I didn’t realise that Gavin actually understood the meaning of “ugly” until last week. He had used the word to such precision that my jaw almost dropped to the floor.
Our family was having dinner at a restaurant and an odd looking young waiter about 18 years old with bleached short punk rock hairstyle was serving us the dishes.
After staring at the waiter for awhile and smiling somewhat coyly, Gavin said, “so ugly!” He wasn’t loud, but it was definitely audible. I was dead sure the waiter who was just standing next to me heard it as he glanced up at Gavin. Of course he didn’t do anything but just left us to enjoy our food.
As soon as he stepped away, I quickly affirmed with my maid about what I’ve heard and we broke out laughing. It was then that his dad and grandparents realised what the cheeky boy has just said.
Although it was uttered innocuously, some feelings were probably hurt as the ugly waiter never returned to serve us again that evening.
Well I think he must be so used to KimuTaku that anyone that does not match up must therefore be ugly! Hehe …
Comment by Loong — Sun, 14 May 2006 @ 7:09 pm
Haahaa, Gavin is so adorable & so true..
Comment by §Ashleigh§ — Sun, 14 May 2006 @ 10:00 pm
Happy Mother’s day to you ..SS!
Children are so honest.. ! they say what they see..
Comment by Mama Bok — Sun, 14 May 2006 @ 10:57 pm
hahahah… kids can just be brutally honest!
Comment by Erika — Sun, 14 May 2006 @ 11:19 pm
LOL…Poor waiter..hahaha..and cute little Gavin…
Kids are just frank and honest…at times..hehehe..
Comment by Eileen — Mon, 15 May 2006 @ 9:38 am
i love that pic of Gavin…very cheeky…
Comment by Eileen — Mon, 15 May 2006 @ 9:38 am
He’s got the makings of a metrosexual.
Comment by domestic rat — Mon, 15 May 2006 @ 12:44 pm
kids are so innocent and truthful.. sometimes it hurts..
Poor ugly waiter.
Comment by zara's mama — Mon, 15 May 2006 @ 2:22 pm
Kids are really open books, saying what comes to mind immediately. Don’t you wish adults were more like that sometimes?
Comment by Hsin — Mon, 15 May 2006 @ 10:18 pm
lol. what a great story.
smart kid. you want them to be smart, but not at the wrong moments. thx for the smile.
Comment by ally bean — Mon, 15 May 2006 @ 11:03 pm
oh oh, think Gavin broke the poor waiter’s heart….woahahah
Comment by Jan (My lovely Rays) — Wed, 17 May 2006 @ 10:11 am
[...] Now, Gavin is well aware of the meaning of ugly and having him going to school and calling a teacher ugly is not a good idea at all. But no matter how I quizzed him and racked my brains, I didn’t know who he was referring to. [...]
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