Alif the Menace

came back early yesterday. as i opened the front door, i heard thumping coming from the kitchen and at the same time a loud scream - 'abaaahhhh'

it was my lovely-hensem alif - as jovial as always. it is our daily ritual actually. whenever i come home, he'll leave whatever he's doing and run as fast as he can to greet me. the feeling to be welcomed by your own flesh and blood is undescribable (ade ke word nih?)

after hugging and kissing i picked him up and went straight to my room. the first thing i saw was, a pool of minyak gamat on my matress - dead center!!!

me : haaa.....sapa buat niii....nanti mama marah nanti nii....
alif : *smile*
me : alif buat ke? (struggling to look angry)
alif : takkk....abg adlan buattt...(adlan is his cousin)
me : heyyy...abg adlan kan pegi school, camne dia buat plak.... alif buat kan?
alif : ehehehh....
me : kenapa alif buat camni....naughty tau camni....allah marah tau
alif : alif nak lukis-lukis la abahhh....nak lukis moon
me : *speechless*

i didnt know what to do. whether to laugh or pretend to be angry. but i know i'm not suppose to encourage him. at last i spooked him by telling him how angry mama will be when she got back. tak jalan pon. rilek je mamat tu. takut sekejap je...

then i bathed him. sampai kecut-kecut jari-jari dia yang kecik tuh (if my wife tau sure aku kena marah punya la)

after putting on his pajamas. i gave him a book and a pen and i myself went mandi. while i was bathing, i noticed that alif was so quiet. i thought - 'khusyuk betulla menulis tu'

once i came out of the bathroom....jeng...jeng...jeng

his red and blue pajamas turned white....

my bed oso white....

and the carpet oso white....

the whole room was covered with white mist....

'DIA MAIN BEDAK LA PULAKKKKKKK!!!!

there was alif....smiling as always with the bedak in his hands....terus habis....and he said excitedly....

'abah!!! snow bah..snow!!'


to alif : abah loves you...muaahhhh