WHERE AM I NOW? - THE CAMEL STORY

Thot of sharing this with you guys out there.

signing off

WSC
A Multi-tasker....

PLEASE SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE

Dear valued Clients, Friends and Guest,

I've been approached by Guest readers who claimed that they are the victims of unscrupulous Indonesian agents or middle person or free lance agents. I can only extend my heartiest sorry to hear the bad news. I can understand how such experience can be traumatic to some of you out there when your hard earned money (in the form of deposits) went off with your so-called agent. I can relate such experience to my own some 8 years ago which ironically turned myself to become a housemaid agent ! That's how I get started.

So please be very careful when dealing direct especially with Indonesian personel - be it at Indonesia or PR at Malaysia or any regular tourist.

I am calling out for any Guest readers who have such experiences to come forward and share what you have gone thru so that others can be aware and will not fall prey to those irresponsible people. I would like to post your experiences (in your own words) into my blog for the purpose of experience sharing only. Your identity will remain undisclosed. Kindly email me at lehadwin@gmail.com. Hope this small effort will go a long way.

Thanking you in advance.

Signing off

WSC
@ Kota Bharu
Kelantan

TIME TO TAKE A BREAK PART 2

Dear valued Clients, Friends and Guest,

Thank you for all your well wishes and doa for my safe delivery. Alhamdulillah, I have given birth to a beautiful baby boy on the 30th April 2008 , 8.12pm at An Nisaa' Maternity Clinic, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Today is my 17th day of confinement.

I've been meaning to update this web as soon as I got back from the clinic but many things have been preventing me including poor internet connection. Infact up till now as I write, I couldn't get my laptop to access internet either via dial up or wireless. I guess I have to settle for direct internet access thru my 3G mobile phone. Can u imagine how hard it is to write long text on a very tiny keyboard. Therefore, I have to keep this posting very short and sassy...

My apology for not replying (yet) your mail immediately, insyallah please bear with me, I will try to do that in between my nursing time. Just keep your mail coming.

For my Friends, Clients and Client-to-be who are staying in KB or will be in KB for cuti-cuti Malaysia (school holiday is just around the corner), you are cordially invited to a small "makan-makan" for my newborn on 30th May, friday at 10.00am. In conjuction to his "cukur jambul & belah mulut" by the honorable Tok Guru Nik Abdul Aziz, MB Kelantan at his mosque at Pulau Melaka. Please call me for direction to the khenduri (my parents' house is very near to KBmall and Perdana Hospital).tq

Signing off

WSC
KB, Kelantan

TIME TO TAKE A BREAK...

Dear valued Clients, Friends and Guests,

I am now at Kota Bharu, Kelantan - my home town, taking my good rest while waiting for my don't-know-when delivery time ( I am 38++ weeks pregnant). Insyallah I'll be back in Melaka after the mid year school break re-opens, sometime 2nd week of June. Those who wish to communicate with me can still sms me at 013 6131133 or email me at lehadwin@gmail.com. I will try my best to reply when I am less "busy". I am using dial up (no streamyx here) at my parent's house so please do not feel offended for my delayed reply of your email.

For the mean time, I do not have any housemaid profile to offer, however, I can still entertain recruitment of known maid. I have agents at Jawa Tengah (Cilacap), Bekasi (Jakarta) and Medan that can help locate and bring in your known maid. The detail are as follows:

1) Procedure for known maid

2) Cost breakdown for known maid

3) Housemaid arrival at LCCT

Please pray for my safe delivery and insyallah I'll be at your service in due time.

signing off

WSC
KB, Kelantan

ALTERNATIVE WAY TO SEND MONEY TO INDONESIA

Dear valued Clients,

As you all know, there are many safe ways of sending your maid's salary to her family in Indonesia. Most of the transaction has to be done at the bank. To name a few :

1- TT transfer (bank to bank transfer)
2- Western Union
3- etc

Introducing another way of sending money to Indonesia, i.e via MONEY CHANGER. The advantages are as follows :

1- transaction via e-banking, no queueing at the bank, no parking problem
2- beneficiary will receive the money within hours or the next day (depends on transaction time)
3- direct transfer to beneficiary account. Applicable only for Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI), Bank Central Asia (BCA) and Bank Mandiri.
4- 8am - 9pm, 7 days a week
5- good exchange rate
6- no extra bank charges, only RM20 for transfer fees regardless of amount

TERMS AND CONDITION
- Services offered to WSC valued clients only
- receipient must own an account at BNI / BCA / Bank Mandiri
- any transaction after 9pm, will only be remitted the next day

Click MONEY TRANSFER for better view
Please do not hesitate to call me for details.

signing off,

WSC

COST COMPARISON - BEFORE & AFTER MAR 2008

Dear valued clients, friends and guests,

For those who are interested to know how the reviewed cost came about, here's the cost comparison that can help you understand better.

Hope it is self-explanatory.

signing off,

WSC

HOUSEMAID COST REVIEW.....again....

Dear valued clients, friends and guests,

I have come to a conclusion that cost increase in housemaid recruitment at this point in time is inevitable. Many requests for housemaid have been turned down due to the short supply of biodata/ profile and I don't feel good about it. My (only)Indonesian counterpart is not helping much in this. Therefore, I have to source out for other agencies and have to agree with their terms especially on the costing part.

After much deliberation, this is the reviewed housemaid costing effective by March 2008. Please email me (lehadwin@gmail.com) if you need further explaination on how I derived the cost.

Thank you for the overwhelming support that I received from you guys thus far. This is one of the best things that ever happened to me.

signing off,

WSC

SUSPENSION OF NONCONFORMANCE SUPPLIER

Dear valued clients, guests and friends,

This is to inform that I have recalled postings related to recruitment of housemaid from my supplier at Jawa Tengah. This is due to the fact that the agent FAIL to supply housemaids that conform to my expectations during probation period.

Please disregard postings such as :
1- cost breakdown - economy package 2 (deleted)
2- cost breakdown - comprehensive package

I will need sometime to clean up my web, however, I will still maintain the recruitment of known maid from the above mentioned supplier because it does not involve new recruitment / warranty / supplier's evaluation etc.

Please do not hesitate to communicate with me should there be any confusion caused by this postings. I'm available for discussion from 5.30pm onwards.

thank u

wassalam

WSC

MULTIPLE ENTRY (HOUSEMAID ON LEAVE)

Dear Valued clients, non-clients and friends,

Thank you so much for the kind words that I received regarding this mini website. I am so deeply touched by your support and I hope my small effort will go a long way.

One of the common topics that has become an utmost concern from Malaysian employers is regarding procedure for multiple entry with a valid working permit. This procedure applies especially for housemaids going back home for a short break.

The question is :

1)What is the impact if the employer overlooked the above procedure?
- The maid may be suspended from leaving the Indonesian port of exit until a fiscal payment of IDR 1M being settled.
- The commotion at the airport may cause your maid to miss her flight
- The officer at the airport may also take advantage of your confused maid by confiscating her passport and demand higher payment for its release

2)What is the impact if the maid (intentionally or unintentionally) fail to return?
-Refer to my earlier posting on how to handle improper exit
-Employer will be imposed a RM250 fine and must be settled before hiring a replacement/new maid

Tips for risk management

a) If possible, plan your maid to take leave nearing her permit expiration. A lead time of 1-2 months is recommended. Proceed with renewal processes immediately upon her return.

b) Do not purchase her return ticket unless you are 120% sure that your maid will return. Air Asia ticket will only require confirmation number which can be communicated to your maid via sms/email/fax (don't forget to keep her Indonesian contact number)

c) Write a simple letter to Immigration mentioning that your maid is taking a short break for a duration of time and expected to return by certain date. Attach a copy of her ticket as proof. Take both documents to Immigration for endorsement. In the event that your maid fail to show up, these documents will be a valid proof that you have "properly" deported her and the Immigration may consider waiving the RM250 fine for that matter.

d) Hold RM250 from your maid's salary and refund upon her return.

The information above should answer to some of your questing mind.

Wasalam.

WSC

HOUSEMAID TERMINATION PROCEDURE

Dear valued clients, non-clients and friends,

I've been approached regarding housemaid termination procedure by known and unknown callers so many times now that I think I have to post something to that effect. Unfortunately most of the callers realised that they have missed out this procedure upon submission of their new maids!!! There goes your RM250 for being ignorant.

Hence, here's the procedure again. Infact, I have posted the procedure in this blog the first time it came into existence, just click permit termination and you are there.

Please be reminded that, without the proper check out memo (C.O.M) you are still subject to the RM250 fine - for not deporting your maid according to the procedure (even if you have a sound proof that your maid has been properly deported)

sample check out memo

Failing to apply for C.O.M may cause an adverse effect such as :

- you are not allowed to apply for your new maid until you settle the RM250 fine

- your ex-maid may have problem applying for new employment in Malaysia and/or other countries

-your ex-maid's name may be blacklisted by Indonesian Immigration for future employment for the "sin" done by her ex-employer

So please be a responsible employer and be updated with this employment procedure. Housemaid employment has been here for decades and the trend is here to stay, like it or not, we have to be in the know.

signing off,

WSC