Leaving Here

We've already said our farewells to Fuad and family. They need to get back home today as Fifi is working tomorrow. And how strange it is that the first generation of children who enjoyed Maison KL are no longer children in any sense of the word.

But a new generation are ready to take their place. Afnan certainly made himself at home, exploring just about every nook and corner he could get access to, the stairs being, as previously noted, a particular favourite. The fact he's not exactly steady on his feet as yet did little to deter him. He was kicking the yellow ball we bought for him with all the aplomb of RVP in typical scoring mood. (Just as a side-bar, as it were, Fuad and I celebrated the weekend's results with some gusto, I think you should know.)

Noi and I will be setting off later in the afternoon, for a reunion with the little chap at Melaka. As usual she's putting everything in its right place as I struggle to get through today's quota of marking and generally make myself not so terribly useful. We've pretty much decided that this June will see us finally getting down to changing the fencing in our garden, re-painting the house, re-laying the car porch and possibly making a bit of an alteration to one of the roofs, so the next time we're here for any length of time might not be quite so peaceful. As always we seek to enjoy the privilege of having somewhere like this to come to as much as we can, whenever we can.