Jesus Budha

December 25, 2007, 7:45 a.m. – Christmas Day

Sender: Mom

“Ilan lahat contestant nakikinig ako cno baby jesus budha?


You may be thinking my mom just lost her mind or drunk. Fortunately it’s nothing of that sort because it was actually me who had just lost his mind and drunk. Anyway, this is probably one of my favorite memories of me being an evil big brother. Days before Christmas, the Good Times radio show at Magic 89.9 sponsored a contest wherein the person who appears in studio on Christmas day wearing the best Jesus costume would win a laptop. My younger brother wanted to join since he badly wants a laptop and he asked me for some ideas for the costume.

Bad idea.

I told him that every one of the contestants appearing there would be dressed in the traditional robe with matching long hair and beard/mustache. Well, the traditional catholic image of the adult Jesus. I told him that to increase his chance he must “think outside of the box” and catch the attention of Mo Twister and the other DJs. Since the theme was dress like Jesus and it was Christmas I told him to dress as……

BABY JESUS!

Yes you read it right, Baby Jesus. He would only wear a cloth diaper and nothing else, save for a bed sheet so he can lie on the floor inside the studio. At first he protested but I convinced him it’s a sure win so he finally agreed.

*cue in evil laughter

So off we went early in the morning to go to the Magic Station in EDSA and at the nearest available comfort room he changed to his costume (non-costume) and I couldn’t stop laughing but at the same time encouraging him to do it. We went inside the studio with my brother still wrapped in beds sheet and the three DJ’s Mo Twister, Mojo and Grace Lee welcomed us in. We got confused looks on their faces since they thought the bedsheet was his costume, then came the big…errr reveal.

Bedlam ensued.

All three DJ’s were laughing their socks off when they saw my brother drop the bedsheet and lie on the floor crying like a baby. During the drive to the studio I instructed him to be “in full character” the entire time meaning he must not talk the entire show and just act like a baby. Every time the DJ asked him a question he would just cry out like a baby. Did I mention that it was freezing cold inside the booth and he’s just wearing a piece of cloth diaper while lying on the cold floor?

Hours later, judgment time came and there were around 10 contestants in the booth all wearing my anticipated costume of the traditional “adult” Jesus, except one who came late also in baby costume but the execution was not at par with my brother.

Well we lost (Actually he lost hahaha) to the guy who came earliest in the show. I was disappointed of course since we were the most creative and the winner, in all fairness had the best adult Jesus costume albeit a generic one. My brother did win tickets as consolation prize to the dolphin show which I believe he did not claim anymore. I have the photographs of the event as well as the video of the ordeal but won’t show it unless I want to “accidentally” die while I’m asleep. Maybe when he gets married it will somehow someway appear in the slideshow during the reception. Accidents happen, right?


*SNAP BACK TO REALITY