Monday, June 16, 2008
Happy Father's Day, Daddy.
Hihihi... I'm in Caravelle Hotel in Ho Chih Minh City...
I had wanted to rest after clearing my work emails, read some blogs and net-surfing but my 2 young cousins inspired me to write this.
As all might know, it was Father's Day yesterday. Some of you might agree with me that we tend to emphasize more on Mother's Day than Father's Day. I remember when I was younger, there will be a lot of different medias telling us that Mother's Day is coming and what are the gifts that we can buy for our Mum but the same kind of publicity is not done for Father's Day. A lot of times, we tend to take our Dads for granted more than our Mums. In my opinion, maybe Mums are more sensitive to this kind of thing and will be upset if we forget about THE day but Dads are more the 'bo-chup' kind. Most of them will not be so particular whether you celebrate THE day for them or not. I think they are more concerned on whether the family is living well and comfortable.
I remembered that when we were young, we used to squeeze our brain-juice dry thinking what gift we can get for my Mum each year and we will get her different gifts every year. You won't believe what we bought for my Dad... My sister and I used to buy my Dad a comb for THE day when we were still schooling. It's the orange plastic comb that cost less than $1 and we bought him that every year!!! At one point of time, he had like 3 - 4 such new combs in his drawer. He wouldn't complain that he still had many and it's the same gift year-in-year-out. Looking back now, I think that's real funny and thoughtless of us!!!
My Dad has always been a responsible husband and father to my family and now a doting grand-dad to Jayden boy. He has worked hard all his life to provide for this family without complaints (maybe a little... hahaha...). He is a well-known husband / dad among my relatives who does the housework at home. I am guilty as charged to say that most of the housework at home are done by him. There's no denying that he can be unreasonable at times but I think it all boils down to old age and wanting our attention on him. We tend to take for granted that he's there and it's just menopause. I do think to myself sometimes (especially with life's unpredictability) that I would be devastated if that 'day' is to come.
It's very common for children to take their parents for granted all the times and only come to realize their importance in our lives during their birthdays and parents' days. Again, I am guilty as charged. I know that I will not be a saint from now on but like all children, we try to be the filial children to our parents. I know I should and I will try my very best.
Happy Father's Day, Daddy... I love you.
10:25 PM
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