I am temporarily skipping my remaining posts from my travels to give way to my kwento about our maids and my dinner preparations and the actual party itself with some
Category: maids
We survived a week of zero maid. It’s no big deal actually. Our dogs are also handling it well. We feed them before we leave the house in the morning.
We have zero maid, not a single soul. Perfect timing pa mandin. After at least 10 years, I had nail polish. Yun pala kasi I will just do the dishes.
We feel so frustrated. The two maids (2 day old chicks) left yesterday. They had a tiff with the cook. So many alibis. One maid said she didn’t want to
We have a new set of household helpers. While I was away, my husband experienced first hand how it was like to deal with this maid phenomenon. They come and
Upon the suggestion of my husband, I stopped hiring maids from employment agencies. I’ve been spending a lot of money paying for office fees and cash advances but the maids
After delaying it for a few months, I finally fired our cook yesterday morning. It’s been long overdue. Every night, she cooks delicious meals we never got to taste. Chicken
No one wants maids or drivers or guards that are tsismoso and tsismosa. But I think most of them are. They talk about the people who employ them. They are
Cook C knows she’s up for replacement but ever since I told her that she’s leaving, she upped the ante. She was more jolly and for the first time she
Today’s their 15th day in our household. She and the house girl arrived on October 9, 2015 at 3:30 pm. While I was signing the employment contract, I caught the
Hired a new cook (again): Our previous cook was okay naman. I didn’t scold her and we didn’t complain about her cooking. She was friends with the house cleaner. I
I let maid H go two days after I found out that she was using my toothbrush to scrub my toilet sink and who knows what else. She didn’t have
Live without maids I went to Chat’s place last Saturday. She’s an art dealer and is the secretary of our family doctor. I had a small painting framed. She showed
I sat at the APEC conference the whole day last Thursday. In between breaks, I managed to say hellos to old friends and business organization acquaintances. On my 5th trip
Our previous maids lent our scissors, kitchen knives, tools, packaging tapes, to our neighbors’ drivers. We had no idea if they gave away some of our grocery items. An anonymous