tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post1557623584818785718..comments2024-03-03T20:31:09.646+08:00Comments on Second Shot: 2nd Shot: Let Your Maid Carry Your BagIcemoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-6243668142791388382011-10-24T20:22:25.113+08:002011-10-24T20:22:25.113+08:00Haha, I guess the humour is in the creativity afte...Haha, I guess the humour is in the creativity after that, battalion of maids serving our nation. :PIcemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-71022699959848158822011-10-24T08:16:15.412+08:002011-10-24T08:16:15.412+08:00Even my colleagues here in Indonesia know about th...Even my colleagues here in Indonesia know about this episode. Interestingly enough, they don't see the humour behind it. One of my male colleagues told me that if this happened in Indonesia, the fella who took the photo would probably have his phone smashed (and that is only if the soldier is in a good mood)Aaron "Six Stomachs" Chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087402949981489515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-26556801418384768602011-10-08T18:06:43.338+08:002011-10-08T18:06:43.338+08:00Tit-for-tat: Maid agencies get penalised for pric...Tit-for-tat: Maid agencies get penalised for price fixing and the ball is in Manpower Minsitry's court about that ridiculous test for maids. <br /><br />We need oral and hand skills, not written skills. Maybe some who ever came out with that policy and orgiven the mandate for that policy practise written notes/memos to maids. Naturally it becomes essential to be able to write good English.peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-28892372480917880082011-10-08T14:38:10.922+08:002011-10-08T14:38:10.922+08:00It may just get worse. After the price fixing by m...It may just get worse. After the price fixing by maid agencies and subsequent demanding of minimum wage by their governments, the maids will be exploited to do more, in return of a higher salary.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-79684370795045520172011-10-06T05:08:40.049+08:002011-10-06T05:08:40.049+08:00I put this problem on parents.
I have witnessed p...I put this problem on parents.<br /><br />I have witnessed parents (either mum or dad) who are against the NS system in Singapore for one reason or the other "sympathising" with their enlisted sons.<br /><br />Each time son complains about treatment/favoritism during BMT, parents fly into a rage. Coupled with growing affluence (and becoming more "How Lian"), parents see foreign domestic worker as an opportunity to solve son's problem.<br /><br />Why not you say after all foreign domestic worker is "GDman" in the house - wash car,walk dogs, cook, baby sit, clean house, polish shoes, bring tea for madam, find lost & found things in the house?<br /><br />So son has foreign domestic worker to carry his pack.<br /><br />Or how about parents (with daughters) who are afraid of dark shadows and/or dark people on Singapore streets that foreign domestic worker must wait at bus stop to accompany precious home? Not only carry school bag but also piggy-ride precious on bicycle?<br /><br />No wonder some maids tired of working and seek opportunities like talk-talk on h/phone or look for dark ppl for a listening year.<br /><br />So there's 2 sides of the coin to any argument.peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-30579169642983534442011-10-03T22:00:53.755+08:002011-10-03T22:00:53.755+08:00Oops, it is the path from the Tanah Merah MRT exit...Oops, it is the path from the Tanah Merah MRT exit to Bedok Rise.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-13987711889688891162011-10-03T19:41:04.841+08:002011-10-03T19:41:04.841+08:00You never tell us where is this place.You never tell us where is this place.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.com