A Special Father's Day

To our family, Father's Day is no different than any other day, as we would like to enjoy everyday rather than enjoying only special occasions. However, thank you to Daniel Tse of Sing Tao Daily (and Kathryn Tung who made the introduction), this year's Father's Day is a special one as the interview appeared in yesterday's Sing Tao Saturday Magazine.

The interview was done two weeks ago and I did not expect it to appear a day before the Father's Day. Then, the way that it's done and titled "Anti-cancer Dad" which I like it a lot. All the messages contained in the article are very positive and I especially like the photo of me looking at Esther smiling. That same smile I remember, also happened when we were taking the wedding photos. The photographer at that time (22 years ago) told us that we should not look directly at the others as the result would not be good. We should look at the air in front of us at an angle while we should be pretending that we were looking at each other ... and smiling! (Hahahah!) But looking at this photo this time, it's definitely okay to look at each other directly and the beauty of it is the feeling is true and the smile is also true and not pretending.

Another picture that Daniel chose, which is also my favorite, is the one taken by Esther Gan, of Esther and I walking on the sand (Spanish Bank) and holding hands in hands. This time, the picture is used as the back-drop and occupied two full pages.

I was asked this question and I still have no answer to it "If I will be around next year same time?" Though it is not important as this year's Father's Day is now part of the memory and this special article certainly serves a great purpose and meaning for me (and Esther)!

Thank you Daniel, thank you Kathryn, thank you Esther (Gan), and thank you all who provides me with all these wonderful memories!

Sing Tao Daily On 19th June, 2010

Daniel Tse of Sing Tao Daily called me yesterday and informed me that the interview will be published this coming Saturday (19th June, 2010) instead of last Saturday (12tth June, 2010). It will be inside the magazine which will be sold together with the Sing Dao Daily. Kindly note if you are interested.

Twenty-One Thumbs Up!

Mr Daniel Tse of Sing Tao Daily visited my Home Care Unit this morning. He was brought aware of my story through a mutual friend. The whole interview took about an hour and we have covered quite a lot of topics and issues. Staring on my story, we then move to talk about Esther's, the caregiver, feeling. With our near death experience and our wish to prolong our life by overcoming a long of daily challenges, we contrast it with the current high suicidal incidents in Foxconn factory of Shenzhen, and why would someone prefer to cut their life short for whatever reason. We also talked about the most recent incident of the taxi driver (Derrick Bird) in northwest England, who killed 12 people, injured 25 others before turning the gun to himself. What is the value of life and how is it different from person to person? On one side, we have people loving life but yet the life is of a definitive nature and time frame, while on the other side, there are people who did not take their own or other people's life seriously and dare to cut it short per their free will.

Daniel said it's highly probable that the article will be published in this Saturday's (12/June) Sing Tao Magazine. If so, please remember to get a copy on 12/June (Saturday) then.