Ihsan...



This is Ihsan, my youngest child. He's 10 months old now, already learning to stand on his own two feet. Getting very active by the day, crawling all over the place when he is awake. Even when everyone else is asleep at night, he would play on his own in the dark. Then, he would cry to get attention from his parents. His tired mother would then just gave him milk, with a hope that he will fall asleep. Sometimes he goes to sleep, sometimes he goes crawling around again and plays chak chak with his dad, to his mother's ire.

It just soothes my heart when he greets me at the door whenever I got home from work. He would start to try to wriggle himself from the arms of my wife or bibik, and extend his body and arms, asking me to hug and hold him. I obliged all the time and would be warmly greeted with his glee and smile. It just sooths my heart and my mind by holding him and playing with him. All the agony from the 1 hour traffic jam that I had to endure going home and all the troubles in the office are somewhat forgotten...