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Monday, June 18, 2007

Daddy's day!

It always seems easier to be closer to mummies aye? I haven't been close to daddy all the while since young. I remember being very scared of him, very afraid, wanting to avoid any time I have with him. (My childhood is actually quite vague la, I can only remember some things. that's why I wish I was young again.)

I remember, I didn't even talk to him much. I saw him as a fierce, boring, serious, stern, firm, whatever-that-fits here. But one day, I don't even know when! I can only remember around 12 years old, primary 6, things just changed! I was able to talk and relate to him like...a normal daughter would. Joke around, tease him, ask him stuff, make him do stuff, scare him, make him sign my papers, exchange news, ask him to buy kueh and fish soup for me, make him wake up and send me to school, follow him around. It was really a turnaround that year. I remember once that year I just reflected and realised what a big change for me it was and I was happy =). Now, it's still the same, we are close but not THAT close. like. u know, we are still the above, but not THAT close like he would talk to me about my day, say things like "oh that's lovely my dear!~" thinking about that, visualising that, my hair stands. hahaha.

But today's daddy's day, so I would like to give him the praise for trying to be the best daddy around! He has almost always placed his family first and always tries to bring the best home for us...like what we want to eat, he'll go and get it that kind. But then again, I say no use. my sister say then got use. I say "chicken from bedok" he can complain already. my sister say "chicken from jurong", he will go loh. For the record, I stay simei. yah, my sis is the head of the household. not my parents. but no. I don't give in to her childish whims. too bad - she can scream all she wants. I'm like the disciplinarian. I need to scold my parents for giving in to her loh! tsk. and eh, don't think my sister is = younger sister can. my sister is OLDER than me. and u wonder la *rolls eyes.*

okey back to my daddy. And so, hmm I was saying...yarps, and his life revolves around work, family, and mahjong. So it's pretty much providing for his family through work and then spending the rest of the time with family la. Most (meaning he does do other things) social activities revolves around mahjong. (so u should think im a mahjong expert right! my babysitter/nanny/aunties carried me since I was a baby playing mahjong okey!)

And he's the only other one in the family who likes pets. or rather doesn't mind la. He's the only one who took interest in my hamsters. And well, he rears fishes, who almost always dies sooner or later before their time. HAHA. just happens that his gear not that pro ba? I don't know. they always seem to meet with some misfortune. like if they didn't die on their own, they died while trying to escape jumping out of the fishtank, they died while a lizard managed to eat them, they died while being sucked into the air filter. If we had our way, we could have gotten a dog or at least a guinea pig I think.

And he's actually quite funny. I remember my mum telling us about their past dating times where he brought my mum to the zoo. and pronounced the animals wrongly and my mum wanted to laugh but decided to be polite. HAHAHA. and another time, he pointed to a mickey mouse T-shirt and said "Pinky mouse" HAHAHHAA. don't worry...he knows I told all my friends already. And more recent, we went to Melbourne and Perth few years back, maybe 4/5 years? and then the tour guide always says "to your left...you'll see this this this and to your right...you'll see that that and that." and then when we came back to SG, we were just cruising along in the car and suddenly, he went "on your left, you see HDB flats. they were built in 1990. and on your right, you see _____, it was here since 19__" something like that, that left all of us in the car in stitches. And of course there are some random stuff. I especially like to see the embarassed being teased look on his face. like cause I always say something to kinda "refute" him. and then he's got nothing to fight back.

He's been quite a "gentle" dad actually. Like if I failed my, say spelling, I would rather go to him to get it signed than to go to my mum (but I found a way round my mum too...just go when she's sleeping. she'll forget everything the next day. HAHAHA. but it doesn't always work) And when say like my mum asks me to get something done like say, pack my room, she might scream at me. But my dad will just walk over "eh, mummy says pack your room." and I answer "umm." then he's satisfied with the answer and walks away. HAHA. But he's stubborn. Can get like real stubborn. Like he can't fix the table maybe? then he'll insist on doing it? and then at the end of it, maybe he gets it done? but like in 5 hours when he could have done it in 20 mins if he had listened to me. So usually I just leave the stuff to be fixed there first, when he get frustrated with it already, then I move in to do it. girl power! There was once my mum said I was stubborn, and I replied her, "oh, you obviously haven't met my dad."

Oh and most importantly, he's the one who shares my love of kuehs, beh teh so, fried cuttlefish, waffles(thegreenbakerykind) and hmm. yummy stuff that some of them, according to my mum, only old people like to eat. -_-" anyway, so like when I buy such stuff, I know there's someone else who'll eat it too and when I want, I can ask him to buy too. like cause he wants also, he will buy. But that's where the danger is too! When I find my yummy food missing...I know whose stomach it landed up in. And, he'll always give me some lame excuse like "oh..I see like got some powdery stuff on it. thought maybe going to expire and grow mould already so better help u eat or else waste." or "oh, i'm helping u keep it safe here." - while pointing to his stomach.

Haha. and so all in all, I would just like to say i love you and thank you daddy for all your works and love for the family and me! You were the chosen one to give me a glimpse of God's love.

*opps. I didn't do a post similar for mother's day. opps. hehe. next time la hah?

And of course, on the same note, Happy Daddy's Day to my Abba Daddy! You gave me the love that no earthly father could give, you hugged me the way my earthly father didn't hug, you sacrificed the way no one else could for me. You filled every gap in my heart and you surpassed all the expectations of a Father. You'll always be the One I run to, the example and image that I follow and grow into, the One that I can place total trust and fall right into your arms without inhibition.

I thank You that my heart can be free in the grace that I've found in You, where I can boldly enter the holy of holies and stand right before You through the One, Jesus Christ, as I receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteouness and thus reign in life.

-poto update tml. my net is cranky. my lab's net is pro. if there was a room for rent there I won't mind just staying there. do my experiments ANYTIME, wake up and walk out of the door is my lab, internet usage is super good. ACTUALLY TECHNICALLY, can leh. there got shower, got pantry, got toilet, go desk, EVERYTHING I NEED!




* I know his angle not very good..but sorry nah. too bad, we don't take so many potos. and as a side note, I realised that australia doesn't celebrate daddy's day in June! it's on the 1st sunday of Sept.

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