我的快樂 會回來的

10/19/2007

Dad is back!

I went to pick dad up in Auckland Airport after work. The plane was delayed for about half an hour. I was lucky that there is a car park close to the airport. I read Cosmo and ate whitebairt sandwich in the car park. I went to get a new pair of sneakers and two photo frames in the Warehouse. Dad is quite excited about coming back to New Zealand because nobody takes care of him in Taiwan. Driving is difficult, roads have changed and it's hard to find where you are going. He had to fix a lot of things at home, like the toilet system, washing machine, and move the television to avoid flooding. The screws on the toilet system had rusted away and it fell to the ground. The roaches crawled around in the toilet and made everything dirty. He had to clean up and asked his friend to come and fix the toilet system with him. The chairs had rotted so they fell apart. He bought white glue to paste the chair together, and filled up the gap using icecream sticks. Two typhoons attacked Taiwan when he was there and the rain seeped into our house. He moved the television to avoid getting wet. Meeting our second cousins was fun. Aunty Joan's grandson ate some candy and couldn't swallowed them, and dad said that he will have to drink water. He didn't believe dad, then he gagged. Dad poured some water for him so he could swallow. After that he listened to dad every time and just followed his order. He's a good kid. Angelina was not so good. She's a bit of a brat still. I think it's because she's the centre of the attention of everyone. She can get away with anything and nobody will punish her. If she has a younger brother or sister, she may not be so bratty anymore. Dad got wedding cakes from Cousin John's engagement. He's going to get married with a doctor. She also immigrated to Australia, and went back to Taiwan to be a doctor. She's been a doctor for more than a year now. Grandpa was doing ok, just very warm and wearing shorts at the moment. Dad's old friend Mr. Tse was doing fine, too. His wife refurbished the house so rooms can be rented out to pay for the morgage. Gina was great, still studying her Masters in university and working. Dad was going to see aunt Tsai Show but the typhoon came. He talked with Wei about his future. Dad's trip to Taiwan was busy. He had to fix things at home and mow the lawn. He bought us classical movies like Roman Holiday and Romeo and Juliet. We will have a great time watching those. It's the long weekend. I wonder what I will do. Richard is going to take me to see Hamish in Tauranga. He's going to help Stacey dock some sheep in Taranaki. I will probably tell dad about going to Europe and do some housework. I hope he won't be too angry about me going. Why would he be angry anyway?

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