Kakak

My grandma's house used to hav a maid.. forgot her name.. but she's really a good maid. I suddenly thought of her. She used to be very hardworking, and very nice, but she's gone back to her own country now. My grandma wanted to extend the contract.. but then she had to go back to her children.

The previous family she worked with treated her very badly. They made her eat stale rice. And made her work a lot, and if she's slow or watever, they wouldn't let her eat. It is really terrible to see how our own kind treat others like animals (u cant treat animals like this too) just because they come from different class in the society.
They'd scold her and not give her food.

Sometimes we would buy cakes or some food home when we visit my grandma's house, and we would offer her a slice of cake, haha.. a slice of cake would make her soooo happy and brighten her day, because.. she had never had cake before. And while she was eating it, she'd think of her kids, cuz they'd never tasted a cake before too. Sometimes even a small thing could make her really happy, and she'd appreciate what we did for her (although to us.. we'r just showing a bit of caring and sharing) but it meant a lot to her.

It's heartbreaking when she told us abt her background. Her husband left her with 2 kids.
One guy one girl. She left them to her brother (their uncle) and came all the way to Malaysia to work, and would send back the money for them, and sounded like her brother would take those money and stuff.

She had not spoken to her kids for some time.. and she missed them a lot. So my uncle gave her an old phone and a card for her to call home once in a while. Sometimes she would write letters back to her home and they'd reply. And most of the time after she finished reading the letters, she'd tear.

Once she was talking to her daughter and found out that her son left home without telling her, to find a job or something.. he was very young.. like.. 14 or 15.. and he was alone.

Sigh. Thinking abt it, i feel that i should cherish and appreciate more for what i have and wat i own now. Although i havent been really close to her, i kinda miss her..