Our ate has been with us since she’s 18 and she’s 33 na this year. We love her because she is kind, patient, honest and hardworking. Though medyo bumagal na kasi tumanda na din at lumapad. Hahaha.
We encouraged her to go to college a few years back as part of preparation pag wala na siya sa amin. She wants to be a teacher in Bicol daw. Buti gusto mag-aral. Awa ng Diyos at sa sipag at tiyaga niya pagsabayin ang chores sa bahay, part-assistant ko sa plants business at school stuff, she graduated from NCBA (near us) after 6 years. So proud of her. She’s supposed to take LET this March, but COVID happened so pause muna plans niya. Dapat last year alis na siya kaso sabi namin mag-LET muna siya at makapasa para hindi siya gumagastos while waiting to pass the boards.
To be fair to us, 85% of the time naman dalawa silang househelp usually. Though mahirap talaga makahanap ng honest/hindi pala-cellphone/hindi makajowa/masipag/hindi pala-utang. Laging may sablay kaya in the end, pinauuwi ko na lang kesa ma-vertigo na naman ako sa stress (like the last one we had about 2-3 years ago).
May time na love/hate relationship kami. Ako kasi ang nagdidiscipline sa house (mapakids man or househelps) so medyo asar din siya sa akin. Hahaha. Pero lately, knocks on wood, okay na siguro kasi less na ang pressures on her: naka-graduate na siya, less din gawa namin sa plants business dahil we pulled out of a greedy retailer, mas mabait na ako, mas malaki na at helpful ang boys, and most probably dahil happy din siya sa kitten namin na parang baby namin (well, lahat kami masaya don sa pusa namin, haha).
Super close sila ng bunso kasi since pagkapanganak hanggang ngayon, nandiyan siya at mafifeel mo na love niya talaga yung bata. My son also says ”I love you” to her.
She’s earning 6K sa amin, plus 6K sa plants biz ko (she voluntarily lowered it to 3k this year dahil nga less na daw ginagawa namin sa plants biz). She has SSS, Philhealth and Pagibig, 13th month pay.
She eats whatever we eat, she travels with us locally and abroad, and she loves cooking and baking keto meals with me this quarantine. We’re so lucky to have her!