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Stories about our household maids and drivers

March 25, 2025May 25, 2025 OMB

February 19, 2025 I had a busy day yesterday, and at 1:40 a.m. I couldn’t sleep because my adrenaline was still in high gear. I was tired but not sleepy.

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Antinola’s fifth heartbreak

February 15, 2025February 28, 2025 OMB

Na stress ako kay Antinols, sobra na syang na obsessed looking for a foreigner boyfriend. I understand she dreams of a handsome prince with lots of gold who’ll scoop her

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Older People Must be Models of Good Behavior

September 22, 2023January 21, 2024 OMB

I am so disappointed with Antinola. Lagi na lang she instigates chaos here. The other maids leave because of her. They always complain about her bad behavior, mostly nagging and

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Labandera go

August 15, 2022August 28, 2022 OMB

August 15, 2022 In the US there are no in-house labandera. Only washer and drier who are always there 24/7 and who don’t complain of anything, they just keep on

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Our New Labandera

November 4, 2021December 8, 2021 OMB

We have a new labandera. She was referred to us by one of the recruiters here in the village. Let’s call her Gem. Although she was fully vaccinated according to

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We will miss Antinola

June 18, 2021July 17, 2021 OMB

After years of urong sulong, our cook, Antonia, has left us for good. After her sabunutan episode with Norma, we thought it’s best that it’s about time she enjoys her

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Tinola is here to stay

April 1, 2021April 8, 2021 OMB

I am not counting how many times Antonia has said goodbye through the years. This time it’s for real. She has accumulated lots of pasalubong from Lazada and her roommates

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Maid and Driver Connived

February 23, 2021March 14, 2021 OMB

I didn’t go to the office today but I went out of the house twice. I went to a bank near our village and malakas lang loob ko kasi they

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English-speaking maids

February 9, 2021February 18, 2021 OMB

Feb 4, 2021 1:00 pm I was in our room on the second floor when I heard loud voices so I dashed out. I thought our maids were fighting. They

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Norma’s Birthday

January 4, 2021February 1, 2021 OMB

Jan 4, 2021 10 am Antonia—“mam, birthday ni Norma mamaya,  may pagkain” Me——–“Oh,  ilang taon na si Norma?” Antonia—“Fifty” Me——–“Ha?  Ang bata pa nya, hindi sya 50” Antonia—“May edad na

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Jebel leaves

December 20, 2020September 26, 2021 OMB

Dec 15 Our most trusted maid Jebel leaves today for her home province Iloilo. She is under extreme pressure from her father, mother, siblings, and relatives to work in the

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Maids and Drivers

February 24, 2020March 2, 2020 OMB

One of the challenges of having maids and drivers is how to make them get along.  How to find the balance in their different characters, personalities, differences, idiosyncrasies,  and how

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From 52 to 67

September 12, 2019September 13, 2019 OMB

Oyen is processing the SSS, Philhealth of our maids. Eto na, bistado na ang mga edad. Norm daw is 37. The biggest discovery is Antinola. Her employment application indicated she

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Ma-L na driver

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 OMB

Our former driver L sneaked out at night like a thief. He slept like a baby during daytime while waiting for us. Not just dozing-off or a quick nap but

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Antonia got mad at Norma

February 20, 2019February 19, 2019 OMB

February 18, 2019, Monday morning I was reading the newspaper in the great room when I heard Antonia’s loud voice coming from the maids’ dining area.  It sounded like she

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Fighting maids

May 15, 2017May 17, 2017 OMB

It’s only been a few days and yet there’s already a war brewing between our maids, the lava vs the cook. Our maids are fighting. I spoke to the labandera

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Dear Readers,

OMB was born out of my desire to keep my memoir alive for my family’s future generation. And more importantly for me, when I get so very old, I have something to look at and ponder on, to remember what my life was. I want to keep a record of all my activities but it’s difficult to do so because my lifestyle is a little varied so I find it hard to keep tab.


This site has been in existence since April 2011. I don’t draft nor edit my posts. I offer no apologies for all errors or mistakes. Read and proceed with caution.


My life’s more colorful than the rainbow and it also has tremendous amounts of gloomy days. It’s my decision to keep my personal diary open to everyone. I hope I don’t influence you in a bad way. Keep the good and throw away the bad. I hope there’s no bad.


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Annie C. Tan-Yee

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