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A Short History of Two across Four Houses in Five Years and now: Nanny Makes Three
by Mohanalakshmi on July 3, 2010 in Uncategorized
We’ve lived in the Middle East for five years and not really ever cleaned our own house. Now that we have our first live-in nanny/domestic, it doesn’t seem like we ever will. First there was no need to clean much when I was single because I only used two of the five rooms in my [...]
You can speak Indian with him?
by Mohanalakshmi on October 17, 2007 in Uncategorized
A common question: can I speak Indian? Variations on this theme are: Can I speak Hindu? The most recent time this happened was this morning, as the rental car place was bringing a Mercedes to our house. Pause – this is a rental for my husband for our year anniversary – we are not keeping it [...]
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