A female domestic worker was sent to hospital for a medical check after locking herself in a room in a North Point residence on Hong Kong Island on Wednesday.
At 9:40am the maid, a recent arrival in Hong Kong who was thought to be homesick, became emotional and locked herself in a room in her employer’s apartment in North Point, the Oriental Daily reported.
She reportedly screamed and cried inside the room and her female employer was unable to open the door, so she called police. When police and firemen arrived, they calmed the maid down and persuaded her to open the door and leave the room.
The maid was sent to hospital accompanied by her employer, but was still unstable and screamed when the ambulance arrived. Members of the foreign workers community advise newcomers to cope with homesickness by meeting people, joining clubs and associations or taking up a hobby.
The maids work for more than 12 hrs a day and 6 days a week . So pls don’t advise to join clubs and some stupid hobbies , you are not making any sense .
communication to her family everyday is better, comfort her for saying her worth and mission why she’s here.
Don’t come to Abroad!
She will be fine. Listen gospel. You tube has philippino movies. Prayers.
oh yes me is more worse I have to wake up at 5.30am continues working until 11.maybe this girl is young and first timer.
Kaswerte naman ng 12hrs na yan ako almost 17 hrs ang trabaho
She is just not ready for the world. She was culture shocked in the new envirinment she is in. The best thing to do to is to let someone talk to her from the foreign community. She cannot go and be a part of it as she is just starting. Lesson learned, do not leave the country without a sound and stable emotion and will just to earn money. Life abroad requires a firm and strong emotional stability.
Hahaha
Some employer dont allow there helpers to use phone while at work…just allow it after their work at almost midnight…they cant communicate wth there family coz maybe they already asleep…Just like my first employer…
Before going abroad you need to be ready.psychological test is given to make sure you are psychologically stable and fit to work.these days communication is everywhere not like our times that you have to wait for weeks months before you can hear news from your family.
If they watch YouTube and listen gospel , who will work for the employer ? I already told you most employer push them to overwork for more than 15 hrs a day . Stop joking bro
Working abroad and being far from loved ones must have guts, patience and strong determination. She maybe forget to bring those when she step on the airplane and expecting to have holiday abroad only.
Whatever the physiology test u passed its feelings as human being. Specially a helper who working for a chinese family, she gets more stressful environment packed up many work load.some employers setting up huge workload for a new comers coz they thinking to control helper their own rules. At least the employer should give sometimes to the new comers till they get use to hongkoen evironment. Thats the best thing than the stupid clubs
somehow i agree with you,bro.but what the article was suggesting is somehow helpful and made much sense.ive gone through it and i used to lock myself up in washroom just to cry.i started to make friends and stuffs like that and surely i coped up…your sympathy(if it is what im thinking is)is personally appreciated.
@ rajiv cobain listening & watching Gospel & song in utube helps a lot.just like me during free tym or b4 bedtime, it gives me a lot of encouragement.be Spirit filled person to experience the joy that God has given to us.
Heheh it’s good for her just 12 hours lm working for 24 hours cause l sleep with the child every night
Why need to scream while crying? Hahaha
U decided to come abroad and yet ur emotionally not ready?
Ur lucky is ur employer ddnt terminate u yet,bcoz if am ur employer i will be worry and better send u back home before u get crazy here.
Be brave and be strong to cope with ur homesickness and emotional issues thats the main key.
this thinh just implies that not everyone have the same capacity to endure homesickness…she may have been working only 12hrs or less for 6 days a week ams some, of us are working longer hours but we have the capacity to take heavier loads in our lives… so we should not compare ourselves to her, instead let’s just pray for her…
I work 16 hours a day and even 18 hours sometimes i was new at hongkong which the environment is really so different on our environment…….. Culture food and the house is so small same theres no space to breath nicely……im not even comportable when they around id been through the same way how you feel so pray lang kabayan and if posible try to cry to ease what you feel☺☺☺☺ trying to be strong ????????????????????????
In her case…. I think she need more counseling….and she can think that she came here to work so that she can support her family, yes homesickness are the common burden as we are working in abroad,
The best thing to do for the first timer working abroad,is allowing them to communicate with their family,love ones and friends to eased the loneliness or homesick. Yan ang isang paraan na alam ko para hindi ma homesick..
He said more than 12 hours working not 12 hours
Inhilag Buhe , sleep with child? What kind of parent are they ? They don’t like kids ?
It depends on how you applied those suggestions no matter how busy a person to his /her work still can find a way to relax herself/himself just be focus and think that doing this to the family and i sudgest it’s better to spend time in Church during day off
may kaparehas pala ako hehe,maaga nagigising
how if the employer don’t allow the helper to use handphone?
if newly arrived, first timer, i think she’s in the period of adjustment in her new job environment,
Really relate with her situation homesickness attacked first to third month really difficult how to gone this through prayer is really helpful.,,,
I’m working 18hrs a day without rest ..
Clubs here doesn’t mean dirty clubs….it means associations/groups that she could congregate with during her off day or she could talk to during her break
time.