Monday, January 23, 2006

I'm a daddy's girl

Met Albert for shopping and dinner, cos we needed to get a gift for Amelie's future father-in-law. We got a Risis gold-plated horse and a dragon-head tortoise which is supposed to symbolise wealth and longevity and a pair of 寿桃 . Got health and wealth - it's thy ideal gift lor ...
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I was carrying Hui CDs and my toner when we met.
Albert : Are they heavy? Need me to carry for you?
Me : No it's ok. Btw, can we drop by Hui's place afterwards? I need to return her the CDs.
Albert : Sure. =)
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We had to walk a long, long, long way back to his car. We even had to walk up a sloping road. All these for a cheaper parking fees. =p Albert walked really fast. I was panting when we got into his car.
Albert : Why? Tired huh?
Me : No, you walked too fast. (Harlow, I'm wearing heels and my skirt is very fitting today hor.)
Albert : Oh, sorry ... (I didn't know.)
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Albert : Btw, where is the nearest DBS Bank? I need to bank in a few cheques.
Me : Erm, near Hui's place?
Me : Ohhh, there's one at Tiong Bahru Plaza too ... You can wait in the car while I run down and bank in the cheques for you.
Albert : Nah, it's ok, I can drop them in myself ...
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Albert tried looking for a parking lot. No luck ...
Albert : Can you manage the car alone?
Me : Just drive around huh? Can.
Albert : Hmmm, never mind. We will go to the DBS Bank at Alexandra Village instead.
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We reached DBS Bank and he managed to get a parking lot.
Albert : You stay in the car, ok? It's pretty dark here. Lock all the doors. Anything, call me.
Me : Orh ... ok.
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This is how Albert takes care of his 30-year-old daughter. Yesh, I'm a daddy's girl. Yesh, I'm someone who is incapable of taking care of myself (in his eyes). Yesh, my papa will rather run the errands himself. Yesh, my papa thinks he still needs to watch over me.
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I may not be his perfect daughter. Anyway, he's a perfectionist Virgo, no one can be perfect in his eyes. But he will always be the best ... in my eyes.
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It's sad that he has little faith in me.
But I'm glad ... my father still walks faster than me.
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* I can't write well and the conversations are very boring. But the words he said tonight touched me alot. Maybe I'm in one of those moods again ... that I feel like crying now. It is only tonite that I realise I haven't been spending quality time with my parents and my parents are beginning to age ... very gracefully, of course.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

*sigh*
I feel it everytime I am home.
So I quit my job so I can spend more time at home! haha!

24 January, 2006 23:15  

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