Comments on: No Action Father’s Day

By: yl

yl — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

kekeke…. we tried… when we started out working, we did want to bring them out for a nice makan during father/mother’s day. between my parents, they came up with a million and one reasons why we should save up the money. for my two dear old folks *my parents would scalp me alive for this term of endearment…*, the amount of money you spent during father/mother’s day is not value for money because everything is more expensive, more commercialised, less value-for-money, there is a big crowd and my mom is claustrophobic. so they would prefer we save up the money or rather, in the words of my learned mother,”accumulate the loyalty points like how the supermarket does…”, and bring them for a nice holiday or something @ the end of it… after much nagging, the three little pigs of the family *now now, my brother and sister would definitely scalp me for this term of endearment* decided not to torture our ears anymore!!

all the best!!

cheerio,
yl.

By: Ivy

Ivy — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

hmmm my situation also as complicated. I offered to buy lunch for my dad but he insist he wanna cook. so we had dinner with my dad last tuesday, early celebration.

I forgotten all about my step father!!! How could I??!! I have a pretty good relationship with my stepdad, he treats me just like his own and he really dotes on me and frankly, i like him better than my own mum

I have an uncle who is a fatherly figure to me, during those years when my parents were separated, he took care of me alot and I regard him like a father and I forgot to wish him happy father’s day too!! HOW COULD I????

I bought a bottle of perfume for Kiat for father’s day on behalf of my kid though :p

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

My father is a man of few words, very “old-fashioned” type of father.

It was only until 6 years ago when he underwent a heart bypass that i finally understand him better. Stern-face as he may seem, he’s just as vulnerable as any human being. ..since young we’ve always know him as the “strong daddy”. We didn’t know that he, like everyone of us, needs love and concern too.

Now, i would say our relationship are better than before, we celebrated his birthday and father’s day last week as it’s just 2 days apart. I can see from the smile on his face that he’s very contented to have his children and grandchildren around him, though he’s still the “dad with few words” :)

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

I think when someone dear to us passes on, a part of us also die with them. If i were in your shoe, i don’t think i will behave any differently. I might just be plain silly but it would be hard for me to accept a step dad or step mum… or should i say, i wouldn’t be in approval for that to happen :/

By: Irene

Irene — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

Ahhh…. Nothing says love like a durian for Father’s Day.

Dads will be dads. He’ll be happy with his durian =)

By: hait

hait — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

yl, I don’t know about your parents, but some of them secretely yarn for something even though they said “waste money, don’t want, etc”, just like when I say buying flowers are wasteful, but I still love getting a bouquet anyway,

phoebe, yah loh, I couldn’t accept it initially too, even though I am already a grown up. but we couldn’t really object to his decision.

andrew and Irene, durians speak volumes!! always the favourite fruit in the family.

By: yl

yl — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

you are not alone actually. forgot about father’s day too. didnt celebrate. actually, we never celebrate father’s day or mother’s day. too commercialised. we prefer to celebrate the birthdays… we do not fall into the traps of capitalism!! my parents also insist on not celebrating father’s/mother’s day. they think it is 无聊…

all the best!!

cheerio,
yl.

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000

hey, don’t worry too much about it. parents have a way of knowing that their kids appreciate them. anyway, i’m sure your lew lian will speak volumes…