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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Meet my maid, Sam!



Meet my maid from Cambodia, Sam!
Her original name is Sambath Dano, but we called her Sam because Sambath sounds like '38' in chinese. LOL!

She looks even younger than us right?
Now I feel old! LOL! =P

She never been to any big shopping complex in her life, so we decided to bring her to 1 Utama, since she will be going back to Cambodia next week.

This is her first time drinking Chatime!
We treat her a cup of Chatime with PEARLS in it. She didn't know about the PEARLS because she never seen PEARLS before. And she just drank it directly without chewing. Luckily she didn't choke badly.

Actually, she really did her job as a maid well. She is just the age of 17, but she has to come so far, all the way from Cambodia and work in a foreign country. Such a young age, and she has to cope with housework. Pity her isn't it? That's why I always chat with her so she won't feel lonely. We even teach her how to read and write in English too. Now she can speak and write simple English, and even understand simple Malay and Chinese language. 





Well, I guess I will really miss her when she returns to Cambodia next week. She told us that she wanted to continue her studies using her money earned here. But recently, she told us she will come back in another 3 months time. She wanted to stay here and work with us. Feel so touched when we heard this. That means we have feelings among each other. But at the same time we wanted her to continue her studies. Education is much more important, and we do not want her to live her life as a maid. How how how? :(




20 comments:

  1. wow. i didnt know got such young age maid. O.o

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    1. actually we didn't know her actual age until she started working at my home. LOL!

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  2. wah your maid xD i tot is ur friend

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  3. I guess you can bring her to night classes? or slowly teach her bit by bit like what you guys are doing now :)

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    1. hmm, she is kind of afraid of people though. thats why she rarely goes out with us. teach her bit by bit might be a good option! :)

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  4. aww tats so sweet. well,she makes the final decision. just support her no matter what :)

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  5. Gosh, she looks really young & sweet! I miss my maids too, but they're Indonesians.

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  6. i thought it was illegal to work as a maid before the age of 18. she deserves a better education for sure.

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    1. yeah, it was illegal but we don't know that when she came here. she wanted to stay, so yeah. =)

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  7. thank god she meets you and your family that take good care of her :)

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  8. Oh dear! 17 years old is pretty young for a maid. Up to date, the youngest maid I had was like 20+++... It's quite pity for people especially from third countries had to start working abroad since they were so young.

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    1. yeah, pity them sometimes isn't it? they have to bluff their age to come here and work. sigh! :(

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  9. She's so sporting, pose for your camera somemore! So cute :D I think at such young age, she should really study first unless her family needs her to support them then she might need to work with you guys again.

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    1. haha, way too adorable rite? alright, will advice her that way :)

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