爸爸的第二春...

Yesterday was father's day.

Now my father very ma fan one. I heard fr my youngest bro that he had turned down his invitation for a dinner to celebrate (why hadnt my bro inform me abt this before hand? *a wee bit annoyed* Oh well, I know my family... )

Well, as I am working for him & earning his $$, plus with all my own necessary expenditure, I am sure it would be disagreeable to him if I buy him anything expensive (which I dun hv the ability to anyway). To get him a shirt? Doesnt seemed sincere enuff when he cld hv done so himself. A tie for him is impractical as he seldom wear tie, not even to wedding dinners.

Well, I went Orchard to collect my dress anyway (perfect fit! now when can I & will I wear it?). After my solo dinner, I went browsing around & came to the photoframe section. I saw a green photoframe which looked like that of a wallet. You could open it up to position it on ur table as a photoframe or just button it up like a wallet if you would like to carry it around with you. I tot this was the perfect gift for daddy as I could slot in 2 mini wallet size pictures of our whole family (my 1st immediate family). It cost just under $8. Then I just bought a matted gold wrapping paper, scotch-tape & a gift ribbon to complete my father's day gift to my dad.

Back home, my 二弟 was just about to report back to camp. So the part about making a self-made card & getting my two other bro to sign on it fell thru. Nvm then. I searched my own album & fished out a photo taken featuring my dad, my son & me. Photo 1 ok! I sneaked into my dad's room while he went to the living room & got our family albums out. The best available picture (target area must be of around 6x8cm or so to fit) of our family together was taken many years back (of cos it nid to be the time when my mum was alive to take the picture), my youngest bro (in his late teens now) was then about 3 yrs old or so :O Hence, my 2 photos were settled!

After which, I just cut the pictures out to their necessary sizes, fit them into the frame, button up the wallet photo frame, put it back into its box & wrapped it up with the gold wrapping paper. I wrote, “父亲节快乐！”on the gift cover and pasted the shiny gold gift ribbon at the left side of the gift. Ta-da! All done! I presented to my dad his gift at about just a little after 11pm. I had to knock his room door as he was in his room. He opened the door after some moments. He was wrapped with bath towel at his waist (about to bathe or just finish bathe?) I just told him, "This is for you. *pause* Open it up to see!" He took the gift then close the door.

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This morning, I went back to my dad's room to return the 2 photo albums I sneaked out from his room last night. I looked thru the other albums he had there. Those taken with his SECOND family & of which I had no participation in. Many lovely photos & of my dad & his family smiling. He had a pair of fracternal twins with the lady (one boy, one gal). I do not know wat exactly happen to cause the split between my dad & his second wife but thru these photos, at least I noe he once had the "family" feel again with his second family. I hope he had savoured it while it lasted...

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Family...


Family...


I had once taken a tickle test. It says my family is my deepest kept secret. I love my family but I could not live up to the expectations of my dad, mum & relatives because of wat had happened in my life. I am a rebel at certain points too. I do not like ppl pushing me around. The smile you see on my face is just the calm before a storm... haha...

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I had never minded about my dad taking on a new wife after my mum's death. Neither do I think my bros minded either. I think it was a silent unanimous consent that all siblings just wanted my dad to be happy. I wonder wat is the hoo-ha over my relatives' side being so "concern" about us objecting to my dad finding his happiness (even though in the end it didnt last). Prolly they were having their own debates amg the relatives themselves? I couldnt care less...

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At least, 我们都曾经拥有。

快乐，要继续寻找。 快乐，要努力地维持。

伶。