Before anything, I just wanna say...
Dad finally turned 49!
The family celebrated his birthday the evening I had my first paper for Finals. Now that I'm in the east, it's quite a hassle for me to travel just for his birthday. So, yeah. I had to give the celebration a miss. But hey, I still love you Dad no matter what.
Jemput-jemput, the only banana thing I'll eat
Living at Cik Ita's place means I'm gaining weight exponentially. My aunt has a maid and really, her current maid deserves the Best Maid Award. I've grown up getting to know a lot of maids, especially my aunts' maids. Their family, their childhood, their past work experiences... everything I got to know just by chatting with them.
One time, I even got to know of this maid, Bibik Mar, and got really close with her through one of my holiday trips with my grandparents. I was really sad when she left because she's really another good maid. I still call her once in a while to see if she's doing well back in Indonesia. Well, so far so good. She's married with a kid now. Arranged marriage, sort of. She got married to her brother's best friend who had always had a crush on her and probably tried to steal some looks whenever he dropped by. She showed me his passport photo before and really, he's quite good looking. I need to go and visit her soon to check on her child.
A good maid is to me, a maid who really does her job well.
Makes sure the tasks given are all done.
Not easily distracted by guys. Really this is so important, because I came across so many maids who started having affairs to the point they got pregnant, some of these maids are even married and their husbands are back in their hometown.
Honest. So many times I came across maids who stole things from their employers, my family was a victim before.
As of now, my aunt's current maid ticks all the boxes.
I'm a pretty messy person. After studying at night, I'll just leave my stuff and sleep. I don't bother cleaning them up. But she never fails to clean them up for me every single time. My aunt is also pretty strict with maids using their handphones. But this current maid who I calls Bibik, always make sure all the things she need to do is done... then she will use her phone. I really like it when I hear her talking to her kids. They sound really adorable and from their voices, you can really hear how much they miss her.
The past few days I also make it a point to wake up early because Bibik will never eat before me. She makes it a point for me to eat before her because I'm just like one of the employers. Really made me speechless. A few days ago, I woke up at 1 p.m. and I found out she had not eaten so I forced her to eat with me.
I really hope time slows down, because really... I don't wanna say goodbye to Bibik. I don't know when else will I ever meet someone so nice like her 😪
Oh and Daya sent this to me, guess someone is missing me a little too much.