Quasimodo wrote:morenangpinay wrote:
well im not the only one who had been mistaken as a maid..my friends have been mistaken as well lots of times.
I fail to see your point. Let's be honest, the VAST majority of Filipinas around the world are ether maids or prostitutes . . .
So, if 99 out of every 100 Filipinas one meets is a maid or prostitute then it is no surprise that you are thought of as a maid, especially if you don't have the looks of a prostitute. (Let's face it, most maids are mingers)
The first time i came here, i had a job interview for a Filipino magazine here, the first advice the Filipino publisher told me was to dress well when going out because people always mistake Filipinos as maids. so i think im not over reacting, there is an underlying perception about us.
It's not a perception, it is reality and if you don't see that you are the one with a problem.
You seem like a nice person, the way you write, your content . . . but you also seem to be a bit of a snob and holier-than-thou. Why would you have a problem being mistaken for a maid?
And before you go on about racism in Singapore, particularly vis-a-vis Filipino maids . . . you may wish to address the issue of slave labour in your home-country, the way maids or servants in general are treated there.
Do you speak out against ill treatment of servants there? If yes, then I take back what I said.
They bring culture, tradition, and values which even without meaning to, they also teach your kids.
. . . and that annoying Filipino accent . . .grating like fingernails on a blackboard.
Please explain the values that they bring? 
Having said all of the above, our nanny, she is crap at cleaning so her primary function is as a nanny, is Filipino. She is lovely and smart and hard-working . . .
you fail to see my point eh.. lol read what you just said. Filipinos are either maids or prostitutes. Don't tell me that is a good thing. yes initially filipinos who came here were mostly maids but today, there are also professionals, engineers, doctors, nurses, teachers who are working in Singapore. The reason why we try to change that perception is because we want to show people that Filipinos are not only maids or mail order brides.
I'm not a snob or holier than thou when I say I dont want to be mistaken for a maid. I have no problem with maids but my point is maids are not treated very well in this country. when you are mistaken for a maid, you receive the treatment as well and ofcourse, see the above reason.
ill treatment of maids in my country???? lol you need to find something else to throw at me. i CANT say that all maids in the Philippines are treated well but from my observation, most maids are treated better over there than over here or in Hong Kong.Maids in the Philippines are treated as family members, we eat together, they are allowed to have visitors, they have day offs, they have Christmas vacations.
Go to the embassy! Find out how many Filipino maids are being taken cared of there waiting for repatriation because they escaped their Maams and Sirs for being mistreated. When Flor Contemplacion was put to death, the whole nation was glued to the TV...our President even appealed on her family's behalf.
You don't know how many Filipino overseas maids arrive home in coffins.
spelling error. I figured it was the Augusta National. It was a spelling error (should have been golf not gold).
Do all maids look like filipinas or all filipinas look like maids? 
