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You Must Follow My Rules!!!

If your boss handed you this rules on your first day of work, what will you do? I guess if you go to a foreign country to be a maid, and all the expenses that you had paid to get there, you really can't do anything. You just had to grin and bare with it.

These are the rules an employer gave to her maid.

BUILD CREDIBILITY AND TRUST
Do not steal anything. Stealing is an offence, punishable by law.

Do not use/consume any items that do not belong to you like perfume, creams, chocolates, chicken of essence, tonics, etc.

Honesty is the best policy. Else it would eliminate your credibility and our trust in you.

CODE OF CONDUCT
Respect everyone in the family. This will show good examples to children:
• Be courteous to everybody, no talking back and smile!
• Say please, thank you, sorry, good morning.
• Before you eat/use anything, think about whether Sir, M’am, Kids, have eaten/have enough.
• Ensure everyone has a portion of the food/snacks/drinks. M’am does grocery shopping during weekend.
• Do not open/read any letter that is not addressed to you.
• Do not touch or use family members' personal items. Check with M'am if unsure.

Do not show temper or pull a “long face” to M'am/Sir/children. If you have any concerns that disturb you, please raise promptly to M'am’s attention.

Do not open any cupboards, drawers or cabinets unless instructed.

Do not go into any bedroom when a male family member is in there.

Do not interfere when M'am/Sir is disciplining / talking to Kids/ .

Do not befriend strangers.



Do not open the door to strangers unless advised by M'am/Sir beforehand:
• Even if visitors claim to be from the government/company, or claim to know anybody from the family.
• If they continue to disturb you by making noise outside like banging on the door, etc, call M'am immediately.
• Strictly no visitors when M'am/Sir is not in.

Do not give home telephone number or address to outsiders.

Do not gossip with people in the neighbourhood.

Do not go out of the house without permission except going downstairs for school bus. Do not bring Kids to pool.

Always lock main door and remove key.

If there is an emergency at home, call M'am/Sir immediately.

Do not use the telephone for your private use without M'am/Sir's permission.


Do not waste water, electricity and gas:
• Switch off the water heater, lights and fan when not required.
• Use only the amount of water required.
• Do not turn on air conditioner without M'am/Sir's permission.

Keep room clean.


No moonlighting on your off-days as it is illegal:
• Off-day is only given from 7th month onwards.
• It is set to be the last Sunday of the month. If M'am needs to change, M'am will inform you in advance.
• 10am - 8pm. Do not be late as the children need to be asleep by 9pm and you are sharing room with them.


No going to doctor/hairdresser/etc without M'am’s permission:
• M'am will not top up the difference in S$ if you go to a more expensive place than what M'am recommends

Eat whatever M'am gives you. Do not skip meals or be choosy with food:
• Take 3 meals a day (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner).
• The same goes for sundry items, e.g. shampoo, soap, toothbrush/paste etc.
• If you do not like what M'am buys for you to eat/use, you may use your own money to buy.

Have sufficient rest - sleep around 10 pm. You can do some light reading / write mails but you cannot do this in expense of your sleep time.

Always stay close to M'am when going out.

Be polite to guests. Say hello and serve drinks.

No offensive materials like drug, cigarettes, etc. Check with M'am if unsure. Do not keep food in bed room.



CHILDCARE
Love, protect and be patient to Kids :
• Example of love - Always give them the fleshiest part of the fish as there are no bones that could hurt them.
• Example of protect - Do not let them go near fire, iron, fan, etc. Do not allow them to draw curtains.
• Example of patience - Be patient when feeding Kids , reading to Kids , supervising them in their homework.

Take care of their cleanliness:
• Wash their hands with soap before eating. Bathe them twice a day.
• Wash kids' and your hands after you bring her to the toilet.

Call M'am immediately if Kids are sick, falls down or is injured.

Inform M'am when child misbehaves or is disobedient. Do not take discipline (e.g. scolding or beating) into your own hands

Speak good English to Kids .



PERSONAL GROOMING AND HYGIENE
Be neat, tidy and clean at all times:• Wash your hair every night.
• Hair length no longer than shoulder.
• Finger and toe nails to be short. No nail polish.
• Bathe at least twice a day. Wear clean clothes after bath.
• Wash your hands thoroughly with soap after using toilet, cleaning house and before handing food/drinks.

No putting on of make-up, perfume/fragrance or jewellery.

Be appropriately dressed at all times.
• No wearing of revealing, body hugging clothes/pyjamas.
• No wearing of very short shorts.
• No wrapping of towel after bath and walking to room to change clothes.



JOB SCOPE
Taking care of children is the NUMBER 1 priority. Safety comes first!
• You are required to do housework and take care of Kids.
• When both tasks require your attention at the same time, you should attend to the children's need first.


Do all tasks properly and quickly by following work schedule that M'am had prepared:
• Take initiative. Do not need to be told what is next.
• Do not take short cuts in housework.
• Keep the house neat and clean at all times.
• Ask when in doubt to prevent misunderstanding.


Cooking:
• Prepare all ingredients before you start cooking to reduce cooking time.
• If Kid is alone at home, ensure she is doing something useful and safe before you start cooking.
• Close kitchen door before you cook only if someone is in the house looking after Kids.
• Turn off fire and cooker switch immediately once cooking is completed.
• Always ensure gas knobs are in the correct position after cooking. Do not just check for fire as M’am’s house is very windy.


Household and electrical items:
• Do not take anything from the house without permission.
• Handle all items with care. Inform M'am of any breakage, spoilage.
• Do not throw away anything without asking M'am.
• Inform M'am when groceries/toiletries/washing aids are running low. E.g. rice, salt, coffee, toilet rolls, dish washing liquid, etc.

Ensure all doors stick to door magnet as M'am's house is very windy.

Be careful with clothes during hand-wash/ironing. Check with M'am if unsure. Eg how long to soak before hand-wash, the setting on the iron for ironing.

Check with M’am before you throw away leftover food / anything.

Be careful not to scratch the car when washing the car.


COMMUNICATION
Send mails only to your family members within reasonable timeframe:
• No sending of mails to pen pals.
• Reasonably, there should be no more than 1 mail per week.
• Only letters. Do not send other things without M'am's permission (e.g. Photo, small items, money, etc).


You can ask to purchase a phone card - cost will be deducted from the pay:
• Ask permission for the use of phone from M'am/Sir before using the phone.
• Use of phone should not affect your attention to the children or work.
• You should also advise your family members to not call you after 10.00 pm.
• Reasonably, there should be no more than 2 calls per month.

No buying or owning of mobile phone. Mobile phone will be confiscated by M'am and only returned to you upon completion of contract.

Incoming calls to you should only be from your immediate family members in hometown.

Incoming calls for M'am/Sir:
• Greet the caller - Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening.
• If M'am/Sir is not in, inform caller "M'am/Sir is not in" and hang up phone IMMEDIATELY.
• Do not answer any questions over the phone from any callers except questions from M’am/Sir/Kids

You don't know how good your life is ... P2

Until you got a brother like mine.

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I didn't get this:

Neverfull

Instead, I got this:

Batignolles Horizontal

Reason?
Neverfull has a waiting list of 4-5 months.
That means in 4-5 months time if I get that bag, every Tammy, Daisy and Harriet are carrying this bag?

ps: LV gave me a catalogue and the prices for the 3 different sizes of Neverful.

China Wine - The Geisha

Can you tell she is a pastor and a pastor's wife?

I have 3 thoughts about this MTV:
1. The song - I don't get it with this MTV/Song. Can't really catch what she was singing/rapping except China Wine over, over and over again.

2. The dance - Her dance are just steps to her. Doesn't seems too smooth to me. You can tell if one can dance cos they are so natural. And you can tell if one is only doing the step. She is really only doing the steps.

3. What has Geisha got to do with China? Isn't geisha Japanese?