maid arrived

i finally picked up the maid at 6-ish earlier on.

she was a little serious when she first saw me. immediately, she stood up and greeted me "good evening sir!" and following that, she stood at attention as i signed the papers. i had to ask her to sit down before she did so, and even then, in a very prim and proper manner.

well, she was kinda tensed i must say. but soon enough, she kinda warmed up to us and relaxed a little. mum was kinda ticklish and giggled quite a bit when she saw how the maid reacted. after we settled her into the room, we went out for dinner. again, she was kinda shy and didn't eat much of the chicken on the plate. i had to serve her and mum kept asking her to eat. and mum, in her usual self, asked for durians and buah duku langsat after dinner… and again, the maid was kinda surprised by all the food we bought and the stuff we got for her.

it was kinda weird for me also cos throughout the evening, i didn't have to push the wheelchair (as i always did) and instead, walked ahead of mum and the maid. and when we came home, the maid went straight to the laundry room to wash the clothes… and there i was, feeling lost - not much different from feeling like a "maid" who has lost my job to another maid. told that to lp and she accurately portrayed it as me losing my job to a "foreign talent". hahah!

well, for the record, it's as much interesting for us to get used to the new maid as it is for her to get use to us. but we shall see. if anything, i think it will work out well… 

:-)