maid oh maid - part I

Must we give up? Must we not?

This maid issue has been bugging me & my family for quite sometime.

When sis got pregnant, all of us agreed that sis & BIL should be looking for a maid to help with the house chores later. Besides, mom is around to assist. We decided to have a maid before sis give birth, in order for us to train and make her comfortable and use to our environment. Quoting mom, “Kalau mak ni macam dulu, tak payah buang2 duit amik maid ni…mak dah tak berapa larat… tapi, nak tgk2 tu boleh la…”

So, few months after sis got pregnant, we got the maid. Her name is Susan (pronunciation is not Susan as in English, it is Su-San – the Japanese ‘san’)
She’s young, petite and hyper. She knows nothing bout house chores. She loves to sing and watch telly. But, she is also a fast learner.
It was my final year, final semester when she came. So, most of the time, I was at home, training her with the house chores. She learns fast and did well. Alhamdulillah…
As time passes away… she’s quite well liked by all of us. Not 100% la. She can be really forgetful sometimes and also absent minded. Until one day, we found out that she started to flirt around with the ‘orang angkat sampah’, postman, ‘Bangla contractor’ and few other strangers who is now started to come to the house passing letters. Sis questioned us. We are not trying to cage her or something, but we are worry about safety. We also found out that she started to exchange notes with the entire maid in the area. Sis couldn’t help it and decide to send her back and ask for replacement. Our biggest worry is that later, when the baby is out, anything could happen to mom and baby when all of us are not around.

The replacement came after BigD was born. Her name is Marwah. She’s in her late 30s. Claimed as experienced and well mannered. Since, she was in the house, she hardly pray and loves to eat. She also loves to talk to her self and BigD had a sleepless nights. We lead ourselves to a bigger worry.One fine day, while BigD was asleep, mom taught Marwah the correct way to do the laundry. One of the dress fall down and mom quickly grab it and give it to her. Since that the dress is quite long it actually accidentally swipe her face a little. She mumbles “mak cik kurang sopan” to mom. Mom got shocked and asks her to repeat what ever she says again. She actually repeats the statement again. Mom asks her why. She told mom that she can’t stand with mom's prayers and she can’t stand to live in the house anymore. Mom called sis & BIL as soon as possible asking them to come home early and face Marwah.

When sis got back, she claimed that she wanted to be sent home. "Mak cik keras, saya mau pulanng...", is what she said. while waiting for BIL to be home, BigD cried endlessly. Poor lil baby. When BIL is finally home, they had concluded that they will send her home and will seek for replacement again, from the agency. But, not that night, of course, the following morning.

But, that night, none of us could sleep. BigD was crying not stop and started to turn blue. None of us could comfort him anymore. Mom ask us to recite Yassin, Manzil and other things that we know. BigD will stop for a while, butstarted crying again. He looked like as if someone is trying to chocked him. I ask BIL to azan. Alhamdulillah, BigD stop crying.

We quickly call MakCikSiah, mom's good friend cum sis's bidan for help on BigD. The moment she step into our house, she asked us all to leave the house immediately and send Marwah back to the agency using diffrent car. I accompanied BIL to the agency. We almost met with an accident on our way there.

Yes, it was her black magic. She uses black magic to conquer the house and to make sure our family members listen to her. Too bad & Alhamdulillah, Allah protects us.


...to be continued...