Wednesday, April 05, 2006

happy birthday daddy!

It's my dad's birthday today. Since he's overseas at work I foresee a belated celebration this weekend. Hmmm must plan my studying so as to have some slack time then for a nice family dinner.

Let me tell you something about my dad.

My dad is the kind of person who, when you send an SMS to him saying 'Happy Birthday!', replies it with an 'ok.' He's the kind of person who says he's changing jobs but doesn't mention that the new job is as a CIO of a pharmaceutical company. He's the kind of person who scolds you for coming home late one night but buys you a PS2 the next day when you ask him to. He's the kind of person who on his own birthday asks you where YOU'd want to go to have a nice dinner.

But most importantly, he's the kind of person who when asked to get milk from the supermarket, comes home with milk, chips, beer, instant noodle and chocolate bars. I inherit my shopaholic genes from him.

Don't know when I'll find time to get him a nice present. Thinking of buying him a nice golf tee or something, for those casual meals out or at home. He might occasionally wear Armani, but it's still Armani from twenty years back. To make it worse, the rest of the time he just wears freebie polos much like the ones we get from school events (Convo, Arts Fest, Patron's Day, etc). Next Convo I should just ask for an XL-sized tee and give it to him!