yati's departure

yati left us on 5 feb 2010.

i'm making a post her to remember that special day.

well, all i can say is that, she worked all the way to the last minute. even before she left, the new helpher has to ask her what went wrong with the washing machine, that the rinse function was not working. before that, we had a tripartitie session to discuss about attitudes and work performance.

anyway, when joy and claire presented her with the cards and little gift of a multi-photo frame with pics of herself and our family, she was already getting emotional. upon reading claire's simple card (well, claire only expressed in simple english, unlike joy, injecting lots of humour).

claire wrote,"dear aunty yati, you are going away today. i will always remember you (will not forget your forever). i wish you will..." at that point, yati got up from her chair and in her sorrowful mood, walked back to the kitchen.

looking at her staggering movement as if going to fall, i was also feeling a little mournful, haha.

hey, the cards written by joy and myself were 'cold storaged', ie. not read.

for a while, joy came to me in slight croc tears that yati was holding on to her shoulders reminding joy to be good, study hard and not make me angry....haha, only she understands my parenting woes.

claire was in the worst shape. she was uncontrollable, i would say. hiding herself in the room sobbing away. aiya, needless to say, the new helper, jumi, also felt a tinge of sadness.

i was joking with hubby,"the new one crying, dunno whether it's because there's no one to rely on after yati is gone, or she's genuinely sad!"

of coz, deep in my heart, i knw yati has won the favour of many pple who have tasted her cooking, which was always done with her kind heart.

on the way to the airport, i reminded my kids, esp the heavy-weight joy, to help with the 26 kg luggage lugging. afterall, yati has helped us so much with all the chores at home, not to mention we two always exploring how to whip up dishes for the family members.

only my dear hubby has the 'cheek' to say that, "我在这个家庭是最没有地位的，对女佣，连一声都没出过！" omg, fancy my having to quickly correct him,"the real siuation is this, 我总是在你前面挡着全部的灾难与风风雨雨，you basically just sit there and reap good harvest and eat good food!" whether he was convinced, this is the truth, haha.

at the airport, we took some pics for memory sake. for the first time, i felt that yati was so tiny, like a school girl, despite her 32 years of age.

when she walked into the custom, we genuinely bade her farewell.....frankly, i could nvr find another person like her. dedicated and responsible, and more importantly having a heart to serve every member in this family!

i wish her best and we will surely meet again, one day....she has left many prints of good work in my family, my mom's and many of my friends.

we love her....

p/s: at the airport, after yati's departure, a friends' teenie boy msged me,"plse tell aunty yati that she's the best helper ever. i thank her for always cooking delicious food for me to eat and ...."