You never know what you're NOT gonna get

On Sunday, Simple Sally cooked me bee hoon without omelette (even though I asked for omelette). On Monday, Simple Sally cooked me omelette without rice (even though I asked for rice).

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Maid No. 1 aka The Stalker

Her story… Only 25 and fresh from the remote mountains of Bukidnon in far-flung Mindanao, easternmost of the Philippines, without a single relative or friend here in Singapore, she missed her family and boyfriend greatly, wept daily. Why I kept her until I fired her… She was sweet, sincere and innocent (she swore her eternal [...]

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"… only pretty girls can go America…"

The maid was watching me assemble baby chef’s new toy kitchen playset that is not just fully equipped with a battery-operated stove, an oven with a grill, as well as a tap and a sink that really ran water, but also outfitted with an impressive array of kitchen accessories such as spatula, ladle and drainer, [...]

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Which came first… chicken or meat?

I instructed the maid on preparing Toffee’s dinner. Marinate the meat with basil and black pepper. Then cut the bell pepper, and chop some onion and garlic to steam together with the meat. Marinate the fish with basil, black pepper and lemon juice. Cut the tomato. After you’ve steamed the meat for some time, put [...]

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Maid & Rabbit

I stumbled on the maid vaccuming the rabbit’s cage, with the rabbit in it. Help.

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Fish & Chicken, or Green Beans too?

She eats lots of mushy baby food. These are usually prepared as purées, stored in baby food storage cubes and then put into the freezer. As the number of storage cubes we have are limited, the amount of purée to prepare at any one time has to be carefully managed in correspondence with the amount [...]

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Peaches & Plums

We asked the maid to go to the market to buy 4 peaches + 4 plums. She returned with 0 peaches + 10 plums (in 2 bags). Why didn’t you buy any peaches? Very expensive, Ma’am! Is it? How much were they? $1, 1! Oh ok. Peaches are usually this price… So why did you [...]

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