My Housemaid Role

        

        Have you ever have a housemaid? Do you ever respect her? Or say a simple "thank you" word? If not, you better change you point of view from now. Why? I have thousands reasons for you, it began when I did my writing task to interview a person who has a part in your life. And I chose to interview my housemaid, Rum. She is a 20 years old woman who came from Nganjuk, East Java to work in a big city like Bandung because she wanted to increase her family economy.

        Before I thought that she is doing usual things she supposed to do, those are her tasks. But then I realized that it is not easy, it needs a lot of strong power to maintain a house. I cannot imagine if she is gone, a month ago she returned to her village to celebrate Idul Fitri with her family for 10 days. And I realized it was so difficult to do the simple things she usually did when I have to do it myself. It took me a lot of time and energy. And actually, she has a great way of thinking not as I thought, from this thing I learn that I cannot judge a book by its cover.

        She told me that she is willing to study, but her parents cannot affort it. So she chose to work and help her family economy, in my opinion it was an enormous choice. Not all of the people is able to make that decision, it has a high risk. For example, if later they will get a boss who treated them not as a human. I cannot imagine if I am on that position. I asked her about her experience on her first day working as a housemaid, she said that she was so nervous. But she tried to do her best because she did not want her boss send her back to the village, cause it will embarrassed her and her family. I never expected that a young woman like her already bear a heavy responsibility.

         But I do not agree with her target, she said that she never expected more than to be a maid. She does not have self-confident in herself. I believe that nothing is possible in this world, especially with God. My lecturer once told me that you should always have a high target. For example, you should focus to reach the moon, then at least even if you fail you will be on the stars. But overall, she is a wonderful woman inside. She does not lament her destiny, but she make a decision and take a high risk. Maybe sometimes they are people in my life who are invisible and seem not important at all, but actually I will not know what will happen without them. So, from now on I will learn to always respect and appreciate the others.