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Caleb and chocolate muffins

Posted by tyan (Singapore, Singapore) on 17 October 2007 in People & Portraits.

Dear friends,thank you for visiting my blog and offering such kind words and advice. Sorry I have not been able to post pictures or visit you as the 2 little guys were still sick,and their sleeping time was spent clearing the backlog ironing,washing and cleaning. I'll see you soon at your p/blogs!

Talking about cleaning,i received a call last week from a 'cleaning company' called Healthy Homes Pte Ltd. They called me by name and said that a friend,[they quoted the friend's name,whom i knew]gave me a voucher,in which the company will clean up a living room,2 bedrooms,clearing dustmites. I was not too keen at first, and very wary, but i thought since my friend was so 'nice' to give me a voucher,and i thought if this company was good,i could use them in future.

so i accepted the voucher and a lady turned up with a bulky vacuum cleaner on Sunday night.

For the whole hour she was here, she talked about the benefits of the Vacuum Cleaner,how it could remove dust mites in the house,clean the floor and also triple up as an aromatherapy machine. When we asked her what the total cost was,she beat around the bush and said we could pay instalments of $100 every month. Law got irritated and asked her So what's the total cost? She finally,after beating about the bush for another few minutes said it was 3K plus.

When we refused to buy,she used emotional blackmail and said we didnt care about the well being of our kids. She spilled her cleaning liquid on our floor and made my living room even more dirty than when she came.

And no,they did not clean our living room,nor bedroom as promised,only begrudgingly vaccuming one bed,and in the process dirtied my bedroom floor.

And she would not leave till we wrote down names of our friends for her to prey on next. We refused and she used emotional blackmail again.

First i am angry with the company,who told half-truths to gain admittance to our homes,under the facade of a cleaning company when they are REALLY a sales company.

Second I am irritated with the saleslady for dirtying our house and not delivering what was promised.

Third, i am upset with that 'friend',whom i do not even know well,for giving my name and number and thus subjected me to an hour of torture listening to that saleswoman. At the very least,this friend should have warned me in advance.

Oh well,maybe my kids fell sick because i didnt buy that darn vacuum cleaner??!!

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This is Caleb feasting on chocolate muffins,his new fad.

This poor guy still coughs quite badly but at least his fever has subsided and doesnt wake up as often the past week's nights.

But my THIRD baby just called me from his workplace to tell me he is falling sick. Oh well. When is my turn?
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caleb
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