There Is In Fact A Child Inside All Of Us

I went to OU this afternoon with Yaya. The plan is to look for presents for my nephew Enyel (next week will be his 3rd birthday). It's been a while since I last looked up for birthday present, let alone for a 3 year old. So we went to Toys R Us, and man it's hard! I thought buying presents for a kid will be such an easy peasy job. I was sooo wrong! Here's some reasons on why this turned out to be so difficult.

A lot has changed since I was a kid (I'm an 80's child). I mean the variety of toys...just..wowww. We were so rambang mata around the store. You can't help it but to feel like buying it for yourself! I kid you not. We were in the LEGO section, and there were tonnes of cool LEGOs to choose from. For the plush toy fans, there a wide range to choose from (my personal favourite, Tickle Me Elmo Extreme). It does not stop there. You can even sort of 'influenced' your child into some specific career of your choice so that your kid grows into it. We're talking toy stetoscope for young and aspiring doctors to be, toy hammers and screwdrivers for the keen-to-be-engineers, and so on. There's model vehicles, fantasy model aircrafts (Transformers, Star Wars, etc.). There's even a mini bowling alley for crying out loud! For a glimpse in that moment, I wish I was a kid...again...

And then there's the more...realistic issue of concern. The more interesting or cool the toy is, the expensive it is. A Cool LEGO set will cost you RM400 and above. And let's just face it, you are definitely eyeing for the best, biggest and sickest toys out there! I can actually buy something small within my budget, but I just can't accept the fact that my nephew got something small (I will be damn frustrated if I were him). Parents, expect to burn a large hole in your pocket. Haiyaaaa...welcome to the world we're leaving in.

In the end, we spent about 1 hour and 30 minutes (I think) inside Toys R Us. Managed to pick the toy of our choice, get it wrapped and head back home. It was fun visiting a toy store once in a while, and that visit definitely brings out sweet childhood memories of myself. Or maybe I am just still a child at heart....Jaane!