Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Gardener

Last weekend we were in Seremban. The gardener was working hard cutting grass in our cousin's garden. He had a helper. It took about 3 hrs to finish the job and the cost??-- M$30/- (S$15)

For our small garden + a slope behind the house, I have to pay S$30/- for 1 1/2 hr job and not always the gardener would come. Very often I have to drive round the estate to spot him.

It has been almost 2 months and there is no sign of the gardener. I manage to find from the classified a garden contractor to do the job. For the first time, they charge S$80 and then every 6 weeks S$55. They could not start work today due to the rain. Appointment has to be made again.

So the best solution is: move to an apartment with beautiful landscape & good security but pay high management fee, or to Seremban for cheap and hardworking gardener!

I suppose in life you cannot have the cake and eat it at the same time.

1 comment:

刘老师 said...

舅母:

别心情不好,雨天打球很危险。在被窝里看书或听音乐应该很不错。我很想,但要上班,还在PIE堵了一多小时的车,累死了!

上个月一伙人在“李白”请退休的老师吃饭,聊得很开心。食物精致是我喜欢李白的原因。你多年没去了,就当作我们的一次约会吧!我再跟您确定时间好吗。

肯定,柯公对长辈是很敬重的。他欺负我是一个“弱质女子”(这是他自己说的)。我不应该在这里讲他的“坏话”:-P,是我很小器,记得他讲过我的每一句话。真的,有时很气,要跟他争辩。不过,现在我没力气了。工作一大堆,睡觉都不够,还要写论文,哪还有力气辩论。哇,不说了。留点闲情跟舅母吃饭聊天。see you.