Out in the real world

I was never close to my other cousin, Adam, because I was terrified of my Obek (uncle in Boyanese). Maybe it's Obek's physical presence that I was nervous about. He looks like Ayah but he's HE-YUGE! But yesterday Ibu secretly made a deal with Mak Long to bring Adam to the library to meet me. When I saw Adam, I decided to sit far far away from him and asked for my tengteng (read: pacifier). When I'm nervous, I need my tengteng. But he saw me and waddled to me..gah!


Well, we warmed up to each other eventually but not until he decided to grab my tengteng, thinking it was 'mamam!'. When I refused to give, he became a bit more demanding and that's that. In a true manner of a damsel in distress, I whimpered. Adam decided to check out some books and he left me alone to do some doodling on a piece of paper...for a while. He tried grabbing the paper away from me but I was quick enough to retaliate. He sure had quick reflexes. I decided enough is enough and wanted to go back. I thought I could give him a chance but well, maybe we can be chums again when he's a bit bigger.