Dear Sarah,

Your brother, Abang Amir turned 2 recently. Ever since then, he has been living up to its reputation, demonstrating what TERRIBLE TWO actually means. But i wont dwell on that, cos as usual, i keep on reminding myself that at leastI had it easy the last 24 months.

So I try to laugh it out when he wont stop crying and insisted to sleep naked in the office lounge yesterday, took back Aunty Mazidah's jar of sweets and insist to CHEW them one after another and smile cheekily when we scolded or reprimanded him. Of course, there are instances that I dont find it funny anymore like when he spit on Aunty Mazidah today, keep on opening one mineral water after another and throwing it away after only few sips (also today) or shouted on top of his lung when he noticed that you just fell asleep (today and last few days).

But you know what? Despite the fact that he wont let you sleep nowadays, he love you too bits still. He loves singing tepuk amai2 for you now. He also sings praise for you. He said Yaya comeyyyy angat.. Yaya wangiiiii angat every single time he plays with you. And he's catching loads of words fast these days though not that keen on structured learnings such as colours, shapes.. Well, at least he knows his ABC and 123 although he'll immediately say 'Tak tau!Tak andai!' when we asked him to say it for us. What he's more interested now is unconventional things like the names of her uncles' gfs, the type of car we drive, the names of petrol stations (ie shell, petronas, etc). Wont even learn names of animals but knows the different parts of the car interior (dashboard, meter, handbrake, steering, gear.. etc)

He gets on my nerves a lot these days that boy, but i sure love him dearly. Hope you bare with him too and enjoy his endless tepuk amai2 while he still care to sing for you ; )

(recorded at bedtime via 'hidden camera' cos he hates being photographed, but noticed it at the end and went off immediately despite being very sleepy)