爸我回来了 by 周杰伦

The Role of Dads

The norm is that these "special" males are to slog it out outside and bring the dough home. Their wives would be tending to the screaming kids at home, disciplining the bunch of rascals and cook/wash/housekeep/iron, etc etc. The kids only get to see their dads a few hr each day and maybe play with him for the whole weekend if they're not shooing the kids outta room for some well-deserved rest.

Kids tend to stick to their mums more since 1)they're the one who's always ard when they need help (if mum's not working); 2)the 1st to respond to ur cries(with either cuddlings or canings); 3)they've been in their body for 9 mths b4; 4)dad's tired.

SO wat's up with all the daddy talk?

I was on a bus yest to head for my study site. 1st came a family, kid & dad sitting behind me, mum beside me. Then the kid starts to make a din, kicking my chair (if i could, i'll slap the bugger). Mum turns to coax the fella. Fella continues. Dad stood up for the mum to sit in his place. Isnt sitting with Dad same as sitting with Mum?

A few stops later, up comes another threesome. Mum carrying the baby and Dad was armoured with a haversack, some barangs and a baby pram! I'll nvr bring a pram if i noe i'm gonna take public transport. I rather carry the kid in those kiddy straps or even better, throw the fella to Dad while i do shopping. Kekekekeke. Anyway back to the threesome. When they alight, Mum carried the baby + a huge plastic flowerpot in a plastic bag and Dad was struggling with the pram. Then Mum gave Dad the plastic bag and walks right off with the baby, ignoring the Dad still struggling with the pram. (Wah! Quarrel arh?)

I parked myself at Mac, and set up my territory amongst the other stud-iers. Families stroll in and out, kids in toll, running abt, whrecking the peace consensus dat was maintained by the stud-iers. Most families, I noticed, Mums were the ones to buy the Happy Meals etc etc while Dads were the ones to either visit the loo 1st, or waiting/chopping the seats. Kids naturally are with Mums.

Dad seems lonely.

One particular family, Mum, Dad, 3 kids and Maid. 6 ppl, but they chose to occupy 3 different sets of seats. 1 kid with Maid, 1 with Mum, 1 with Dad. The place where Maid and kid sits, neighbours the 4 seater where Dad and kid sits. Mum and kid sits behind Dad and kid. Y so segregated when Mum and kid could take the empty 2 seats from the 4 seater of Dad and kid?? Dad here is lonely too, when all the kids followed Mum to get the meals.

So what's the role of Dads? Breadwinner? Chauffeur? Seat Chopper? Butler?

I grew up in a traditional family. Dad and Mum works b4 giving birth to my bro so I was with my Ah Ma all the time. I dun remember them bringing me to Mac for a meal and I dun kick a fuss not having it. Frankly speaking, like what my Ah Ma says, I dun give a damn to where my parents are going, but I pester my Ah Ma to bring me when she's going out, so she had to sneak out most of the time.

Dad was the sole breadwinner b4 my 2nd bro came along. My 2nd bro sticks to my Mum, my 1st bro sticks to... Dad i think, if he wans him to buy electrical stuff. Me? I stick more to my Mum but we dun have family outings.

Mum's the one waving the cane most of the time and spankling my 1st bro for his behavior. I dun remember I got spanked badly. I dun really recall being spanked at all. They dun really believe in spanks actually, jus dat my 1st bro is really too much to use the soft approach. Dad, holds the cane maybe to whip lizards?

To conclude, Dads shld spend more time with their kids and Mums shld educate their kids to converse more with Dad, so that I will be able to see more smiling families with Mums and Dads in equal footings and kids in the middle getting held both sides~
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Having a kopi session with the animals r the best. Always laughters ard, and aids in forgetting all the nonsense I'm getting thrown at at work. Birdy jus came back from Taiwan with 铁蛋s (I refuse to try bcos its in garlic flavour, anyway not dat fantastic from the expression of Meow Meow & RR), DIY 3D animals (no cow so I got the 贱狗), SD Gundams (which could be bought in SG). I got Freedom, Strike Freedom and Destiny from the bunch of SD gundams. ^_^ They dun seem hot with the others.. ahahhaha..

I soft-rebonded my hair!! N... No one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE NOTICES IT!!! At least its neater lah. Supposed to tahan 3 days dun wash hair. I 1 DAY ALREADY BTH LIAO. I washed it after one full day, 3 baths. Its giving me a fever if I dun get my head to cool.

The past week was bz like freak. Customs statement + biz analyst stuff. All lum together on my busiest period. I went home consecutively at 7pm for 3 days...

Next week start lectures again. 3 modules together.. I'm like.. dying....

p.s. Oh ya its been 4 yrs since 9/11 incident. Time flies.