i wonder if my helper also used the same tricks. her uncle (mum's brother) passed away the 1st day she worked in my place. i was like "choi!". then a couple months later her grandma passed away, her brother had car accidents twice, her sister had car accident once, relatives hospitalized etc within the first 1/2 year. just seemed a lot of bad luck. later on was her divorce, friends didnt return her money or she lost her wallet etc. i gave her 200 for calling home when she said her grandma passed away. i also let her have pre-payment twice as per her request. she changed her phone number more than 10times within the past 18mths. i rarely call her though. she said she tried to avoid her ex-husband who is in indonesia.
i didnt really think that all these could be just lies till reading this.