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domestic helper

Takes Two To Tango

Last month we found a domestic helper. Let’s just call her “Y”. Explained to her what I needed and wanted also gave her a week of ‘probation’. A dear friend of mine told me about her ‘1 week probation’ that she’s been using for years with her domestic helpers. No string attached, if within that one week I’m not happy or vice versa then I’ll just pay her for that whole week. Simple as it sounds I had a hard time… First, adjusting to have someone, a stranger in your house daily is pretty weird at first. We never have any domestic helper before although when I grew up my mom always has at least one lived-in helper. Secondly, it’s .....

In Searching For The "One"

After living with my parents for several months, being in our own place means life goes back to normal or as normal as it can be for me. Errands to run, a pad to clean up, a family to feed, etc…etc… you know the drill of a stay at home mom’s life. However, this SAHM doesn’t have an assistant yet unlike so many families living in Indonesia, particularly in Jakarta. Yes, we have a driver from the company but as for a domestic help we haven’t find one yet. Oh something funny did happened when I was introduced to someone who’s looking to fill in that position, turned out she suffers from fear of heights. So the search goes on… .....