The Relocation

A lot of things have happened since the last I posted. Now that I have a bit of extra time on my hands, I was thinking of noting them down here. Isaac has truly grown to be a joy to both me and Francis. He is now 19 months old, how time flies! He can count from 1-20, is obsessed with animals and Old MacDonald, and utter simple words. I am ready for #2!

Some may or may not know that my husband has been working in Singapore for the past one year and hence I have always been (almost) like a single parent. Thank God for my own parents who is there to help out. He only comes back over the weekend. 

I knew that this is not a doable long-term solution, with no extra help and the family being apart. I am exhausted from work - having to work long-hours. Typically I am only relieve off work at around 9ish. By the time I am back home, I need to do simple household chores, wash Isaac's stuff, and pack his things for daycare tomorrow. Isaac gets up early at 7:30am and thankfully he is pretty independent, so he can drink his milk while I quickly shower. This is a general routine on good days. 

However, on days that he is unwell I am a complete zombie with severe lack of sleep. My ELs has been maximised as I am the one constantly on leave having to take care of the little one. 

That being said, I have not known fatigue as I do now. Work performance has plummet and I can no longer concentrate and put in the hours as I work like to at work. 

And so, we've decided to relocate down to Singapore to be with my husband. And hence, began the tedius tiring exciting journey of a migration. Doing it all (almost) on my own!

XOXO,

Geri 

Trust and Pinoy Maids - They Don't Go Hand-in-Hand

Sorry for creating a sweeping statement like the above, but too many stories with regards to them that I can't help but generalise.

Roughly about 6 months back, we hired a live-in Filipino maid as my husband isn't around to help me out with the baby and the house. Her name is Anna Lisa Argote. At first, we thought we were so lucky to land with a good one at the first try (yes, we heard a lot of horror maid stories). 

Fast forward to 6 months later and out of the blue, she suddenly disappeared from my parents' place and suddenly reappeared - on the notion that she had to do some "transfer of funds" back to the Philippines on behalf of her cousin who is residing in USA. Whatever it is, the entire story was a whole-load of bullcrap.

Needless to say, we sent her back that night itself with the agent. Lo and behold, she dare to accuse me to the agent of (i) over-working her, (ii) stress working with my mum, (iii) withholding her handphone, and (iv) delaying in payment of her salary. Another load of bullcrap.

Not only that, we later found out that she had a spare handphone all along and has been removing her SIM card every time that she pass her handphone to me when she was working. She even had the audacity to take pictures wearing my clothes and prancing around in my bedroom while I was working and uploading on FB!

I also found out after checking her spare phone that she has been visiting her pinoy friends around the condo and she dare say she NEVER step foot out before. No wonder she was soooo tired and overworked! Technically, she has ample time to rest before starting work at my mum's place!

And best part above all? She told the agent that she is SOOOOOOOOO happy when Sir (i.e. my husband) is back. WTH do you freaking mean by that???

Anyway, I kicked her ass back to Philippines already. No more live-in maids!! At least for now. Phobia! Luckily discovered all these earlier, else I don't know what other secrets or devious methods she'll try to use to seduce my husband.

XOXO,
Geri