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Advertisements “One dollar! One dollar!” exclaims my daughter as she tries to sell her wares to my staff from the shop set her grandma gave her today. She must have learned selling from Ryan’s Toy Review. Either that, or one dollar is too cheap a price for legitimate wares. Another Mommy asked how to teach […]
Read MoreAdvertisements My promodiser was caught sleeping on duty. She was suspended for three days, as she had a tendency to sleep on the job and was vocally warned multiple times. “I didn’t sleep on the job,” she wrote in her incident report. “I only closed my eyes.” Great, at least she didn’t say that she was […]
Read MoreAdvertisements As agencies have increased their fees to now Php 6,000 to Php 18,000 for every successful referral, there is a need to be more self-sufficient in finding yayas on our own. “But I would rather wait to get a referral from someone I know,” some mommies would say. “At least they can be trusted […]
Read MoreAdvertisements All of you know that I have been looking for a yaya (stay-in babysitter) ever since my old yaya didn’t come home for the holidays last December. While the experience has been very frustrating — we treated her like family, and she didn’t even have the decency to inform us she won’t be returning […]
Read MoreAdvertisements My daughter refuses to finish her lunch because she wants to open up her new gift, a Cinderella castle made of Lego. So she’s at the floor moping, whining and refusing to eat her lunch. It’s dirty on the floor, but she doesn’t care. She wants to play Lego with her daddy, and SHE […]
Read MoreAdvertisements Big sale in SM Mall of Asia I bought this classic Timex watch during the big SM sale. It cost me less than php 1,740.00 (USD 30) at 50% off. The watch on my wishlist is a Rolex. But at a price of at least USD 4,000 a piece, it seems impractical to purchase […]
Read MoreAdvertisements This week, Amazon owner and billionaire Jeff Bezos and his wife announced they were going through an amicable divorce after four kids and 25 years of marriage. A day after their announcement, the real reason for the divorce was dropped to the media — Apparently, the tycoon was having an 8-month affair to celebrity […]
Read MoreAdvertisements It’s very frustrating to be a working wife and mother. Society still demands you to fulfill your duties as a doting yaya to your child, a neat maid to your household (which includes laba, plantsa and taga-linis ng bahay) and an eager sex partner and a sweet companion to your husband, DESPITE also working at least […]
Read MoreAdvertisements I was talking to my supervisor today about how he talks to his staff. “Tell me again what you happened,” I said. “What did Camille answer you?” “I asked her why she didn’t fill in the inventory sheet as she should have done,” replied my supervisor Ryan. “She answered me and said it was because she […]
Read MoreAdvertisements Our new yaya messaged me the following yesterday noon: To translate: “Good morning Ma’m, I have an emergency. I need to go home for 24 hours because my husband was rushed to the hospital. I will finish the laundry and have my lunch, and will wait for your husband to wake up before I […]
Read MoreAdvertisements Ang kontrata ng trabaho sa tahanan ay napagkasunduan sa pagitan nila: Pangalan ng Pinaglilingkuran: Tirahan: Telepono: Pangalan ng Kasambahay: Tirahan: Telepono: Birthday/Edad/Civil Status: ID at ID number: Nagkakasundo sa mga sumusunod na tuntunin at kondisyon: DETALYE NG KONTRATA NG PAGLILINGKOD SA TAHANAN Lugar ng Trabaho: Metro Manila, may or may not include […]
Read MoreAdvertisements I decided to try the Internet in my search for a brand new yaya because all agencies I called up in December had a low supply of yayas to choose from because most of the yayas had gone home for the holidays. As the agencies I know usually charge me Php 8,000 to Php […]
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