thanks novita.

moreover, please don't make it sound like asmak got what she deserved for compensating her housemaid by paying her an amount that you woulndt pay to your live-in maid if you had one. i was sort of disturbed when i read posts that read somewhat like, "you give her such a low wage, see, it does not surprise me she stole from you". she already tried explaining one too many times that it was what the contract said. she could have been giving her bonuses over the years or extra benefits along the way, we don't know..but that's besides the case, the bottom line is that this woman had stolen from her. let us not brush aside the point that this was a pre-meditated unlawful act.
i have maids steal from my household so i know where asmak is coming from...that's all.