April 1, 2006 : Ehsan Reezal in … The Moon Crawler! (cue compatible James Bond theme song)

We’re at our usual haunt 2 Friday mornings ago. Syikeen was checking her emails and we made our weekly phone calls to our family back home. Of course, I held the baby-affairs fort for the day (I can do my work and check email everyday, so of course my wife wants me to cut her some slack…).

Knowing the little dude, I’m sure I could get about 30 minutes of baby-ly conduct out of him (nowadays, we’re lucky if we can keep him calm for 10 minutes!) . Giving up after 15 (!) I surrendered and put him on the office floor; I know what you’re thinking – the dust, dirt and germy-wearmies! Trust me – The things Ehsan sniffs and licks and the corners he wanders into at home, has given me the confidence in his resilience, Thank God!

Anyway, after a few minutes inspecting the Xerox machine cables and lifting the office carpets to look for something remotely exciting (gee, thanks baba for bringing me somewhere SO nice!), Ehsan suddenly eyes the ‘edge of the world’ – read : the ledge of the staircase going down…(the shock and horror!)

I hover closely to see what he’ll do next; He’s sizing up the ledge with his black round eyes, and does his usual I’ve-never-done-this-before routine - He sticks out his cute cubby right hand and feels the ledge (I’ve noticed he’s more of a south-paw – which he likes to use to pick up things. His right hand is reserved for touching hot plates and inspecting Xerox machine cables…). He then shoots me a look-at-me-baba-I’m-doing-nothing-naughty facial expressions (hmmm I like to do that word-dash-word gimmick, sorry!) – I think he was seeking my approval… which I readily gave!

(just realised the date ; NO, they're not doctored pictures - my son really did this!! haha)

Arab-a-day:

1. Wallad = Boy

2. Kuis = Good