Even knowing my strong objection, my mother decided to hire a housekeeper to clean our flat on a regular basis, and today is her first day.  I hated the idea for 2 main reasons – one, I seriously don’t see a need to have our house cleaned so often (3 times a week!), and two, I simply despise the whole Philippine/Indonesia servant import system all together!  Please tell me why we still have imported servants in a developed country in the 21st century?!

I told my mother again for the 3rd or 4th time to tell the housekeeper not to clean my side of the flat (my bedroom, studio, and washroom), even though I know she would just ask her to sneak in and clean my rooms at times when I’m away.  It’s really frustrating when you can predict something you dislike is going to happen and there’s nothing you can do about it!

I bought myself a tiny kettle today to save me some trips to the kitchen for my coffee/tea breaks, so now I can stay in my side of the flat without my parents seeing me during the day!  This is perhaps my only way of expressing my disapproval.