This is what happen if your don't wash your car for 30 days !!!!
August 31, 2008
August 30, 2008
August 28, 2008
Maid VS Mas Selamat
There are several simple reasons why many Singaporean employers are reluctant to give their maids a day off.
You see, if the maid runs away, the government will fine the employer $5,000. If the maid commits a crime such as shoplifting, the government will fine the employer $5,000.
If the maid is caught having sex with someone, the government will fine the employer $5,000. If the maid gets pregnant, the government will also fine the employer $5,000.
If you didn't know any of the above, then either you do not employ a maid, or you didn't read the small print of the Manpower Ministry's
work permit conditions.
Many employers are afraid that if their maid has a day off and gets into trouble, the employer will not only have to solve the trouble, but also have to fork out $5,000 as a free gift to the government.
Intuitively, this smacks of gross unfairness. The employer gets punished not for something he did, but for something that somebody else (the maid) did. Furthermore, once the maid leaves the employer's residence, the employer has no way of monitoring where the maid goes and what she does there.
We may draw a curious parallel with Mas Selamat's escape, and PM Lee's determined, if muddled, defence of Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng in Parliament.
Mas Selamat ran away not from a house but from detention! But PM Lee said that Wong Kan Seng was not at fault and should not be punished in any way. The reason being that Wong Kan Seng personally did not do anything which allowed Mas Selamat to escape even under detention, with guards, security and all!!
Strangely, if your maid runs away, it IS your fault and you SHOULD be punished. Even if you did not personally do anything to let her run away (apart from giving her a day off).
Similarly, if your maid becomes pregnant, it IS your fault and you SHOULD be punished. Even if you did not personally do anything to make her pregnant.
Oh well. What can I say? Maids are not terrorists. But then you are not Wong Kan Seng. So the rules remain stacked against you. Wong Kan Seng gets off lightly, but you won't. Even if his lapse has far
greater, and graver, implications than yours.
Your runaway maid wouldn't blow up Changi Airport , would she?
You see, if the maid runs away, the government will fine the employer $5,000. If the maid commits a crime such as shoplifting, the government will fine the employer $5,000.
If the maid is caught having sex with someone, the government will fine the employer $5,000. If the maid gets pregnant, the government will also fine the employer $5,000.
If you didn't know any of the above, then either you do not employ a maid, or you didn't read the small print of the Manpower Ministry's
work permit conditions.
Many employers are afraid that if their maid has a day off and gets into trouble, the employer will not only have to solve the trouble, but also have to fork out $5,000 as a free gift to the government.
Intuitively, this smacks of gross unfairness. The employer gets punished not for something he did, but for something that somebody else (the maid) did. Furthermore, once the maid leaves the employer's residence, the employer has no way of monitoring where the maid goes and what she does there.
We may draw a curious parallel with Mas Selamat's escape, and PM Lee's determined, if muddled, defence of Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng in Parliament.
Mas Selamat ran away not from a house but from detention! But PM Lee said that Wong Kan Seng was not at fault and should not be punished in any way. The reason being that Wong Kan Seng personally did not do anything which allowed Mas Selamat to escape even under detention, with guards, security and all!!
Strangely, if your maid runs away, it IS your fault and you SHOULD be punished. Even if you did not personally do anything to let her run away (apart from giving her a day off).
Similarly, if your maid becomes pregnant, it IS your fault and you SHOULD be punished. Even if you did not personally do anything to make her pregnant.
Oh well. What can I say? Maids are not terrorists. But then you are not Wong Kan Seng. So the rules remain stacked against you. Wong Kan Seng gets off lightly, but you won't. Even if his lapse has far
greater, and graver, implications than yours.
Your runaway maid wouldn't blow up Changi Airport , would she?
August 27, 2008
August 26, 2008
Preparation UPDATES !
Ok... Updates on our wedding preparation progress !!!
Dinner Venue : Checked and confirmed pending food tasting
Bridal Service : checked, pending alterations for bride. As for me, i still dun know what to wear.....
Photoshoot : Checked, pictures taken and selected awaiting for finalization
Photographer : Hired. Yup its TAK !
Videographer : hmmmmz..... wonder if Mr Phua will be helping me...
Wedding theme : heck, i dun know ....
Guest list : gosh my parents are taking forever to conclude their list
Makeup artist : awaiting Octavia which seems to take forever also
Room reno: 1/2 done ... i want my new latex bed !!!!
Hotel room: haven book
Driver : Mr Ng !!! Pending also, might last min change due to work commitment
Brothers and sisters : till date, nothing fruitful from me
Honeymoon : nah ..... i dun know. Staying at home maybe?
So have i left out with?
Could kindly highlight to me please?
Thanks !!!
So in conclusion, most of the things is not done ...
hmmmm........ its only a few months more and what are we doing ?
Dinner Venue : Checked and confirmed pending food tasting
Bridal Service : checked, pending alterations for bride. As for me, i still dun know what to wear.....
Photoshoot : Checked, pictures taken and selected awaiting for finalization
Photographer : Hired. Yup its TAK !
Videographer : hmmmmz..... wonder if Mr Phua will be helping me...
Wedding theme : heck, i dun know ....
Guest list : gosh my parents are taking forever to conclude their list
Makeup artist : awaiting Octavia which seems to take forever also
Room reno: 1/2 done ... i want my new latex bed !!!!
Hotel room: haven book
Driver : Mr Ng !!! Pending also, might last min change due to work commitment
Brothers and sisters : till date, nothing fruitful from me
Honeymoon : nah ..... i dun know. Staying at home maybe?
So have i left out with?
Could kindly highlight to me please?
Thanks !!!
So in conclusion, most of the things is not done ...
hmmmm........ its only a few months more and what are we doing ?
August 14, 2008
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