when we moved to our current place, i noticed a group of domestic helpers at the void deck and/or playgrounds at certain times of the day.
the helpers will usually have their charges with them, the young and the old.
initially, i was pretty blinded, if i could use the word. that's because as the helpers were gathering, they were talking, perhaps gossiping, eating and their young charges will be running around while the elderly charges will be in their wheelchairs staring into the sky and i would be thinking what are the helpers doing!
however, after looking at them for a few weeks, my mindset changed! i realised that the helpers needed a form of release, emotionally and mental release. for us, we would go holidays, hang out with friends, retail therapy or movie therapy. however for domestic helpers, especially those who do not have the luxury of day offs, that is the only form of release, get away every day for them.
so now, i look at them with a different light. especially those domestic helpers who have elderly charges as they are mostly wheel-chaired bound and immobile.
