The first thing that I noted on my blog before I began writing was the date. Thank God the last entry is of the same month. I intend to keep my enteries regular inshallah even if they are short. I think I am down with maid fever.
Nearly two weeks ago I decided to keep a full time maid. Apart from the obvious questions of why would I require such services and where would I put her, the question of how would I procure one became quite a headache. From putting ads in my supermarket, to approaching dodgy companies to running after friends' maids' contacts ( wonder if the apostrophes are well in order). It has been a learning curve to say the least.
I just had to take a break to explain to my maid in my higgledy piggeldy Arabic that she can eat and drink whatever she wants.

Pros and Cons of keeping a maid

I think I will add on this list as time passes
1. You get a chance to not only excercise your vocal chords, your brain jogs an extra mile trying to construe a sentence that works despite being in three languages or may I say four.
(Arabic, English, Urdu and Indonesian)
2. You discover google translate and though it makes your life harder when you find the correct alternative but the maid is still clueless, it is a marvellous discovery nonetheless. ( Gosh my sentences are getting loooonger, but who cares. Here I am the boss and yup no. 3 stems from this)
3. You are the boss.
4. Think again when you have to give endless demonstrations for the umpteenth time by washing the sink or mopping!
5. Meeting a cornocopia of characters. Listening to unbelievable demands like 'I want an attached bath!'
6. Privacy can go out of the window.
7.Finding yet again that life is a surprise. The most unlikeliest of the candidates stepping up to do the job.
5. Some good things come with a pinch of salt. Another reason to thank Allah that He has blessed us!