Talking about maids.....some stories are just too much.

Over here in the States, well, u could get someone to
come to your place to clean up and do your laundry
at an hourly rate, usually from USD20 to USD50.
That depends on the work that needed to be done and
also, the location.

In Hongkong, the Filipino maids are very popular.
I am not sure how much the cost is but it is pretty
pricey. In Indonesia, Indonesian maids are very
popular since the country produce the most maids
to the South East Asia region. Some household has a
few maids. WOW!! One specialize in cooking,
the other keeping the house tidy and another,
ensuring the laudry is taken care of.
TOO MUCH lah!!

In Malaysia, Indonesian maids are popular. I know
a few of my relatives has maids. You could see
maids from households to the restaurant and from
the nursing place to the street vendors(hawker).

The maids at the nursing place are paid around
USD100 per month and they work from 6am to
11pm 24/7. The maids hired for domestic chores
are paid the same amount. Here is the problem.

Most people who has maids claimed that they
do not work hard. To make things worse, I know
there are people who 'make sure the maids are
isolated from the world'. They, sort of, lock them
within the house itself with no correspondence
with the outside world. I think this is too much.
Well, if I lock you in your house 24/7, how would
u feel?

When you are really bored, u will do whatever it
takes to kill time. Some people complained that
the maids ransack the whole house and steal the
precious belongings. Ever wonder why they do that?

Maids are humans after all and they deserve some
sort of freedom. They are not slaves you know.
There are many stories that the maids eloped with
the husbands, etc. Ever thought of why that is
happening?

It's pretty sad that 'sweat shops' happens and there
are no authority to investigate. Are they all related
to corruption in one way of another?

The housing market in Penang is crazy. You could
see big and high dense apartments being build. Well,
who is actually doing all the hard labor? Indonesian
workers!! How about their dorm? I witnessed that
some of them actually walk across the street to get
water from the tap nearby. What does that mean?


The truth is out there.