The Perfect Nanny – Manifested!
My kids just adore her. She’s been living with us for 5 days by now. So far she’s very much exceeded my expectations (which are very high!)
- Her name is: Shinta Hermawati
- She’s from: Jakarta, Indonesia
- How old is she?: 23, young and energetic
- Her disposition: Very pleasant, soft-spoken, respectful and polite
- What I like about her: She has a lot initiative, very good with (my) children and hardworking (though I have to keep reminding her that she needs to rest and eat well too if she is going to do her work well and have the energy to keep up with my forever buzzing 1.5yr old toddler!)
- She speaks: Indonesian. For someone who says she can’t speak English well, I say she’s okay; I heard her speak it to my girls.
The past few days Shinta practically ‘detox’ my entire kitchen and kitchen bathroom. Initially, she kept me wondering what in the world she was doing back there, doing stuff for hours non-stop. I decided to give her the benefit of the doubt and just let her ‘do her thing’. When she’s done, OMG, I’m blown away. I’ve never seen my kitchen (which has been a ’shipwreck’ for ages) looking so neat, clean, organized and … just excellent. I feel so grateful and blessed having her in the house.
Shinta still has a long way to go, to ‘do her thing’ for the living room, 3 bedrooms, the storeroom, etc. But “there is no hurry” I told her. I need her to assist me watch over my 2 girls too when I am busy with ‘work’ (blogging and fixing up my bookstore Wealth-Inspired Books).
The past 2 days, my husband and I brought her to both our parents’ places. They seemed to have pretty good vibes about her as well. The only thing that Shinta is not capable of doing is cook. But hey, I don’t quite need her to. With my hands and legs free (from my toddler climbing all over me) I do the cooking. About time I have my practice anyway. And when my husband is around, he cooks; he loves to cook.
Well, what more can I ask for. What I Visualize, I Manisfest. Shinta is everything I had Visualized for. In fact, I can’t help pinching myself when I think about it because, when I was doing the Visualization and jotting down on paper the list of criteria I was looking for in my Perfect Live-In Nanny, I did state “ability to cook not necessary.” A Big HAHA!!! to myself! 
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Copyright © Monaliza Amid 2009
what a great story, i’m enjoying your writing style, it’s great specially for me, indonesian, just like your nanny, who still learn to speak and write in english, thanks for this story…
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Hypnotic Blogger Reply:
October 14th, 2009 at 12:23 am
@yoan, Hi Yoan,
It’ll be great if you can do this upon waking up every morning:
1. Visualize yourself having a conversation with someone in English.
2. Let it be with different people each time (friends, family, colleague, the shopkeeper, etc.)
Do this every single day or as often as possible. You’ll be surprised of what comes along after that. Remember the saying “When the student is ready, the teacher will arrive”?
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I think you got REALLY really lucky with a nanny, I have no little kids but my kitchen could use a detox too!!
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Hypnotic Blogger Reply:
August 4th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Wouldn’t that be great? Go ahead and visualize your ideal-looking kitchen. Surprise yourself at the outcome.
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