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I am busy organizing Mack’s photo as it was requested to me by her mom. Mack is the youngest of the family I used to work for two and a half years and in that span of time, we both enjoyed some significant time of picture taking.
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This is another weekly meme and I can’t ignore Ivan’s invitation, she’s one blogger that always remember my blog even I don’t visit hers regularly. Aside from that, I find She says, He says interesting to make.
According to Ivan:
The idea is that any of these: a question, fill in the blank, multiple choices, photo or a writing prompt will be posted here. Express your thoughts in your blog and feel free to leave a link to your blog with your answers when you’re done. Anyone can hop in and join the fun every Tuesday! =)
Today’s activity is a question.
What is your regular day like?
I am a Live-In Caregiver, and I find my day as stay at home wife and a mother usually does; only I am employed to do that. And only I submit to the wife and most importantly, the the youngest daughter. I am glad that both my employers don’t treat me differently though.
I start my day in the kitchen, second to the washrooms; I believe the kitchen should be always clean. Every time the kids mess up, I see the needs to tidy up the place again. I do the laundry and cooking also. I clean the whole house if the kids are in school, and I play and watch TV with the youngest, whenever she’s at home, that’s cool eh? If I don’t play and watch TV or movies with her, I’m in total trouble. I don’t want that to happen.
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First time I heard the term “domestic superhero” was on the local teenage TV show Life with Derek here in Canada. That afternoon, the two, stepbrother and stepsister were fighting over the project in their class (yes they are classmates too). One was given a chance to make her documentary film about the merging family which of course the two family’s set up and Derek of course was insisting on having his film “DOMESTIC SUPERHERO” be granted by their teacher, unfortunately only three students were picked to do their film..
Derek didn’t make it but I did. Well not on the film but here in my blog.
During the early days of this blog (not too long ago, in fact I just changed it some days ago) I used “The Journal of domestic [UN] Goddess” which I got from my then current reading Sophie Kinsella’s The Undomestic Goddess .
Although there is [UN], I know that Goddess is not appropriate to describe me so that leaves domestic as my tagline. But domestic can’t stand alone and watching that teeny weenie show that happens to be one of the kids I am looking after’s favorite afternoon shows. It saves me from thinking and you know how hard it is to think that’s why most of the blogs I visit especially Entrecarders have no latest updates. It’s hard to think whether for a post or okay this is for me, I am selling myself. I am having a hard time doing my about me page.
To cut it short, I grabbed Derek’s idea. I want to call myself a domestic superhero. I don’t know exactly what the teenager’s plan for his film but I saw his brother in the show wearing a cape and an eye mask And shouted “I AM DOMESTIC SUPERHERO!”
But me as an OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker) and working as a domestic helper which they beautify to Live-In Caregiver, I absolutely agree that the term suits for me especially because in our country (Philippines) we, domestic helpers are called THE NEW HERO (Bagong Bayani.)
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“It is not only prayer that gives God glory but work. Smiting on an anvil, sawing a beam, whitewashing a wall, driving horses, sweeping, scouring, everything gives God some glory if being in his grace you
do it as your duty.“ -- Gerard Manley Hopkins
This Maundy Thursday is the celebration of washing the feet of the poor, I remember one time my father was telling us a story about his experience during one of the recollections he and my mother attended with their Couples in Christ community group the head priest of Tondo Church had washed their feet before the recollection ended. He was overwhelmed with the experience and the humility of the said priest inspired him.
“He did what Jesus did to his apostles, he washed my feet.” He said with excitement.
With his account of his own experience, I cannot stop on thinking of the choice I made today. I was really in trouble these past few days. If you read my about page you will know that I work as a Live-In Caregiver, a job which is concerned with household and taking care of other people needs. A job that you would not definitely grab if you think highly of yourself.
I grabbed it. I have no choice.
A girl who grew up with a nanny and had a nanny for her own kid too is actually doing all the work that she didn’t imagine she will do.
However, she is doing it. I am doing it. Good thanks my parent’s had taught me household chores, and I am grateful also I have all the courage to understand people’s behavior even most of the times they offended me.
Lately, I feel like giving up. It’s, either I will work for another employer, or I’ll stay, but I am thinking, that if I do the first I might just change the people I am working but with the same situation and worst of all I
lick="wsPlainClicked(id)" onmouseout="wsPlainMouseOut(id)" id="ws1390">will not find a very nice employer like what I have now. It is the kid I am having trouble, with so I must deal with her.
This evening, I resigned from the thought of getting a new job, I humbly accept the challenge I supposed, I did already more than a year ago before I arrived here in Canada. I want to start anew now and thi
s time I will not be feeling dire anymore. I promised myself that I will handle my situation positively. Now I’m in control.
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