I just watched a very touching Mandarin show called "Ocean Heaven", starring Mr Wong Fei Hung himself - Jet Li - in his first non-action role. In my opinion, this show is also a breakthrough for him as it shows that he can act and not just fight.
The show is about an autistic kid (by right he was no longer a kid but a twenty-one year old adult) and the struggles the father had to face in taking care and raising the child.
Being autistic, the child lived in his own world, could not express himself, could not understand what was going on and depended heavily on his father.
The father found himself to have advanced liver cancer and could only have four more months to live. In the short time, he managed to find an institution that could take care of his son and tried his best to teach him basic survival skills like cooking his own meals, taking the bus to and from home (the institution), telling the bus driver which stop to alight, and mopping the floor so he could work as a cleaner.
Many people became touched by the father's love - their neighbour who runs a provision shop, the head of the special institution, the former principal of the special school where the boy used to study, even the boss of the aquarium where the father worked and took his son to work everyday.
When the father passed on, these people put their names as the guardians of the boy. The father's teaching was not in vain. After his passing, the boy managed to cook for himself, change his clothes, take the bus to and fro, pay when he buy things and work as a cleaner in the same aquarium.
It is a very heartfelt show indeed. Many people cried, including me. Often we have heard stories of the mother's love for her children, but this tale of a father's love for his autistic son is so intense that it probably put many people to shame.
It makes me wonder, if I ever have children in the future, will I be able to give my all to my children? It is already a struggle taking care of a normal, intelligent child, let alone a disabled (in whatever way) child.
It is stories like these that remind me of our parents' love for us, and how we shall never take them for granted!
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The show is about an autistic kid (by right he was no longer a kid but a twenty-one year old adult) and the struggles the father had to face in taking care and raising the child.
Being autistic, the child lived in his own world, could not express himself, could not understand what was going on and depended heavily on his father.
The father found himself to have advanced liver cancer and could only have four more months to live. In the short time, he managed to find an institution that could take care of his son and tried his best to teach him basic survival skills like cooking his own meals, taking the bus to and from home (the institution), telling the bus driver which stop to alight, and mopping the floor so he could work as a cleaner.
Many people became touched by the father's love - their neighbour who runs a provision shop, the head of the special institution, the former principal of the special school where the boy used to study, even the boss of the aquarium where the father worked and took his son to work everyday.
When the father passed on, these people put their names as the guardians of the boy. The father's teaching was not in vain. After his passing, the boy managed to cook for himself, change his clothes, take the bus to and fro, pay when he buy things and work as a cleaner in the same aquarium.
It is a very heartfelt show indeed. Many people cried, including me. Often we have heard stories of the mother's love for her children, but this tale of a father's love for his autistic son is so intense that it probably put many people to shame.
It makes me wonder, if I ever have children in the future, will I be able to give my all to my children? It is already a struggle taking care of a normal, intelligent child, let alone a disabled (in whatever way) child.
It is stories like these that remind me of our parents' love for us, and how we shall never take them for granted!
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