1) Just had to follow my last post with World’s Best Father, David Engledow’s photo series laughing at himself and his Daddy Duties. First pic is dedicated to my beloved well-meaning husband, who gets very, very freaked being alone with crying Ms Rockstar – without the need for young adult horror novels.
This one, for all the other dads (since Kings can no longer drink due to health problems)…
2) And then it’s like you just have to mention what this dad did for his daughter – HK tycoon offers USD 65 million bounty for any man who can woo his daughter away from her gay marriage.
3) And what a grandfather would do for his dog – 66 year old man wrestles 7 foot alligator to save his dog. His kids must be thrilled.
Please don’t anyone tell my mum in case there are alligators in Gurney Drive where she walks her super fat Border Collie and Other Animal SPCA Assures Us Is Also A Dog.
4) Daily Telegraph’s The Pampered Dogs of Hong Kong. Was a little trippy recognizing Sai Kung and some of the dogs in those pics, like the colored poodles and the bulldog everyone takes pics of, who has this crazy ornate leash with little dolls or soft toys for e.g. his owner changes very often.
5) Victoria’s Secret, Jessica Alba, Julia Roberts…. subject to Photoshop fails. You can be uber-famous, beautiful or capable – but the person editing your picture… N-ot so much. For anyone who never thought Photoshop was that widely used. Me too.
6) So what if all that was for the birds? They make amazing pictures. Especially if you throw a dog or two in.
Hang on – Is that the same dog and bird in both pics? That’s one dumb bird… Or one of those superfast cameras that catch umpteen frames in a split second.
7) Last one sticks in your mind, right? Couldn’t wait til next week to stick this one in – it’s actually an article by an MD about having to shame parents into doing the right thing because parental obesity is a major factor in child obesity.
http://youtu.be/nXy2UZPncrk
Ok, so I’m not obese (that I know of), but when I watched the videos, the tag line “Today is the day we set a better example for our kids” hit me.
The colleagues who give up tv weeks and months ahead of their kids’ exam times, the very local Cantonese speaking ones who have “5 minutes perfect English” conversations throughout the day where they make sure they drop everything when their otherwise Cantonese-speaking kids call them on their cell phones – the condition being their kids must practice their English – despite they themselves being way more comfy in Canton…..
Not just the habits, but the values. I think it was Christian author Gary Thomas who said your best chance at getting your kids to turn out right was to not be hypocritical in their raising. There’s always room for setting a better example. It’s powerful, useful motivation to be a better version of yourself.
Good weekend then…
(But don’t let yours change the lightbulb.)
Hahaha about the father. I didn’t realise that yet another Friday has gone by until I read your post. I had a busy weekend from Friday onwards. Just sat down to read my daily list of blogs now. Hope your weekend is good!