In Hong Kong, it's hard for most of the people to get holidays since their number of vacation days at work is very limited. Many work hard to make sure they have enough money to pay the bills.
This father, who has spent time with other kids at his school decided now it's time for him to spend time with his daughter who is about to start school. He left his wife and the little son at home, and took his bike with the bike carrier along to Taiwan with his daughter to go for a bike-tour in Taiwan. He wanted to have these 11 days with her alone, as he realized time won't wait for him. He wanted to show her how much he loves her.
During this movie, there are quite many touching moments. Unfortunately, the movie doesn't have yet English subtitles. I will just put some highlighted points here to give you a feel of what it is about.
The little girl had to learn to say her own name in a different language (Manadarin, since she is used to only speak in Cantones), and after a few times, she managed.
During the tour, she complained wanting to take the seatbelt off, but daddy told her it was for her own safety and she must keep it on. And she complained more and more when daddy was biking up the hill during a heavy rain shower. Eventually daddy fell and hurt himself a bit. At that moment, they both were upset. She refused to eat even daddy asked her to a few times. When they continued the journey, she asked daddy if they could just go home. That made him doubted his decision. Luckily, she asked daddy if it still hurt, which really was the cure to the wound.
They walked passed an old dog, and she asked if daddy would grow old one day as she won't want that to happen. He told her he won't and they chased each other.
When they slept in a tent, she asked him if he would be with her tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after....and after... Daddy promised her he will be there for her everyday.
One day after they checked into a hotel, and she was stepping out after a long shower, daddy noticed her bruised neck caused by the seatbelt. That hurt daddy more than it probably hurt the girl, and he promised her he would fix it right away the next day. She decided to make her dad feel better by saying a song, "twinkle twinkle little star" with special lyrics
Twinkle twinkle little star
He he ha ha, happy smile
Daddy loves little girl the most
Day day Hug Hug Kiss and Kiss
Twinkle twinkle little star
Every night night kiss baby
Even though it's filmed by an insurance company, there was an interview made with the real dad, daughter and mom. You can really feel how much love there is, and how true the story is.
Sure enough, we all love our children. And one thing from the interview that I watched reminded me the fact that all families are not perfect. The dad said during the 11 days, both himself and the daughter threw temper at each other. Yet at the end of the day, they love each other the most. I think it is ok for us to be imperfect, but it is important to show how much we love each other.
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