Sentimental Post

So this entry is going to be a quick one. Supposed to be packing for a trip to the snows! Skipped badminton for various reasons...

Random story time:

Yesterday, my dad was handing me a teacup and I saw a drop of red on it. Thinking it's just dirty, I jokingly passed it back to my dad and said, "Look, there's blood on it."

Dad looked surprised and said, "Where did it come from??" while gazing at his hands.

Turns out he had a small cut somewhere. When he told me it was his blood, I exclaimed, "Ew dad, I almost touched it! That's disgusting!"

He gave me the look and said "what do you mean 'disgusting'?? The blood running in your veins is mine too you know."

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Two entries ago, I wrote that I find it hard to find the motivation to exercise after work. Not today. I was actually thinking: I won't be exercising very much for the next week or so, I'll be skipping Sunday and Tuesday's badminton... I really need to go tonight, however... 

Today is also my dad's birthday. We always prioritize things in life. For some, status and career comes first, for others, friends, partners, social life, religion... at my current stage in life, family is definitely in the top 3. There are times when I get exasperated at him simply because I was tired, and I know I shouldn't. When he finds little reasons to pick a fight with me, I know it's because he's finding any reason to interact with me. I'm not home a lot of the time, so he finds every excuse to see me, like insisting on driving me to work sometimes, even if it's an hour's drive away, and letting me sleep in the car for that whole hour anyway.

So today, when I came back home, dad said he left a bag of groceries on the bus today. It was a bag of sweet potatoes and he was lamenting about how he had to pick and choose especially nice ones. Even if it was about $3, he was quite upset about it. I drove to Pishon at Eastwood after work to pick up... a sweet potato cake for him. For this, I skipped badminton.

Thank you dad, and happy 64th! Thanks for bringing me up to be who I am now... hopefully I'm making you proud.