This is Tsiky (pronounced “TSEEK”), the daughter of Lala, one of our colleagues. She is three, and sometimes she graces us with her presence here at the office. Her name literally means “smile,” which is just one of the many charms she uses to get what she wants. She is a beautiful child, and she knows it! As her mother puts it, “Elle est très coquette!” and quite vain; she loves looking at herself in the mirror and making faces by raising her eyebrows up and down. Lala says Tsiky will cry if she doesn’t put coconut oil and beeswax in her hair so that it’s nice to touch. She wears cute little outfits, and carries around a tiny purse that’s often filled with biscuits – cookies! She’ll munch on them in the office, shamelessly leaving crumbs everywhere!
One day, when Tsiky was running around keeping us from getting any work done, Francesca and I had an idea: knowing how much she loves looking at herself, we decided to show Tsiky Photobooth on our computers. As expected, she was enchanted, fascinated by the various colorful and morphing effects. She would jump out of the frame and ask “Où est Tsiky?” (“Where is Tsiky?”), in a kind of peek-a-boo game with herself. Now every time she comes to the office she runs up to us, asking with a false pout “Où est Tsiky?” asking to play with Photobooth.
Alright, so we may have created a little monster. But she’s a cute one, no?
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