BIBIK

Pejam celik pejam celik..... dah sebulan dah MyBibik balik cuti. And today is the day she suppose to come back. ETA 10 malam ni.

 

Bibik has been with us for almost 9 years. She joined the household when Ms M was 2. Then after 6 years, she decided to go back for good. For the next one and a half year, we had 2 helpers. After sending home the second maid, MyMama decided to call Bibik and asked her to come back and work with us again. Bibik and MyMama memang rapat and I think she decided to return because of her. She came back in Nov 2012 and has been with us since.

 

Contrary to many believe that kalau ada bibik, semua benda dari kemas rumah, masak hingga jaga anak serah pada bibik, that is not true for us. Bibik main task when we hired her back in 2004 is to take care of the kids. To ensure the kids safety at home. Ini termasuk keadaan rumah mesti sentiasa bersih.

 

At that time, Ms M was 2 and Ms A was 5 and went to kindy in the morning. I made her work timetable in detail. What to do at what time. She has to ensure rumah siap kemas before Ms M bangun sebab bila Ms M dah bangun, 100% attention is to her. Dah la Ms M ni tak reti duduk diam. She doesn't have to cook and she will do laundry only when we're back from office.

 

Bila my girls dah besar, I start ajar dia masak for the kids' lunch. But most of the time I still cook for them. I still prepare dinner until now.

 

Alhamdulillah, MyBibik ringan tangan. Rajin nak mencuba resepi baru dari buku buku resipi yang saya belikan. Kadang kadang tanya Ms M makan apa for lunch... ayam percik dia kata. Wah.... pandai bibik buat ayam percik. Kadang kadang dia buat doughnut, seri muka, sardin roll untuk teatime Ms M.

 

Bibik rajin berkebun jugak and she has green fingers. Apa yang dia tanam menjadi. Cili api, serai, bendi, pucuk ubi, kunyit even halia pun ada tanam kat belakang rumah. And my small garden at the porch area is well taken care of.

 

We never have problem with laundry. Semua settle. Bibik gosok semua baju yang basuh termasuk la baju tidur and t shirt budak budak tu.

 

After working with us for many years, she knows what to do. Ada saja benda yang dia akan buat. Tukar langsir, tukar cadar, lap tingkap, cuci kereta, sapu sawang, lap dinding... semua tak perlu dibagi tahu. Sebab tu, in her spare time kalau dia nak tengok tv pun saya tak kisah. Sebab saya tahu dia dah buat apa yang dia patut buat. Lebih lebih lagi, with Ms A kat asrama now, tinggal Ms M saja kat rumah. Jadi Bibik ada lebih masa terluang.

 

We are quite liberal with Bibik. Dia boleh cuti bila bila dia nak. Dia boleh ada phone. Dia boleh keluar. Kalau tak nak masak dan saya tak sempat masak, dia boleh beli saja kat restoren dekat rumah tu. Tapi alhamdulillah, setakat ni dia tidak pernah lagi mengambil peluang atas kebebasan yang diberi. Dia jarang nak cuti, adalah 3 bulan sekali. Dia tak suka bersembang atau keluar rumah tapi saya akan suruh dia keluar kalau budak budak tu nak main di taman permainan. The kids cannot go out if Bibik is not with them.

 

I have my fair share of maid from hell too. Dari yang lari, yang menipu, yang melawan sampai lah yang menjual diri jadi prostitute dalam rumah pun saya pernah alami. But I want to count my blessings, not my misfortune. So, I thank Allah for sending us this Bibik.

 

And how was our life without Bibik for the last one month? Ok saja. Alhamdulillah, the girls dah boleh diharap. Boleh sidai baju, angkat baju and lipat baju. Ms A can cook simple meal using airfyer or even the stove. Boleh basuh pinggan sendiri and make their own bed. May be normal tasks for other kids but since these 2 girls dah biasa ada bibik, I'm so proud to see them being able to do the chores when bibik is not around.

 

Kalau bibik tak balik malam ni macam mana? Life goes on.... Things happen for a reason and we will accept it anyway. InsyaAllah...... she will be here.