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by langkawi06 » Sat, 28 Mar 2009 9:04 pm
are you supposed to use just one agency or several agencies when trying to find a maid?? how does this whole process work????
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by Bafana » Sun, 29 Mar 2009 6:05 am
Try multiple agencies.
One good tip is to talk with a friends maid and ask them if their agency is OK and if she is happy with them or if not which one would she recommend. The maids talk and know who are good and look after them and who is not.
Maids who have been inSingapore for aome time are also a good idea (especially if they have left their employer because the employer has left the country and not if they are return to sender).
Last tip treat the maid like a memeber of the family with respect and boundaries. Give some freedom and recieve loyality.
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by langkawi06 » Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:16 pm
thanks for the tips, truly appreciated...... not looking forward to this whole process at all....
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by Bafana » Sun, 29 Mar 2009 1:03 pm
If you remember they are people just like yourself and give respect there is nothing to wory about. Everything will be fine.
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by dejavulupa » Sun, 12 Apr 2009 1:45 am
Just a thought! Better to find those who are not experience at all. They are new comer to overseas field of work. First comer to singapore. Those maid are easy to train and teach.
They are prone to be loyal to us (if we treat them nicely and humanly)
But, yes we need to be extra diligent to teach them and a bit tired. But it's only happen for couple of months. After that, those maid will be more decent and helpful rather than experienced one.
I've been thru this a lot.
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by Vaucluse » Sun, 12 Apr 2009 1:59 pm
any tips on maid hiring??
Possibly yes:
Possibly no:

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by Vaucluse » Tue, 14 Apr 2009 8:45 pm
Wow, actually received a tut-tut PM for this post.
Joke, get it?
Move along, nothing to see here. . . not even a sense of humour
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by road.not.taken » Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:20 pm
I actually like the first picture. A tribute to Vargas, who I love.
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by Vaucluse » Wed, 15 Apr 2009 1:53 pm
road.not.taken wrote:I actually like the first picture. A tribute to Vargas, who I love.
Yes . . . umm . . . that's why I like it as well . . .

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by road.not.taken » Wed, 15 Apr 2009 4:56 pm
I think the bottom picture looks like Norman Bates's 'mother' from Psycho. Is it possible you've mixed metaphors?
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by QRM » Wed, 15 Apr 2009 7:29 pm
The first one was like one of our previous maids, I thought she was OK walking around the house in hot pants.
Wife made sure she didn't stay for long,
Second one was like the another of our maids who got arrested and sent to nut house.
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by Vaucluse » Wed, 15 Apr 2009 8:32 pm
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by Vaucluse » Wed, 15 Apr 2009 8:33 pm
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by Strong Eagle » Wed, 15 Apr 2009 9:43 pm
Unbelievably stupid and silly! I love it.
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by Vaucluse » Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:49 am
Strong Eagle wrote:Unbelievably stupid and silly! I love it.
Me or the duck?
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