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When in Manilaโฆ we call our father Tatay , Ama, Itay, and in other countries its Vader, Pere, Papa, Apa, Dad, ฮ ฮฑฯฮญฯฮฑฯ Pateras.
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Itย doesn’t matter how you call them, it all comes down to one thing. Theyโre the man in our lives who are irreplaceable.
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I think Fatherโs are like durian, no matter how tough they appear outside theyโre soft and sweet in the inside. Most of us will agree that our father
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has helped and guided us to become better individuals. We think that at times theyโre so hard to please but in reality, theyโre boasting about you
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with their friends. Our father may have handled parenting differently, some are very controlling, some just let the mother do the lecturing, some
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were just loose, and some treat you as if youโre friends. But for me, my dad is someone I know I could depend on, someone I know whoโll watch over
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me.,someone I could cry on, when my heart gets broken or when things donโt go as I would have wanted or expected. Heโs someone that I know I can
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laugh and share my deepest thoughts with. Last but not the least heโll always be that โsomeoneโ who loves me unconditionally.
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For this coming fatherโs day I ask my friends to share their fondest memory and the things they love the most about their father.
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Kyla (from Laoag) says: I enjoy cooking with him. He gets mad whenever I don’t eat. He knows how to be friends with my friends. Ang cool
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lang.hehehe He worries big time when I’m sick. I will never forget the day when he cried after a friend of mine asked his permission to court me.
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He cried because he didn’t want me to get hurt anymore. ayun. i will never ever forget that day. he went into my room after the talk den he sat and
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talked to me. I just cried din when i saw him wiping his tears. I love my papikes sooo much.
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Clars (from PWU) says: My dad is the gentlest, kindest, sweetest and the most emphatic man for me, and every moment I spent with him made me
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a better person
Ms.ย Roselynย with her beloved Tatayย
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Roselyn Cee(from Pagasinan) says :
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Together with my mom, they have made all the difference in my life with their unfathomable love.
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My mom has worked abroad since I was about to turn 3 years old and so we (I and my brother) were left with my father and grandparents. ย ย
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He hasย been a mom and dad at the same time and you canโt see any trace of tiredness or exhaustion from him doing two โdeadlyโ roles
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simultaneously . Heโs ย always been very patient with us. He is a disciplinarian, yes, but never authoritarian.
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If I may say it in one word, I like โeverythingโ about him as a father. There isnโt any language comparable to how greatly I admire him as a dad: my
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idol.
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Patz with her amazing Dadย
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Pats (from US) says: Fondest memory with him is actually everyday naman, especially nung nandyan ako. Hatid-sundo sa school morning
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talks, pinagshoshopping niya ko kahit alam niyang ang mamahal ng bibilhin ko. Uhm, Pag nabili niya na yun gusto ko, he would ask out of
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nowhere, masaya ka ate? and he smiles when I say yes, for me that means he is happy when he sees me happy.
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Tom (from Townsville) saysย : I think my fondest memory would be going fishing with him. I like that he is strong willed and always does whatโs best for
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the family.
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ย Ryan with his cool Dadย
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Ryan (from Georgia) says: I think one of my best memories, or the one that first comes to mind, is one day me and my father were picking
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blackberries:)
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He was going to make a cobbler. I was a young kid still (5 or 6), but we were kind of talking about life in my understanding of it, how I should treat
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people, girls, etc. I asked him if someone asked me for a blackberry and there was one that I could just reach out and pick off the bush, but they
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wanted one farther in surrounded byย thornsย if I walk through the thornes get it, and he said “yes, if you can, do the best you can for people.” So I
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kind of modeled my life after that day. Its a good memory I have of spending time with him.
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Ryan and his cool Dadย
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Teo(from Greece) says: My father (John) from my first steps is so close to me.. He’s like a father/bestfriend. he knows everything for me.
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We are both same. i’m a copy of him. he’s so cool. my best memory of him is everyday he’s breathing near to me, everyday making me laugh and
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everyday he show me how much proud he’s for me. i never did something really bad to make him sad this is the most i can do for him.. after 27 years
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relationship father’s/ son we have the first problem. health’s problem. NOTHING can keep us away. As close as we are i’ll never let happen
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anything. i’m near to you. You gave me everything i wanted as a son and much more. I love you father. Happy father’s dayย
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Tom with his Dad Johnย
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The greatest gift we could give this coming fatherโs day is not the extravagant gifts we can buy for them but the appreciation, love and respect
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for the man who helped shape our world.
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So When in Manila or in other parts of the world… whether you’ll soon to be a dad or a grandfather…to all the special men in my life :Ace, Xave,
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Kuya Dj, Kuya Brian, and to my dearest Papa, Happy fathers day!
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Father’s Day Ideas: Thank you tatayย