Today is the departure of our Indonesian maid (amah) . Officially she was my son’s maid. But occasionally she came to my house to help cleaning my rooms and backyards. Of course we paid for the service besides her getting the monthly salary from my son.
We were a bit sad to see her leaving us. She was a good maid. Not that she didn’t want to continue working in Brunei after four years with us. But she told us, her children want her to be with them. She has two children below five years old. This is a big consideration. As ordinary people from remote kampong in Jawa (she said she had to travel by bus almost 2 days from Jakarta before arriving at her home) she needs money. But family comes first. So reluctantly she said she wanted a break. So this was a departure for good. We promised her, we would welcome her if she decides to come to Brunei again.
The maid brought back four bags. One of the bag contained chocolates and food stuff for her children. I was sure the baggage would be excess. But we just cannot say anything. I can imagine when she arrives at home. Every family member would be waiting for her for any small gifts; gifts from Brunei.
At airport, my cucu cries for our maid. We told her, untie is going back to be with her children in Indonesia, to work in bendang. My cucu said she wanted to go with untie to bendang. She kept on crying and didn’t want to let go our maid. The younger sister also cried. She wanted our maid to cradle her. This is understandable. The maid came four years ago when the older cucu was two month old. The younger one was in her upbringing since her birth.
We hoped our maid would be safe in her journey back to be together with her family in Indonesia.
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