kablag!

So okay, I admit I am still not over the xmas holidays that
we spent in pinas. Hence, another xmas in pinas kwento.

I had originally bought a mickey mouse t-shirt for my
nephew, keith. I did not anticipate how
big he’s grown. When I saw him I knew
that shirt would not fit him. Before I
had the chance to buy a new gift, keith had already inspected the wrapped
package. He guessed that it might be a
shirt. To add a bit of excitement I told
him that what was inside are a couple of underwears, a pink and orange
pair. Keith was very upset. He could not understand why I would buy him
underwears when:

1. he
        said he had loads of them
2. the
        colors are all wrong
3. he
        wanted a toy and according to him, knowing that he’s a kid must have made
        it obvious that he wanted a toy

my answers to him were:

1. everybody
        can’t get enough of underwears. The
        more the merrier. I also said that I wanted to give him something
        personal, he he.
2. I told
        him pink is in, and that real men wear pink
3. For
        the last excuse, I told him that not having a kid of my own made it hard
        for me to realize that all kids want toys

You can just imagine how sulky he would get each time the
topic of xmas presents arose. He knew I
loved him dearly, that’s why the underwear gift was a real puzzle to him. Of course, I bought him what he really
wanted, a ziod thing, the lion one. But
I was not gonna give the secret up so easily.

Xmas eve, when all was opening presents, I gave him my “new”
present, still I maintained the underwear theme, hehe, I told him I just got
him a bigger pair.

He was not enthused to open the gift. Who would be?

We were all encouraging him to tear the wrapper apart and
just open my gift. He did so without any
trace of excitement in his face. But
viola! What he saw inside the box was
what he really wanted after all.

After the presents had been opened, he told me:

“i knew you were joking all along.”

Yeah right.

He he.