i am not afraid to stand alone~~if Allah is by my side

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

apo nak di kato?

i felt so disgusted after having read the news on straits times today

"EMPLOYER WHO DIDN'T PAY MAID FOR OVER 6 YEARS"

i'm sure most of you out there have already heard or read about it

but only today did i really understand the whole 'complexity' of the story or the lack of it rather

oh come on lah.....a maid has not been paid for over 6 years and yet have baseless self-defence story to back you up

oh wow, this is incredulity at its max

something is terribly wrong here

imagine if i work in a company that does not pay me for over 6 years

i would give myself 3 months

maybe 2

maybe 1

just after a day of not seeing the 4 figure on my atm screen before calling it quits and head straight to the MOM - ministry of manpower to lodge a complain

this i understand perfectly,

coming from a grounded education

and having been living in a cosmopolitan country

where we know the rules and our rights as an employee

furthermore this is our homeland

so we know we are protected

but do that to a less educated person,

a foreigner at it,

hailing from far-away land where life has already been hard enough for the poor lady

earning lesser than what we would have been paid an hour for a day back home??

that is downright despicable act

whatever reasons (ex) employer have or had

"husband supposed to pay salary, i pay levy"

"although i didn't pay her, i loved her very much, like my own daughter"

that still did not justify her actions

it certainly did not exonerate her from her wrongdoings

bottomline is,

UKUR BAJU DI BADAN SENDIRI

employ if you can afford a FDW (foreign domestic worker)

look for alternative if you can't

i do know someone who once faced the same problem though fault was not hers entirely

what i'm getting at exactly is that she managed the problem pretty well

it's all about planning carefully and

managing one's finances prudently

just don't forget to remind ourselves,

a maid is not just a maid

she is our AMANAH

a responsibility

an obligation

at the end of the day

she is also a human being like us

flesh and blood

and when we die

we are accountable for all our deeds

neither our husbands

nor our children

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semoga Allah memberi hidayahNya ke atas hamba Allah yang melakukan kesilapan

sesungguhnya manusia tidak pernah lepas dari membuat dosa

kepadaNya kami mohon keampunan

kepadaNya kami kembali

Amin

Wednesday, February 20, 2008