Hey Dad, hey.

This is my Dad. I call him 'Biffo' sometimes; and he calls me 'sweet pea'.

He likes to make funny faces when I take photos of him; and then tells me to show my friends that he can be 'hip', too. Also, he has the best sense of humour in the world.

I think he has influenced me to be a history, language and food enthusiast.

He is the smartest man I know. He can speak five different languages and five different Chinese dialects, write beautiful Chinese calligraphy, share with me Chinese idioms, and remember dates during the Japanese occupation. And no, I am not exaggerating.

He hates people who look down on Asians, and gets annoyed with my broken Mandarin.

He refers to teenagers these days (who use Blackberry mobile phones) as "stupid potatoes". Because (we all strongly feel that) teenagers these days buy the Blackberry to mainly use Twitter. So, you teenage Blackberry users who are active in Twitter, you are all stupid potatoes - because I doubt you even check your e-mails that often. Oops.

When I was younger, I used to ask him why did he have to name me 'Debra', of all names. He said, "Because it is a beautiful name. Not very easy to come up with a girl's name. I am better with boys."

So Dad, here is a Father's Day post. (Also, I would like the iPhone 4. I promise I will name it 'Frank'.) :D

我愛你.