This year my seven year old daughter requested that we stay at home for Christmas. In the pass years our Christmases have been away "on the road" visiting places. This year she wanted to make sure that all the presents under our Christmas tree are opened on Christmas day itself rather than in the new year when we usually returned from our trips. She got her wish ... and more! Early on she made a long list of presents she would like for Christmas. One of the item on the list was an ipod upon which her uncle, who came to spent Christmas with us, decided promptly that he will get the ipod nano for her. So I decided that an ipod docking station with speakers will be the most logical gift from me. Besides, I didn't quite like the idea that she will be listening to the ipod using an earphone all the time. The hard part of getting a present is selecting which docking station is the one that she will like. I didn't want to ask her directly since I want to maintain some element of surprise when she open her present. So when we were out on our shopping I told her that we needed to get an ipod docking station as a present for mom (since mom already has an ipod) and I needed her help to pick the right one. Mom was also out shopping with us so she insisted that mom shop alone because she cannot know the presents that we will be buying for her. My daughter thought that we were buying a present for her mom and so does her mom! This turns out to be the right strategy since my daughter didn't like any of the docking station that I had picked. We picked up the one that she likes and made every efforts to hide it from mom. Early on my wife had also told me her wish for Christmas - a Nintendo Wii! Initially I was not convinced that this was a good idea until I asked my colleagues about this game console. Apparently it is not just for playing video game but also an exercise machine! I was sold to the idea and bought the console online while trying to pretend that I had not bought her any present. I had to trick both my wife and daughter so I hope she had a pleasant surprise. My daughter certainly did. She got her wish and more. So on Christmas day we were golfing, bowling and boxing away on the Wii.
Monday 29 December 2008
Christmas 2008
This year my seven year old daughter requested that we stay at home for Christmas. In the pass years our Christmases have been away "on the road" visiting places. This year she wanted to make sure that all the presents under our Christmas tree are opened on Christmas day itself rather than in the new year when we usually returned from our trips. She got her wish ... and more! Early on she made a long list of presents she would like for Christmas. One of the item on the list was an ipod upon which her uncle, who came to spent Christmas with us, decided promptly that he will get the ipod nano for her. So I decided that an ipod docking station with speakers will be the most logical gift from me. Besides, I didn't quite like the idea that she will be listening to the ipod using an earphone all the time. The hard part of getting a present is selecting which docking station is the one that she will like. I didn't want to ask her directly since I want to maintain some element of surprise when she open her present. So when we were out on our shopping I told her that we needed to get an ipod docking station as a present for mom (since mom already has an ipod) and I needed her help to pick the right one. Mom was also out shopping with us so she insisted that mom shop alone because she cannot know the presents that we will be buying for her. My daughter thought that we were buying a present for her mom and so does her mom! This turns out to be the right strategy since my daughter didn't like any of the docking station that I had picked. We picked up the one that she likes and made every efforts to hide it from mom. Early on my wife had also told me her wish for Christmas - a Nintendo Wii! Initially I was not convinced that this was a good idea until I asked my colleagues about this game console. Apparently it is not just for playing video game but also an exercise machine! I was sold to the idea and bought the console online while trying to pretend that I had not bought her any present. I had to trick both my wife and daughter so I hope she had a pleasant surprise. My daughter certainly did. She got her wish and more. So on Christmas day we were golfing, bowling and boxing away on the Wii.
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