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this is the darkest Mother's Day especially to my diligent maid. she just got a call from home that her eldest son of 23 y.o was in a coma in an accident.
his son drove a motorbike. while trying to avoid running over a stray dog, skidded and was himself run over by a oncoming car. he was in a coma but the plug was pulled yesterday after doctors certified him "brain death".
today being Mother's Day is a heart-wrenching one for her. she lost her son. she was planning to go back during the school holidays. guess the wifey suggested she could go home earlier to attend to her son's funeral.
we must appreciate our maids, our loyal domestic helpers. it's already a very sad thing that they have to leave home to come to our shore to work humbly as a maid so that they could earn enough to support their families back home.
many singaporeans just take things for granted. if u are paying, DO NOT BEHAVE like a tyrant as though money is everything.
Maids - and other foreign workers - make alot of sacrifices to leave their families to work elsewhere. if u were posted abroad to work - thousands of miles from your family and loved ones, perhaps u would be more mindful about the longing feeling for home.
i hope singapore could beside honoring Mother's Day can have a special day to honour our maids. maybe we simply call it:
HONOUR OUR MAIDS' DAY
in appreciation for the invaluable domestic help to many families especially the mothers. don't forget. some maids are also mothers and they truly deserve better respect than what they used to get here in singapore.
sadhu, sadu to Antonio. may u rest in peace and your mum shall be back tomorrow. that i promise you!
his son drove a motorbike. while trying to avoid running over a stray dog, skidded and was himself run over by a oncoming car. he was in a coma but the plug was pulled yesterday after doctors certified him "brain death".
today being Mother's Day is a heart-wrenching one for her. she lost her son. she was planning to go back during the school holidays. guess the wifey suggested she could go home earlier to attend to her son's funeral.
we must appreciate our maids, our loyal domestic helpers. it's already a very sad thing that they have to leave home to come to our shore to work humbly as a maid so that they could earn enough to support their families back home.
many singaporeans just take things for granted. if u are paying, DO NOT BEHAVE like a tyrant as though money is everything.
Maids - and other foreign workers - make alot of sacrifices to leave their families to work elsewhere. if u were posted abroad to work - thousands of miles from your family and loved ones, perhaps u would be more mindful about the longing feeling for home.
i hope singapore could beside honoring Mother's Day can have a special day to honour our maids. maybe we simply call it:
HONOUR OUR MAIDS' DAY
in appreciation for the invaluable domestic help to many families especially the mothers. don't forget. some maids are also mothers and they truly deserve better respect than what they used to get here in singapore.
sadhu, sadu to Antonio. may u rest in peace and your mum shall be back tomorrow. that i promise you!
