Its Daddies Day this Sun so I'm wishing all the fathers out there a very Happy Daddies Day!
While I was driving to work this morning, JJ & Ian at Hitz.fm was talking about how they're replacing Daddies Day with Mommies day because they think Mommies deserve two days instead of one which, I agree because i'm a mom myself and I deserved to be pampered ahahahha! but Daddies play a certain role in upbringing their kids so they do deserve a day in the year (Yes, it includes how they teach our sons to burp and fart like a man among other USEFUL lessons in life) .... So listening to them on the radio this morning got me to ponder on how my relationship was with my dad.
Dad has always been the "Tim The Tool Man Taylor" minus all the wrecking Tim used to do in the series ahahahha. Being the eldest, dad was always including me in doing all the minor repairs in the house (plumbing, wiring, etc), minor car repairs (mainly because I got small hands that can fit in small area in the engine) and his various woodwork and steel work projects. I spent most of my teenage life being the "jack of all trades" in the house mainly because dad was transferred to Tawau for a few years so all the minor repairs fell on my hands. I remembered feeling like I've accomplished something great everytime I managed to fix something without dad's help. I remembered that I loved getting black engine oil on my hands and face when helping dad fix our souped-up double cab we called 'BigFoot' and changing the all the normal tyres to the big-ass-up-to-my-waist type humongous tyres all by myself if dad's going hunting for wild boars. He also taught me how to cut up and clean the WHOLE wild boar with parang and blow torch.
When I was about 6 or 7, he taught me how to swim. During those days, my dad had a boat and almost twice a month we would go out to Pulau Sapi or Manukan or Mamutik for bbq with some family and friends. So this particular day, we went out with most of my cousins and uncles and aunties. When dad parked the boat at the jetty, all my cousins jump straight into the sea to swim to shore. I didnt know how to swim so I stayed in resting my chin at the side of the boat envying my cousins who was having so much fun. Guess what dad did? He picked me up from behind and threw me in the water! He was shouting "Branang! Branang!" from the boat. So within a split second, i taught myself how to swim in order to survive ahahahhaha, well, branang kampung style lah ikikikiki. I guess he wasnt too worried coz some of my older cousins were still swimming around the boat. All i can say is, his 'teknik' worked on me.
My dad took up diving when I was 9 and he signed me up for SSI Junior Open Water diver when i was 11/12. A year later, my dad became an instructor. We had 20 tanks, a huge amount of bcds, masks, fins, weight belts (some which me and my dad made ourself), regulators etc etc and even the compressor to fill up the tanks. We dived (either just the two of us but most of the time with students or other friends) almost every weekend and when we got home after the dives, there I am, cursing under my breath coz i have to soak and clean all the equipments and when its dry put it back in the store room. Then come next weekend, there I am again, packing all the stuff into our trailer and filling up the tanks the day before. Hmmm maybe thats why i was so slim last time ahahahahh! I remembered one incident when my dad went diving with Uncle Will Lai. We were then to mabuk laut to dive so we stayed in the boat. So there goes my dad in the water with Uncle Will. 5 minutes later he surfaced. I thought something might be wrong with his gear. He took out the regulator from his mouth and said "Patutlah galap...." while taking off his mask and took off his SUNGLASSES to hand it over to me MUAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH! On another incident, we went diving around Pulau Sapi, just the two of us. When we were in the water, I was busy trying to catch up with Dad coz he was wearing the black hard heavy flippers so he didnt have to flip/paddle hard but he went fast and i was wearing my pink and black soft flippers my dad bought for me for my bday (whole set of diving gear in pink and black!) so i had to really kick to catch up. Then he stopped at a drop off, the water in front of me looked dark blue. I was so happy he stopped coz i wasnt enjoying my dive at that point, not one bit! When i finally caught up with him, there right in front of my face a big shiny barracuda passed by inches from my mask. Nearly had a heart attack i tell you!!!!
Yeah, I had a lot of fond memories with dad. Too many to mention here. Yes, I've been a brat at times but dad's patience level can be quite amazing...
So Cheers to you Daddy!
(altho he dont drink anymore)
Happy Daddies Day Babe!
Happy Daddies Day to Daddy In Law!
Happy Daddies Day to Eriq too!
I LAP YOUS!!!!!! MUAKS!
Dad has always been the "Tim The Tool Man Taylor" minus all the wrecking Tim used to do in the series ahahahha. Being the eldest, dad was always including me in doing all the minor repairs in the house (plumbing, wiring, etc), minor car repairs (mainly because I got small hands that can fit in small area in the engine) and his various woodwork and steel work projects. I spent most of my teenage life being the "jack of all trades" in the house mainly because dad was transferred to Tawau for a few years so all the minor repairs fell on my hands. I remembered feeling like I've accomplished something great everytime I managed to fix something without dad's help. I remembered that I loved getting black engine oil on my hands and face when helping dad fix our souped-up double cab we called 'BigFoot' and changing the all the normal tyres to the big-ass-up-to-my-waist type humongous tyres all by myself if dad's going hunting for wild boars. He also taught me how to cut up and clean the WHOLE wild boar with parang and blow torch.
When I was about 6 or 7, he taught me how to swim. During those days, my dad had a boat and almost twice a month we would go out to Pulau Sapi or Manukan or Mamutik for bbq with some family and friends. So this particular day, we went out with most of my cousins and uncles and aunties. When dad parked the boat at the jetty, all my cousins jump straight into the sea to swim to shore. I didnt know how to swim so I stayed in resting my chin at the side of the boat envying my cousins who was having so much fun. Guess what dad did? He picked me up from behind and threw me in the water! He was shouting "Branang! Branang!" from the boat. So within a split second, i taught myself how to swim in order to survive ahahahhaha, well, branang kampung style lah ikikikiki. I guess he wasnt too worried coz some of my older cousins were still swimming around the boat. All i can say is, his 'teknik' worked on me.
My dad took up diving when I was 9 and he signed me up for SSI Junior Open Water diver when i was 11/12. A year later, my dad became an instructor. We had 20 tanks, a huge amount of bcds, masks, fins, weight belts (some which me and my dad made ourself), regulators etc etc and even the compressor to fill up the tanks. We dived (either just the two of us but most of the time with students or other friends) almost every weekend and when we got home after the dives, there I am, cursing under my breath coz i have to soak and clean all the equipments and when its dry put it back in the store room. Then come next weekend, there I am again, packing all the stuff into our trailer and filling up the tanks the day before. Hmmm maybe thats why i was so slim last time ahahahahh! I remembered one incident when my dad went diving with Uncle Will Lai. We were then to mabuk laut to dive so we stayed in the boat. So there goes my dad in the water with Uncle Will. 5 minutes later he surfaced. I thought something might be wrong with his gear. He took out the regulator from his mouth and said "Patutlah galap...." while taking off his mask and took off his SUNGLASSES to hand it over to me MUAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH! On another incident, we went diving around Pulau Sapi, just the two of us. When we were in the water, I was busy trying to catch up with Dad coz he was wearing the black hard heavy flippers so he didnt have to flip/paddle hard but he went fast and i was wearing my pink and black soft flippers my dad bought for me for my bday (whole set of diving gear in pink and black!) so i had to really kick to catch up. Then he stopped at a drop off, the water in front of me looked dark blue. I was so happy he stopped coz i wasnt enjoying my dive at that point, not one bit! When i finally caught up with him, there right in front of my face a big shiny barracuda passed by inches from my mask. Nearly had a heart attack i tell you!!!!
Yeah, I had a lot of fond memories with dad. Too many to mention here. Yes, I've been a brat at times but dad's patience level can be quite amazing...
So Cheers to you Daddy!
(altho he dont drink anymore)
Happy Daddies Day Babe!
Happy Daddies Day to Daddy In Law!
Happy Daddies Day to Eriq too!
I LAP YOUS!!!!!! MUAKS!
