$23000 a month! An HR expert says that's the amount a stay-at-home mum would be paid if you consider all the jobs she performs.


Executive housekeeper (5hours) - $280
Childcare teacher (5hours)-$193
Chef (3 hours) -$170
PA (2hours)-$90
Driver (2hours) -$73


Monthly pay $22 568, yearly pay (including 13th month bonus) -$293384


The Straits Times May 11 2008


This article just caught my eye.. not only in terms of the 'fat' salary, but it got me pondering about my own mum...


my mum is also working.. 9am-5pm, sometimes working at night as well (doing accts for ppl) , on top of her job.. she still has to cover all those 'jobscopes' after she comes home.. not that i did not realise that it's tough last time, but guess reading the article just caused myself to reflect at how i may have taken my mum for granted at times..



start to appreciate more what my mum has been doing in the household.. n got to experience a fraction of how tiring it may be during times when my parents went on short trips, leaving my bro n myself at home .. oh man.. during those days, .. have to wash our clothes ( initially tt's the real difficult part.. dun really know how to operate the washing machine, after washing had difficulty with the bamboo poles.. ) , ensure that breakfast's bought.. Shadow's well fed n miscellaneous.. feel so tempted to complain how tiring it is, esp have to do those things after a day in sch.. but have to hold my tongue cos imagine mum have been doing more than that for ages...



There are many instances when my mum touched me, be it with a card for my bdae, just a word of how am i during my fyp times.. waking early just to make sure i had taken my breakfast before i went out.. n recently, there's one incident that simply melted my heart..



met up with my parents for dinner after wrk tt day... had a craving for char siew rice..was just telling them about it.. but when we went to the hawker centre, there isn't any char siew rice stall.. then was saying we'd just settle for economic rice.. so as my dad n i were ordering.. my mum said that she wanted to eat something else, so she went to order.. my mum was taking really long to come back.. but when she finally did.. guess what, she packed a packet of char siew rice from another coffee shop.. she said she also crave for it.. but deep down, i know it's actually for me.. oh man...i had to hold back my tears.. in case they thought wat's wrong with me.. =P



Alot of times, have to thank my mum (n dad) for the grace that she(he) had shown me.. wldn't say i'm a v sensitive or loving daughter.. made her sad , angry many times.. harsh words were exchanged.. tears were shed.. think it's just like what pastor Jeff said, we normally hurt our loved ones the most.. looking back am sorry for those times, but think at the crunch, words simply flow without bearing in mind what they had done for me...

As much as i want to be a better daughter, know that it's hard to do so by my own strength.. so pray that God can continue to help me grow in my character, fruits of the Spirit..in love, in patience..etc such that it can manifest in my speech/actions towards my parents n ppl..to guard against any undesirable atttitude .pray that i can be a testimony at home for Christ.. pray for my parents, for God to soften their hearts ,that they will come, see and experience how God can meet their needs as well one day..for their health , that they will be blessed with good health.. n for God to continue to strengthen our family relationship as well...=)



Sidetrack: mum n grandmum joining aunt's cg for rice dumpling festival.. encouraged! prev they keep refusing to join in any activities that are cg related... may God let it be a step for them to know Him more..