It has been a month since our new helper, Pin, came on-board. She has been a great help for the past one month, despite constant rejection from our little master Edison.

For almost two years, I’ve never needed to fret about our household inventories and supplies. My ex-helper, Niti, managed the inventories and we never ran out-of-stock.

I’m back at work today after taking two days off to settle the maid issues. On Tuesday, we sent Niti (our ex-helper) to the airport. After that, we drove to Bishan to pick up our new helper, Pin.

I can finally heave a sigh of relief. Everything is over and has been executed smoothly. Now, let me share with you what happened to our family last week that caused me so much stress and sleepless nights.

I know this day will come sooner or later. It has been 1 year and 8 months, and finally we found some problems with her that left us wondering if we can still keep her for another 4 more months.

In a shopping mall, a glamorous mother walks around, impeccably dressed, every strand of her hair is in place, every crease in her dress is perfectly aligned, with full make-up, lipstick, high heels, branded bag and so on.

In today’s busy world, hiring a domestic helper is probably the best way to reduce our workloads and to regain some time for ourselves. Out of ten working mothers, I would say eight of them have a domestic helper at home.