Dearest Daddy

In 2003, I wrote this for the hub as a birthday "gift" on behalf on Xian...

Dearest Daddy

Every weekday morn

After I'm up for not too long

It's time for you to go

Off to work to make some dough
And oh boy is it rough

Heck, I'd say it's very tough!

To spend the rest of my day

Knowing I'll only get to play

When you come home late at night

And I have to really fight

To keep my sleepy self awake

Though I know it's for my own sake

If I get to bed by nine

Like most baby friends of mine

Yes, yes I know full well

I give Mah-Mah, Yeh-Yeh lots of hell

When they try to put me to bed

And I flatly refuse to co-operate

In the Sarong Wars I may sometimes lose

But that's a strategy I choose

'Cos after 20 winks or so

I'll be recharged and ready to go

I'll then use my of energy, every ounce

And when you're back on you I'll pounce!

To me Sunday's the all-time best

'Cos that's the day you take a rest

And when we all go out and about

I love to scream and shout
That's just my way of saying "Sook Yin is happy!"

To be with you, my dearest daddy.

~ Baby Sook Yin ~

Teo Yuan Ching
25 March 2003

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