The household consisted of 2 adults and children then aged 7y girl and 14y boy when she started work. The eldest is of special needs and she would assist him in preparing their meals, preparing water bottles/vitamins, teaching the kids to put away the dishes after eating, sending the youngest to school. Mary Ann also manages the general housework, grocery/wet market shopping and budgeting weekly, meal planning, cooking. She prepares usually 3-4 dishes for dinner like stir fry vegetables, soup (ABC, egg drop, bittergourd soup with minced pork, lotus root, pork ribs), chicken curry, baked salmon with lemon butter, chicken with black fungus, braised pork ribs with bittergourd, adobo with egg, beehon, pasta carbona/ bolognese and can follow recipes.

She worked for 6 years and she went back for a break as she did not go see her family for six years.