A Day With Dad

Prelude : The Day Before the Day

Was practicing when I received a call. It was my aunt's number, which kinda suprised me as she seldom called me. To my suprise, instead of hearing her voice over the phone, it was a man's voice. Puzzled, I thought it was my uncle for a second. But suddenly, it just hit me that the voice ain't my unc's, but my dad!

Dad just reached Kl from Sg, and he hasn't been back for almost a year (he's working in Papua New Guinea). He doesn't have a handphone, so we decided to meet up at Pasar Seni station the next day.


Intermezzo : The Day

Church was longer than usual, so I rushed down the stairs as soon as I reach the station. And there, I saw him. Before anything else, I gave him a hug. He is more skinny now, the shirt which fit him last time seems a bit loose and his hair is messier too. He must have had a tough life in the camp. He knew my Foo Chow is bad (in fact, the worse in my family), yet he started talking to me in Foochow. I tried to answer back in my brocken Fc at first, but gave up not long after.

We went to the famous beef noodle shop in Petaling Street fo lunch. Well, he complained to me that the noodles weren't as good as they were last time. But then, does it really matter? I'm glad that I can enjoy having lunch with dad after so long. The noodles simply tastes good to me! After that he brought me to a Taufufa shop, which was really good.

We were walking about computers and he decided to buy me one, since I don't own one. I told him the way to lau yat via Lrts, but turns out he knew the transportation better than me and we just took a bus to there (And I've been in Kl longer than him, me thinks!) There, he suddenly asked me whether I know how to choose a laptop. *Shake heads* I DON'T KNOW! AHHHH!!! So there goes 2 guys window shopped in Lauyat because both don't really know how to pick a laptop (we decided to wait until my bro comes back after holiday to buy one).

We had steak for early dinner. Then we went to Sg. Wang, coz I wanna buy some scores, which I didn't manage to find. I told him I need a tie, and the search for the tie begins! I wanted to go to this tie shop Chris told me, but failed to find it after more than 20/30 mins of walking. I ended up calling Chris. Now, I finally have a tie. It's funny, that I never liked shopping, let alone walk in a crowded lala land. But when dad's there, I really enjoyed myself walking with him.


Finale : Departures

We went to take a bus, one which can pass by pudu and reach my place directly. Before he left, he gave me a big warm hug, and we waved goodbye. I sat there, my eyes getting more moisture ( you know what I mean). Never knew I'd miss him that much. I'm very thankful to him, to be willing to work in harsh environment to raise us, to let us choose our own path, and never gave up on us.

Mein Vater, vielen dank!