referred by our aunt's helper, who also had a sister who worked for us before. We have had a total of four (4) household helps since our baby came out to the world. It's a good thing that babies still know who their parents are no matter who takes care of them most of the time. Anyway, just to give you an idea on how excruciating it is to look for a perfect household help, here are the summary of our experiences with regards to dealing with them.
Period: Mid Dec. 2003 - Jan. 2004
Name: Daisy
Description: Daisy is a 16 y/o girl from a small rivery town of Macabebe, Pampanga. She is actually my cousin and god child at the same time. It was a relief at first that we got a help that we could really trust. Someone who could take care of our child whole heartedly because of our blood relation.
Pro's: Expert in carrying babies because of her care giving experience for her 4 other siblings. Easy to be with and likes to talk about issues on TV (e.g. what's the buzz?, latest showbiz flicks, personalities who died and gave birth). Cares a lot about her looks, puts on make up, eyeliner, lipstick, hair dresses herself and diets by not eating at night.
Con's: Has this things propagating in her long hair that even we (including our baby) got it also. Leaves strands of hair everywhere in the bathroom. She's our lola's favorite that's why she always get DOH (Dept.of Help) from her chores which makes us cautious of what we're asking her. Not a self-driven professional, I mean, you have to tell her everything for her to do it.
Reasons for Leaving: Conflict between Lola and her.
Period: Feb. 2004 - August 2004
Name: Elvie
Description: A petite 17 y/o girl who is the sister of our Aunt's helper who hails from Leyte. Obviously has Visayan traces in communicating. She resides also within the city that is why she gets to have days off every Saturday and Sunday. Worked for a foreigner in Ayala Alabang before but resigned because she doesn't want to work for foreigners anymore.
Pro's: Self driven professional. Expert in cleaning the house. Waxes the floor almost every weekend. Able to entertain our baby early in the morning while we are still enjoying our sleep. Made our orchids bear flowers. Wears printed underwear, plunging neckline, and short shorts (no malice). Updates us with all of the teleseryes (television series) we miss sometimes.
Con's: Consumes a lot of electricity because she watches every show on TV. Teaches our baby to call her grand father - 'LULO' (argggh!). Does not come on time when she gets back from a day off on mondays. Let some guy in our house with out our consent. Into her boyfriend very much that she absents herself from her job. Let her arrogant and "feeling at home" sister sleep in our house without even asking us for permission.
Reason's for Leaving: Need I say more? Her lying became a habit that we do not trust her anymore. Got some amount from my wife's bag which made us decide to dismiss her immediately.
Period: Sep. 2004 - Nov. 2004
Name: Lisa
Description: Lisa is an 18 y/o girl who resides somewhere in the city also. Has a strong visayan accent and hails from Samar. She told us that she is scheduled to marry her boyfriend on Dec. 5, 2004. We agreed that she will be taking a leave sometime that period and got her assurance that she will be still coming back.
Pro's: Silent and shy type. Speaks softly. Conserve's energy by not watching TV at all. Say's yes to everything even the question or command is not finshed yet. Sleeps early and gets up early. Sometimes when she wakes up in the wee hours of the morning, does the laundry and finishes it by sunrise.
Con's: Rarely speaks to our baby, at times we hear her whispering something we do not understand. She did not fulfilled her promise of coming back after a 3-week wedding leave. The day she was scheduled to go back, we learned that we lost some things. Good thing, my wife had persistent instincts. We located her and redeemed all our things (even those that we did not expect that she got).
Reason's for Leaving: We did not let her come back. We even planned to put her to jail.
It has been almost three months now since we washed dishes, did the laundry, cleaned the house, took care of our growing baby, my wife's folks taking care of our baby during the day, went to and from binan to have my folks take care of our baby for a while and a whole lot of computations and comparisons between us couples of who did more or less chores. And now we got a new help again. A talkative one. Expect the unexpected. We'll always be ready and cautious this time.
posted by james at 3:50 AM
1 Comments:
Such a very funny and entertaining blog!Keep on posting!
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