Continued

Tuesday
15:35
Cafe Faru
Four Seasons Resort Maldives Kuda Huraa

I'm back again as I just finished my morning service, will hit the gym soon if people I wanna speak to do not come online.

I think I put housekeeping in a pretty bad light and I'm here to change that.

Housekeeping's a profession like any other. It may not sound as glamourous as surgery and it does not make you think tons of money but it is a job, it has its own set of specialised knowledge and rules and for sure it does not require a degree from a prominent institution but not everyone can do it well and it may be years before it becomes natural to you like walking or talking.

I think coming from Singapore and the fact that we have so much foreign labour to do most of the cleaning in our estates and in our city, it has created a certain mindset in Singaporeans, that we do not need to do this and sure as hell won't be.

But here in the Maldives, where foreign labour and locals stand together, housekeeping or public cleaning is like any other job and sure, no one likes cleaning toilets but they do it anyway if it's required of them, and mind you they do it so well. I'm not so sure many of you in Singapore would.

Housekeeping's tough work here in the Maldives, it's not meant for the ladies in this scorching weather where you have to walk from bungalow to bungalow and carry your chemicals, rags and brooms. But I guess despite this tough work, these guys that I see hard at work everyday despite the usual complains of long hours, as they are all in this together and I guess the brotherhood keeps them together.

And whoa I just woke up. >.< Like literally fell asleep while typing this.

So many thoughts on my mind but of late they're so jumbled up and appear only randomly for only a split second in my head before I doze off, stone away or simply just forget.

Did I tell you guys that I am absent-minded?

Til the next time.

15:53 hours