Do You See What I See?

No, this won't be about the night wind and the little lamb. This is about GI coming home from school this afternoon.

There was a lot of things going on at Northern Views this morning since we had reported a possible problem in the bathroom upstairs. The plumber did an initial inspection last week and announced that they would have to tear up the shower floor and check for leaks. Work was to start first thing Monday morning.

When Joseph the plumber arrived at 8am this morning, he started with the bathroom upstairs. After a while, he said that they would have to open up the ceilings in the first floor as well to assess the extent of the damage. His buddy Bill arrived soon after and together, they sawed up the ceiling and all. Throughout the morning and early afternoon, they did some work. By the time they left, they had done the initial work in the bathroom upstairs and patched up the holes in the ceiling.

Earlier that day, MacGyver had gone off to pick up a TV which was being passed on to us. It was bigger and newer than the second hand 14" TVs we had previously received, and it showed promise of having connectivity to the Game Box we had brought from Manila. Since there was some pending work to be done in the lounge, MacGyver had temporarily placed the big TV right at the corner of the lounge right at the entrance.

Anyway, going back to GI.

GI takes the bus home from school and walks a short distance to get home. His brother and sister, who are studying in the primary school get picked up by their father while MacGyver is still able to do so.

Yesterday, when GI arrived, the two younger ones were already at home. The house was a-buzz with activity because while MacGyver picked up the kids from school, the package with the modem for the internet connection arrived. When they got home, MacGyver immediately got started on getting all the PCs online.

As GI approached the house, I saw him from the window. I opened the door to greet him. He fumbled to get his shoes off. I pointed at my cheek. He dutifully planted a kiss then proceeded to the lounge where his PC is situated. When he was told that we had wi-fi again, he was elated. He immediately powered up his PC and made himself known again through Facebook.

He noticed that the table and chairs were not in their normal positions and the patched up hole in the ceiling in the lounge. We explained that this was part of the work being done for the bathroom upstairs. He went about his usual activities then went upstairs to get his PSP.

As he was climbing the stairs, I told RD, "He didn't even notice the new TV."

RD didn't believe me. He called out to his brother and asked if he had noticed something new, if he had seen the new TV.

"I bet he didn't see the TV."

True enough, GI replied, "What? What TV?"

He ran back downstairs to look for the TV that he had missed.

He could only laugh when he saw the size of the TV he had walked passed and failed to notice all the time he had been downstairs.

"It's just like this video*", he said. And he led me to this youtube video.

So ... did you count correctly? But more importantly, did you see what I missed?