There’s something about My Secret Love

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I knew it the moment when I laid my eyes on her last night, as she laid lost in dreams, an immaculate angel in immaculate white.

That I am in love.

I awoke in fear that my vision was but a dream, until I saw her coming out from the shower, smiling shyly as she dries her hair.

I thus conclude, that I have the cutest three-year old niece in the whole wide world :)

. . . .

Don’t worry folks, even though I hug and prance around with kids a fraction of my age on TV, I’m 100% free of pedophilic tendencies. Serious. And I am really glad they chose me over that Jackson Michael guy during the auditions, heh heh. . . .

The truth is, I don’t have much affinity with kids. During my stint as a waiter, I had to suppress the urge to strangle those eight-year old monsters when they spill ketchup on the table for fun. I also took sadistic pleasure when I saw the disappointed look on their pesky faces when I tell them the dessert of the day is not ice cream, but peaches. To be more specific, yucky canned peaches. Heh heh. . . .

But those kids under five, I can’t resist them. They just have to look at me with their little puppy eyes and I’m tempted to book the tickets to Disneyland already. That was why I felt an incredible urge to get my niece something because not only did she smiled at me with her little puppy eyes, it was Children’s Day too.

But since I am but a poor struggling student, I can only afford Yan Yan, strawberry flavor. Thankfully, my niece is not the materialistic sort, and she was damn happy with the gift. I was damn happy too simply because she loves it, and was over the moon when the dear offered me some of her Yan Yan. Sigh. . . .

I wonder when will I have kids of my own. Given my dismay romantic history, that seems like such a faraway possibility.

Oh well. Happy Children’s Day, everyone. You’re never too old to celebrate.

Signing off, Barneysaurus

Update (1 October 2005, 8:42pm): My niece gave me a kiss when she was leaving. I think she likes me too. Which confirms my suspicions that all kids like Barney :)

Or maybe she really likes the Yan Yan.