Hi! I'm back! I laid off, not because of waning interest to blog but because of my exhaustion from covering chores initially undertaken by 3 persons!! Good exercise though!!
It was a Monday morning (22/02/10) between 6.30am - 7.00am on a "Chap Goh Meh" that I discovered the maids gone, with my handbag ! I had conveniently, the night before, left on the chair, my handbag containing rm6,000 (which was to be banked in), 2 cheque books, 8 credit cards, identity card, driving licence, a 10 MP camera, holiday apartment's keys & house keys along with important notes & documents!!
My losses did not stop there! There was a penalty charge of rm250 for each maid, Rm8000 & Rm8300 already paid to the agent when securing the maids, charges for change of locks for entire house, charges for credit cards replacement, charges for marking presented cheques etc!!
A hefty price I paid for a lesson learnt .... NEVER TRUST a maid anymore with ANYTHING!
My mum had always, on her visits to Penang, warned me to lock up my handbag & I would always brush her off with "Arghhh ..... I shouldn't be engaging them if I don't trust them!" I'm thankful Mum didn't rub into my sore with a "I TOLD U SO!!"
In fact, except for a small safe (a gift from Citibank), u would never find any drawer or cabinet with locks in my HOME! Stories of burglars damaging locked compartment etc resulting in further expenses incurred repairing, made me decide against having locks!! Guess I've got second thoughts now!
