oh hohohohoh

got the luxury to sit down and blog liao. 

no need to cheong housework liao!! 

lol!

yup, after a week 3 days of no helper, we decided..... WE NEED A HELPER!!

ya, super weak right. 

to think that i had contemplated the idea of not having one and just rely on part-time cleaners and order tingkat for food. 

honestly, hubb did try to engage a part-time cleaner. searched online, but earliest available is like 2wks later? then MIL happened to have a contact and passed it to us.. so hubb happily engaged that auntie to come help us. 

and in the end, the auntie who came..... alamak.... looks old and weak. a fairly big- sized elder lady with obvious leg pain issue (from the way she walks). the way she talks also super weak.... 有气无力..... 

honestly, when i saw her, i had just wanted to pay her half the price and ask her to go back. not that i 歧视老人, but how to bear letting an old lady (with leg pain someomore!) help us clean the house while the 4 of us laze around???!

wah lau eh... really.... 

in the end, we just let her do la. also not nice to shoo her off like that. and actually her work is not too bad. and before she went off, she still asked hubb if he is satisfied with her work and that next time round, she will bring some equipment to clean the higher areas. 

then a few days after that, she texted hubb to ask to fix the next appointment. 

but we had already engaged a new helper le, so hubb told her no need le.

urghh. felt so bad la. she must have tot we are not satisfied with her. 

haii. ask her to come clean, also feel bad. dont ask her to come clean, also feel bad, cuz she got no income liao. haiiz. really... 

and then the tingkat.... from what i gathered, it's not cheap at all. and the food are delivered b/w 3 to 7pm. if they can deliver by 3pm, means the food are cooked way eariler, perhaps 1pm... and if we eat by 7pm, it would be a lapse of 6hours already. so no way we are eating fresh food right. then hubb was saying if so, we might as well just tabao from the hawker stalls. then i told him we cannot be eating outside food everyday right. and then he rebutted, isint tingkat also outside food?

gurp. 

true, but not so true la. at least the tingkat websites claimed so, that they are healthier choices blah blah. but i really am not comfortable eating food that are prepared so many hrs in advance. of cuz MIL can cook for us, but also dont wanna trouble her everyday.... 

so, 东想西想... and balancing the costs.... hiring a helper is still more worthwhile la. 

someone to do all the chores... can cook is bonus, but if cannot, at least can help to wash the dishes after i cook. and now wfh ma, i can teach where possible. 

and just stop struggling la. i tell u, that few days without helper, really 忙东忙西, 忙non-stop. no time to do the things that i want to do le! really can die! 

so yup. next post then continue on the maid search journey this time. 

LOL