No more Amah

We sent our amah home today.  And what a relief.  Its a weird feeling to be in.  I am supposed to be dreading the day, where now there will be no one to clean the house, to do the laundry or wash the car.  But I get a dose of relief.  I am not looking forward to the housework but I am looking forward to this day.  I just simply cant stand her anymore. 

I rambled about her alot and I even posted my rant here.  I've been upset in the past with her. And sometimes I came home to something I didnt want to see.  Not a very good feeling after one whole tired day at work.  She has no sense of direction on what she is supposed to do.  She has no idea what a housework is all about, unless I tell her to.  I've been guiding her and teaching her to do stuff and she never has no initiatives to do more, or to look for more.  There were lots of time when she doesnt do what I told her to do, then when I asked her she told me she forgot!  Forgot?  Stuff like she forgot to make tea in the morning, or wake up at 5am just like I asked to.  Those are routine work that she has to do every day.

Then we kept on losing money.  I first blog about it here then our daughter also lost about B$100 last December before the trip to Singapore.  The most recent one was our daughter lost her B$20 which she kept in her wardrobe.  Not that I am accusing her but that never happened before.  But today something she did make me think about what happened in the past.  I asked her how much money she had with her at the moment, and she told me she had sent all of her money via her sister who has left Brunei.  I was surprised to hear that. Apart from I didnt know she had a sister working in Brunei, I asked her when was that?  She said in December when we were out of the country. Why did she do that?  And if she has no money left, how come she always talk on her handphone every night to someone?  She also make friends with the amah around here.  She seems to have lots of friends where they talk and exchange things with them all the time.  She seldom go with me to do shopping, even for herself but I found chocolates, sweets and even books in her wardrobe or on her dresser.  Weird and lots of unanswered questions right?

Anyway,  because of her I dont feel like taking another amah anytime soon.  I am also looking forward to have the house to ourselves, without the presence of a stranger.  We could walk naked in the house if we want to now hehehe.  Not that we are going to but thats the idea. 

Our daughter also like the prospect of having the house to ourselves and she promised to help with the housework and I am so glad to hear that ;).  Phew..........