Ungratefulness

Every two weeks, we'll hire this Indonesian lady to clean up and do the extra work around the house, just for a slight moment of relaxation. We call her Kak Vit.She's a really nice person, and pretty close to our family. She works really hard to raise her 18 year old son who's living in Indonesia. Besides cleaning houses, she also works part time at a few restaurants, washing the dishes, etc. I feel like, she leads a pretty rough life, judging from ALL the work she does, it's like A LOT. Twenty four-seven of physically challenging work.

Since she doesn't have her own transport, she has to walk or take the bus to work, coz cabs are expensive for her. She even got robbed once, on her way home. A few thousand ringgit which she just got paid from her multiple jobs,she was carrying, all got taken. You can imagine how hard it was for her, after all the work she's done. And she still manages to keep a smile on her face, when she was telling me about it.
That's why when we need her to help out with the house, we'll usually go fetch her from her other job, and send her back once she's done.

About 3 months ago, she told my mom that she used up her salary to get her son to fly from Indonesia, to come live with her here. She had been missing her son for a long long time, and wants him to be safe and grow up under her watch. On the phone, she said that her son was bored at home, and wanted to get a job. So, my mom offered her son to work at my uncle's restaurant in Fraser's Hill. The next week, my uncle picked him up and brought him to Fraser's and he started working there with quite a good pay. He stayed in an apartment with a few other workers, and food was provided.

Fraser's Hill is quite a serene place to go to for holidays, but if u really live there and get to know the people, it's a whole different story. The restaurant up there, used to be our family restaurant, but after my grandparents passed away, my uncle took over. Before that, my mom used to manage the shop, and we would spend a lot of time there. I'm not sure what it means, but a lot of people say, "Fraser's Hill tempat jin bertendang".From what I've seen, a lot of outsiders who go to live there, somehow turns either bad, or miserable. Well, maybe not all, but a lot that I know of. It's sad. Really.

So, back to Kak Vit's son. He's been working there for 3 months already, and the last time my mom checked, he's changed A LOT. He used to be this nice, quiet boy who only wanted to help his mum. Now, he's always loafing around the Fraser's town with his new, so-called pals, smoking here and there. I heard that he even borrowed someone's motorcycle, and wrecked it. Kak Vit, called my mom complaining that my uncle hasn't been paying her son, but the truth is, a lot of his salary had to be cut to pay for all the damages he's caused. I have no idea, what the hell he's been doing, but he, and his pals even broke my uncle's apartment's sliding door, and that cost hell of a lot from his salary too. Besides that, he's been taking a lot of ciggarettes from the shop.

And now, he won't even answer his mom's calls, because he doesn't want her to find out. Kak Vit wants him to stop working there, and my mom advised her to take her son back too, coz, staying there would make him worse.
It hurts to hear things like this. I really feel sorry for Kak Vit that she has such an ungrateful son. I know, it's not my place to judge, but what am I to think, after hearing something that awful. Also, knowing that next week is Mother's Day. I just wish I could help.I'm not sure what she's gonna do now, but I hope she'll be fine.

It could also be, because of the fact that the son has been un-exposed this whole time. For 18 years. And he finally gets freedom, in a totally different place. So, in that case, we can't blame him for being so vulnerable. Therefore, Kak Vit'll just have to work her butt off, to get him back to his senses.As much as it sucks, it's life.

What can I say.