A Few Words

Thanks to everyone who posted their comments.

I need to address a couple of issues before continueing with the updates.

I and Emma had a long talk after she read the blog. A detail of that conversation that I can share right now is Emma did find my use of the term "katulong" somewhat offensive and I have apologized for it.

She does refer to herself as the house help to avoid solicitors, as do I, although mukang mas paniniwalaan pa yatang house help ako keysa ky Emma.

I explained to her that the terms "maid" and "katulong" were used to add to the novely of this blog to get people interested. If you can click on the square tracker icon, and check the second Referrer Tracker link, you'll see that "maid" and "katulong" are the first and third among the top search engine keywords used to refer to this blog. If not for those "words" then people would not have been able to locate, or even be interested in our story. We would not have met the people who have helped and enouraged us through forum posts, comments and IMs.

I believe "maid" and "katulong" are just words, and at one time they were used to describe Emma and her mom. I was hoping people would notice that my perception of Emma has changed. You know, paradigm shift, that sort of thing. I have not referred to Emma or to anyone else with any derogatory intent.

This blog is what it is. What would "Maid in Makati" be without the maid? We can't change things just because some readers and hate mailers said so.

Rather than spam us with hate mail, please read the very first post of this blog instead. If you still find something offensive, I'll be more than willing to discuss it in a civilized manner.

Thank you ^^