Ever since Gavin was young, he has demonstrated a sense for brand loyalty. It began with Starbucks after I started feeding him sips from my Starbucks hot chocolate. After that, he would start pointing at Starbucks whenever we passed it, indicating he wanted hot chocolate.

The next big brand Gavin decided he liked was anything with Thomas and Friends. He would go berserk whenever he got a new Thomas and Friends product – be it a toy, a VCD or a towel with a picture of Thomas on it.

His godmother recently gave him a Thomas pillow case and he started dancing with joy. I think the exuberance he displayed when he received it spoke volumes about how grateful he was to receive this present. When I asked him to say “thank you” to godma, he signed “thank you” enthusiastically several times.

During a grocery shopping trip, I discovered another brand preference Gavin had developed. The first bottled juice we introduced him to was by the brand “Peel Fresh”. It wasn’t long before he would start looking for “Peel Fresh” in the supermarkets whenever we go shopping.

After my most recent food poisoning episode, I seem to have developed an affinity for drinking orange juice, so I started buying the 2L cartons of juice instead of the 1L cartons. For some strange reason, Village Grocers in Bangsar Village only sell the 1L cartons of Peel Fresh. Since they didn’t have the 2L cartons, I decided to get Sunkist instead. Even though I had put two 2L cartons into the trolley, Gavin kept pointing to the Peel Fresh carton, indicating that that was the one he wanted.

Over the weekend, we took a family trip to Teluk Intan to visit some of hubby’s relatives. Among the stuff we brought with us was a tin of Milo. When Gavin saw the Milo tin, he started saying “Mi. Mi.” - ever since that day, he has been saying “Mi” whenever he sees the Milo logo.

So here are a couple more brands that have just found themselves in the history books of Gavin’s Choice Awards:

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