As you all know, the previous maid lefft to her hometown already with my passport. Hence, my auntie get another one for her service.
This time, they are hiring Cambodian rather than Indonesian as their perception was, Cambodian not as smart as Indonesian. How true is the statement? No idea!! The only thing that i know is they cant speak / understand Malay. I will believe that this will be one of the priveleges as they can't communicate with other male foreign workers nearby and subsequently to have some bad plans in mind.
However, her language has become a barrier to us also. Her only and only communication language will be English. Normally, the elders will deal more with her especially in the kitchen. You all should know the level of English that they can master. Luckily, my auntie at least know simple sentences. But not for my uncle.
FYI, I have 3 cousin sisters, where 2 of them graduated from NZ, and the youngest one is a kindergarden teacher. By right, their english is more than enough to communicate with her, even for myself, i should be able to communicate well with her. However, it turns out another way.
Now, their English level like downgraded to even worse then kindergarden students. They use the simplest word, not a structured sentence, with repetition, and with lots of eee, eeee, aaaaa, aaaaaa. Funny man. But to be honest, i also can't really speak well to her. I can't understand her English is one point, she can't get my question is another point. Is just like the chinese proverb:" chiken talking to the duck."
*vomit*
This is even worse to my uncle. He totally can't speak in English, and he kept talking to her in Malay. Obviously, the maid can't understand and when she question back, he can't understand as well. Ends up no one do the job. My uncle keeps complaining to his family, saying that the maid is no good and ignoring his order. What can you do when you can't understand the duty? Funny..
Few days ago, my uncle back from work and he noticed some arrangments by the maid was not to his satisfaction. He was frustated and went to the maid. You will never know how he spoke to her and it's damn funny man!!!
He scolded her for some time and bear in mind that, it was in Malay. The maid showing her with an innocent face, can't get any single point.
Before he ended it, he suddenly popped out with:
"What the hell!!!!"
Haha, imagine someone who can't speak in English, he knows about "What the hell!" His daughter didn't say anything, and instead they were curious why he know about this phrase.
When they reillustrated it back to me, i replied them:
"Soon, your father will know another phrase which is: What the Fuck!!! "
Lol!!!!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
What the hell??
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