new era

before my maid left, my family very confidently agreed that we don't need another one. we're all so grown-up now, we should be able to take care of the house without much difficulty, we thought. we also had a part-time cleaner come by once a week to do the more tiresome chores.

and so we soldiered on, taking turns to do the dishes and clean the house. everything went swimmingly well for the first week or so, with each one of us doing our part (and my mother doing the biggest part), before we started getting lazy.

it was then did we realise that when we're lazy, the dishes aren't gonna do themselves, the floor is not gonna mop itself, the washing machine ain't gonna magically turn on and the bamboo poles aren't gonna float outta the window.

with each of us 3 siblings married to our computers, and my mother out at work all day, the house was starting to go to the dumps. one too many cat-vomiting incidents later, we finally gave in and our new maid is expected to arrive tomorrow.

we lasted less than a month. and i hope this one is gonna be more normal.