A special shout-out…
…to my brother Hanief and his wife Evit, who just had their second child - and second son - earlier today at 13:30, Singapore time. The newborn - still to be named as I write this, or they just haven’t told me yet - weighs in at 3.1 kilograms and his length is 49 cm. You might be amused to learn that the baby now shares the same birthday with his mother and Rizqi, his brother who’s three years old today. Hanief has always been a bit of a perfectionist, but this is a bit on the ridiculous side.
Anyway, congratulations to the happy family, and hopefully the latest arrival will be adequately protected from the evils of delinquency circa 2016. And of course this means the pressure has just intensified for me to get my act together and follow suit…
October 5th, 2006 at 8:49 pm
Hey, selamat ya! That’s great news! Although the birthday bit is admittedly a bit freaky. Human engineering, anyone? D.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:47 am
Thanks. Yeah, the wonders of technology have enabled them to time the arrival of his offspring. I think our parents figured it out the old-fashioned way - whatever the old-fashioned way is like - when they had me, who also shares a birthday with Hanief.
Incidentally, the baby’s name is Aiman, which means “lucky” (”What has happened so far pretty much reflects it,” says Hanief).