dingdong! the doorbell chimed.

hippo opened the door. guess who? running maid came a visiting!

"merry x'mas, sir!' running maid was all full of glee. I merry her back and was rather please. the way she was dressed in tight jeans and T put hippo to shame! "this for you, sir." ah! present from a maid, how sweet!

after thanking running maid, I went into the room, got a door gift watch from last party and gave it to running infront of hippo. yes! the expression of awe from hippo was priceless! I ain't gonna give hippo any present. oh no! I just wish I could give a one-way ticket to send her back for good and permanently.

I could sense a lot of rivalry and envy from hippo. good. she felt threatened. she began to pretend to keep herself busy - sweeping, then mopping, then wiping....what a crap! the whole morning before arrival of running, she was laughing infront of the tv.

anyway, wifey was glad to see running. she had inward growing toe nail and had called running to come and trim for her. I could notice the dejection of hippowhen all the attention was on running. I bet she was apprehensive that running might be returning to work for us. unfortunately, she wasn't. she was going to japan soon with her boss family. this was also like a farewell visit from running.

wifey was happy for her and gave her an angpow and a present beside paying her for her pedicure service. as for hippo who was now watching the whole scene silently was in glum. served her right!

after the pedicure was done, it was chatting. hippo pulled running into the kitchen and they were chit chatting in their pinoy tone - one moment loud, one moment soft and the next awkard silence.....

finally, time for running to leave and there was a very uneasy feeling we noticed in hippo.....

yes, she should be cos after CNY, it would be asa la vista, baby for her. we are sending her home in a one-way ticket. hopefully she wouldn't return to agonise another family. good riddance!