I'm kinda busy preparing my final exams and then I told myself I won't write in this blog until, at least, I finished my toughest paper. Turned out now I can't. I need to write about this story.
I met a new friend in Facebook. Just call her Mrs. A. Yes, she's married. She's an Indonesian who had worked in Malaysia as a house-maid for almost 8years (including those when she sent to Japan and Dubai). But that wasn't the thing I wanna share. I found out that she's now a lucky woman who married a Germany and has a very cute son aged 3yr old. It is true that being a labor-workers in Malaysia is very though especially for Indonesian. More specify for those who work as house-maid. You can never expected what kind of treatment your master will give you. Thay might have title "Tengku" or "Datin" but the way they treat these workers just as low as their brain on their knees! I'm not trying to be mean but that's the truth. And I'm not saying that all of these people are bad, no. Some I know they're very nice and they treat these Indonesian workers just as a family.
Maybe all of you already know that there are alot of cases aboout this. But those cases are only less than few who are not being exposed. There are more and more cases about abusement towards Indonesian workers here. But no one can be blamed. Those workers are damn scared to report their master's treatment in case they won't get any job or worse go to the jail. One case where the house-maid has to do overtime works, wake up early in the morning and sleep after midnight. She got injured everywhere in her body. She couldn't do anything. She couldn't ask for help. Her master and mistress had her passport, and if she tried to run away she would be caught by the police and thrown to the jail. And her master kept saying that if she tried to escape they'd make sure she'd die. OMG, is that a human? But luckily, there was this one chance after the whole 2years working and waiting, she could run away from the house. She prefered to take a risk being caught by the police better that she had to work under such a treatment like that. God helped her, she met a nice old man in the street who then helped her out of trouble. He brought her to his house and helped her report her case to the police. Her old masters were caught, damn yeah they deserved it, and she continued working with that old man family. His family treated her very well. Until she felt like she had enough working then she got back to Indonesia and met her family again.
It was just one lucky case, although the beginning of the case wasn't lucky at all. I mean, being tortured the whole time by someone who has no heart at all, doh. But what about those illegal workers?? They come here and treat even badly and if you know that some of them just so young but they're not lucky enough to help themselves. Some of them are forced to be prostitute, some the same like the previous case, has to work with an evil master. What should we do??
Back to my friend story.. She's this kind of tough woman who has the willing to work hard and believe in yourself. Thank you so much for your inspiration, Mrs. A! She said she also got the same treatment when she worked in Malaysia. She got, like what she said, the worst mistress ever. Her master is a Tungku, but his wife is damn evil. She treated her like a dog. But, this is what I like, she stayed. She stayed for her 2years contract. She stayed and kept the hard working for two years. yes, she knew it was hard especially when you have to work very hard under pressure and violence. But she stayed. She got new masters who brought her to Japan and Dubai, and she proved herself to be trust-worthy and har-working. She never gives up. That's what I like about her the most. She said, if you believe in yourself there'll always ways for a greater good. And, I believe on that too. Once she got back to Malaysia again she met this Germany guy who porposed her. I asked her why you married him? I mean, for me, being porposed by someone I don't really know his whereabout is a serious thing. You cannot just take everything so easy. But here is where I put a high on her. She believed that it's her destiny. She has to make a decision.
She knows that she's coming from a poor family. She was trying her luck working overseas just to get a better life. Then someone asked to marry her and bring her to German, she said it's her destiny. She needs to decide what the best for herself. She accepted this guy, married him, and now has a son. She is happy. That cannot be denied. And she's lucky, that's the most important thing. Once she's in German and has her own family, she started to learn German language. She can give her family in Indonesia allowance that sooner bring them to a better life. She helps alot of people after that. Can you see that now? A normal and simple worker from Indonesia, tried her luck, risked her life working with such a bad environment is now being a happy mother with a nice life and family. She brings more than enough to her family in Indonesia whom, for sure, need the money the most.
Being Mrs. A new friend is also an interesting experience for me. She gives me support. She gives me inspirations. No matter what you do, you have to believe in yourself. Believe that everything's gonna be okay and better as long as you work hard and never give up.
PS: Vielen Dank dafür, dass mein Freund.
Es ist eine schöne Erfahrung zu wissen, dass Sie als Person.
Ich hoffe, dass diese Freundschaft ewig.
I met a new friend in Facebook. Just call her Mrs. A. Yes, she's married. She's an Indonesian who had worked in Malaysia as a house-maid for almost 8years (including those when she sent to Japan and Dubai). But that wasn't the thing I wanna share. I found out that she's now a lucky woman who married a Germany and has a very cute son aged 3yr old. It is true that being a labor-workers in Malaysia is very though especially for Indonesian. More specify for those who work as house-maid. You can never expected what kind of treatment your master will give you. Thay might have title "Tengku" or "Datin" but the way they treat these workers just as low as their brain on their knees! I'm not trying to be mean but that's the truth. And I'm not saying that all of these people are bad, no. Some I know they're very nice and they treat these Indonesian workers just as a family.
Maybe all of you already know that there are alot of cases aboout this. But those cases are only less than few who are not being exposed. There are more and more cases about abusement towards Indonesian workers here. But no one can be blamed. Those workers are damn scared to report their master's treatment in case they won't get any job or worse go to the jail. One case where the house-maid has to do overtime works, wake up early in the morning and sleep after midnight. She got injured everywhere in her body. She couldn't do anything. She couldn't ask for help. Her master and mistress had her passport, and if she tried to run away she would be caught by the police and thrown to the jail. And her master kept saying that if she tried to escape they'd make sure she'd die. OMG, is that a human? But luckily, there was this one chance after the whole 2years working and waiting, she could run away from the house. She prefered to take a risk being caught by the police better that she had to work under such a treatment like that. God helped her, she met a nice old man in the street who then helped her out of trouble. He brought her to his house and helped her report her case to the police. Her old masters were caught, damn yeah they deserved it, and she continued working with that old man family. His family treated her very well. Until she felt like she had enough working then she got back to Indonesia and met her family again.
It was just one lucky case, although the beginning of the case wasn't lucky at all. I mean, being tortured the whole time by someone who has no heart at all, doh. But what about those illegal workers?? They come here and treat even badly and if you know that some of them just so young but they're not lucky enough to help themselves. Some of them are forced to be prostitute, some the same like the previous case, has to work with an evil master. What should we do??
Back to my friend story.. She's this kind of tough woman who has the willing to work hard and believe in yourself. Thank you so much for your inspiration, Mrs. A! She said she also got the same treatment when she worked in Malaysia. She got, like what she said, the worst mistress ever. Her master is a Tungku, but his wife is damn evil. She treated her like a dog. But, this is what I like, she stayed. She stayed for her 2years contract. She stayed and kept the hard working for two years. yes, she knew it was hard especially when you have to work very hard under pressure and violence. But she stayed. She got new masters who brought her to Japan and Dubai, and she proved herself to be trust-worthy and har-working. She never gives up. That's what I like about her the most. She said, if you believe in yourself there'll always ways for a greater good. And, I believe on that too. Once she got back to Malaysia again she met this Germany guy who porposed her. I asked her why you married him? I mean, for me, being porposed by someone I don't really know his whereabout is a serious thing. You cannot just take everything so easy. But here is where I put a high on her. She believed that it's her destiny. She has to make a decision.
She knows that she's coming from a poor family. She was trying her luck working overseas just to get a better life. Then someone asked to marry her and bring her to German, she said it's her destiny. She needs to decide what the best for herself. She accepted this guy, married him, and now has a son. She is happy. That cannot be denied. And she's lucky, that's the most important thing. Once she's in German and has her own family, she started to learn German language. She can give her family in Indonesia allowance that sooner bring them to a better life. She helps alot of people after that. Can you see that now? A normal and simple worker from Indonesia, tried her luck, risked her life working with such a bad environment is now being a happy mother with a nice life and family. She brings more than enough to her family in Indonesia whom, for sure, need the money the most.
Being Mrs. A new friend is also an interesting experience for me. She gives me support. She gives me inspirations. No matter what you do, you have to believe in yourself. Believe that everything's gonna be okay and better as long as you work hard and never give up.
PS: Vielen Dank dafür, dass mein Freund.
Es ist eine schöne Erfahrung zu wissen, dass Sie als Person.
Ich hoffe, dass diese Freundschaft ewig.
2 comments:
mane la nko jumpe blog aku~
That night you told me this story...since then i've always remembered every word and pictured everything in detail...it hurts badly...may Allah make them strong i wish we can help somehow
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