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Here's a great cleaning lady in Bogota!

Hi Guys,
I recently met this young woman her name is Jolanda. She WAS working for one of my enlgish students mothers as a cleaning lady full time.

After a few weeks of not being paid we both were forced to quit the job where we met. Anyway so now she has NO job and I can only affoard to employ her FANTASTIC cleaning services once a week. (I pay her 20,000 pesos, and give her some food)

Her husband recently left her for another woman and only gives her 100,000 pesos (thats only $50.00) a month in maintainence to help with feeding her kids.

The job we just left owes us both 200,000 pesos which suxs for me but is DIRE! for her.

So in total this poor woman is currently only making 45,000 pesos that $22 a week.....that does not buy very much even here! Especially when your feeding four hungry little kids.

So I was hoping that some of you might need a cleaning lady one or two days a week?????? PLEASE!!! shes awsome and honest!

She comes with her 2mth old baby who is a quiet as a mouse and the cutest little baby you have ever seen!!!!`

I have her Sundays but I can change to another day if any of you need her to clean your houses on that day ???!!!

You can contact her at 599 5413 (Jolanda)
Or you can contact me using the PBH private message feature.

PLEASE HELP!!! Its only $20,000 pesos and you get a beatiful sparkling house!!!!

By sydneygirl on Dec 12, 2005, 16:57 in Friendly Talkzone.

dwmte says on Dec 13, 2005, 04:32:

yo, sydney... bravo for your thoughtfullness for this woman and her children. if only all of us put others before ourselves (this definately includes me) what a better world our world would be.

i'll thank you for her. i pray no malcontent abuses the posting of numbers.

dw

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sydneygirl says on Dec 13, 2005, 11:24:

Thanks Mario, I had a few glasses of wine last night and was not really thinking, have PMed some people about removing my Ph number.your right people can PM me.

I forgot to say, that Jolandas Ph number is actually the nieghbourhood phone you call ask for her and then you have to call back 15 mins later when she walks down to the phone from where she lives.

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dwmte says on Dec 13, 2005, 15:01:

mario... touche'

dw

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sydneygirl says on Dec 13, 2005, 22:31:

AWSOME! Have had a response. Obviously the guy has to meet her and talk with her and decide if shes the right woman for his household but I am so
Stoked!
THIS SITE STILL HAS LOADS OF NICE PEOPLE:
TAHNKS!!!

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thur says on Dec 15, 2005, 02:48:

Not now... Well, my family is not in need of a cleaning lady right now, because they just found a new one. On personal recommendation (which is good, it's still a stranger you let into your house). Because the former was abusive to the pets.
Otherwise I would have forwarded it aswell.

- www.pbase.com/thur

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sydneygirl says on Dec 15, 2005, 06:37:

Thanks Mario
Hey Mario thanks for talking to your rellies about Jolander.

Its starting to look much better for her. Hopefully something will eventuate out of this.

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maraca says on Dec 15, 2005, 06:49:

hello I have a friend that might be interested. Please sesnd me a private message with your mail or phone nmbr so that i can ask you some questions.

Monica

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Caballista says on Dec 16, 2005, 06:02:

Jolanda or Yolanda? Jolanda sounds very diferent that the name I know: Yolanda.

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quindioman says on Dec 16, 2005, 11:51:

precisely what I was thinking but never dared say Caballista...

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sydneygirl says on Dec 18, 2005, 08:17:

ok so i cant spell spanish names....sorry

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quindioman says on Dec 18, 2005, 09:35:

sydneygirl your heart is most certainly in the right place...that's the real importance.

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