You may remember our crazy housekeeper, Joy. We sent Joy back to the Philippines a few days before I left for London. My grandmother was still with us in Dubai and she had her helper with her so I don’t think we really noticed Joy’s absence all th…
You may remember our crazy housekeeper, Joy. We sent Joy back to the Philippines a few days before I left for London. My grandmother was still with us in Dubai and she had her helper with her so I don’t think we really noticed Joy’s absence all th…
I was surprised to see Joy in her uniform on Friday morning, considering she’d ‘informed’ us the week before that she would take every Friday off. She made my tea and breakfast and got on with her work. There wasn’t very much for her to do as we w…
A busy week! After my usual session with Rama, my mum, grandmother and I decided to go to Royal China for lunch. I’d barely been there 5 minutes and the waitress started to annoy me. She asked us three times whether we wanted virgin mojitos and we…
Another drama-filled week, unfortunately. Joy came back from her 24-hour ‘retreat’/’swimming party’ break on Friday evening, went to her room and closed the door. She eventually deigned to do some ironing for us as we were going out and then went …
After the drama of Wednesday and Thursday last week, I woke up on Friday and asked my mum what had happened that morning. I’d heard them talking in the TV room (which is right outside my room) but couldn’t really hear what they were saying. I beli…
I’ve mentioned Joy before. She’s our housekeeper from the Philippines. She cooks, cleans, irons – she pretty much does everything around the house. The day I got to Dubai she unpacked all seven of my suitcases and organised my cupboards. She makes…
Moving house is a pain in the ass. Moving countries, however, is a bloody nightmare. Over the summer I decided to move to Dubai. I had various things going on in London, including a friend’s wedding and tickets to George Michael (which didn’t happ…
Notes by Nectar 