I have been an Au Pair (babysitter or nanny) since 2007. 2 years in Boston US, and now have been living in London for 8.5 months.
What are the advantages being an Au Pair?
1) Job isn't a job. (Watching TV, play, baking, go to parks & museums, go for movie with them, etc.)
2) Become a great cook. (I have to cook dinner for the children)
3) Have a nice room. (Compare to people who rented a room in London)
4) Have car to drive. (Besides drive the children to school, I can drive the car to my school, library, gym, or friend's house)
5) Can eat better foods. (My host family pay for my daily meal, normally I cook and eat with the children)
6) Go holiday for free. (My US's host family take me to vacation with them, I pay nothing)
7) Improve my speaking. (My children will correct my pronunciation)
8) Sponsor for education. (My US's host family paid USD$500 per year; the current UK's host family pay £1000 per year)
9) Learn and experience different culture with local people. (for example: British normally have fish and chip on Friday dinner and have roasted meal on Sunday dinner)
10) etc... (Of course also have some disadvantages, will discuss about it next time)
The children that I taking care are having a 2 weeks school holiday start from today. Today we baked cupcakes (forgot to take picture), and I take them to Crystal Palace Park have a picnic lunch. Today temperature is 12'C, quite cold. The park has a maze, found this pretty cool!
They are cheeky monkeys! (^.^)
Sometimes they are angle, behave and cute; sometimes they are devil and kek si wa (in hokkien).
(Top) Walking in the maze. Forgot to time how long we was walking in the maze.
(Bottom) We reached the middle of the maze. Yeah!
At the playground. I think my girl started to copy my signature post :p
p/s: Tomorrow going to take them for the movie "UP". See, I got free movie include popcorn and drink! Don't envy me :p
29 comments:
each job hv advantage n disadvantage
as long as u happy
I do envy you :'(
Waiting for u to share more...
Hey really envy u.....hey u must be a very good cook huh!
wow..beautiful children..
Wow! Want to be a nanny too
wow..do they want a male babysitter? hahaha...
I really like your job. I never know this job exist before you told it is.
I am sure you are going to be a good wife and a wonderful mother in future..from your experience now..so envy you!!!
seems like you are enjoying ur new family in UK.Happy baby-sitting and you have a cool nanny job with great perks!
ha ha, kek si wa.....beh si la!
Looks like a good experience!
那麼能幹，誰娶到你有福氣了。加油
o, u have a good host, keep on going
It's hard not to envy you.
For your age, you are seeing so much of the world. Happy for ya. ^_^
UP很好看呢！^^
看来你的工作真不错的，
若我还年轻，我会去做呢！
要怎样申请的？
yeah can see your life being an Au Pair is really enjoy! Anyway, I guess the advantages are more than disadvantages for you as a student there.
LOL. 看你部落格，发觉他们长大了。
yo...how blessed r u Kikey... a job is not a job but get paid and enjoying yourself too! heavenly!!
added u up, Kikey..this time make sure i wont lose my bloglist again.. have a nice weekend...
hey I know of this job "Au Pair" from your blog you know! N it really sounds interesting! Too bad I'm too old for this job if not I will join you hehe!
I believe you will achieve a lot more in the near future!
hey Kikey, did u see my comment? Strange... anyway, I want to be an Au Pair!!! lol
怎么申请哦？
男的可以吗？嘻嘻~
刚刚认识了一个英国的朋友，住在Paddington，
下次有机会告诉你。
I really envy u. what a good job u hv!
哇～～～有那么好的工哦！！！！
加油咯～～～
好久没有到你这里来了，
一下子看了很多post。
^-^
the up side is good (no pun intended, in reference to the movie). I'm sure the down side can get you pretty down sometimes, just like any other job.
Keep the good memories. Bury the bad.
I loved the movie Up. I saw it with my sister months ago
Hi Kikey, it's my first time dropping it. What a nice discovery to arrive here. By the way, how did you apply for your Au Pair Program? Through a local agent or online?
What's the disadvantage you're going to share from being an Au Pair? All in all, it's the disad or ad more?
Hi Akira,
I applied thru local (KL) agency for US Au Pair. For the UK Au Pair, I apply thru UK agency.
Each got disad and ad. If you wanna know more can email me.
Thanks for visiting my blog.
I would like to exchange links with your site www.blogger.com
Is this possible?
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