Mother’s Day has just passed in May.
Father’s Day is coming soon in June.
From my own observations,
over the past ten or twenty years
in Hong Kong,
Mother’s Day has always been
much more popular than Father’s Day.
In general, many fathers are more reserved
when it comes to expressing feelings.
So children often respond in a similar quiet way—
communicating with their fathers less openly,
and showing affection more subtly.
That’s why fewer people will
make a big, public show of
celebrating Father’s Day.
Fathers also rarely take the initiative to
ask their children to celebrate Father’s Day.
Compared with that, mothers are different—
they’re often more likely to ask
their children to celebrate Mother’s Day.
Maybe, more everyday reason is
how the business world works.
There are fewer businesses
promoting their products or services
for Father’s Day—
（specially florists.
Since not many fathers are
truly excited about receiving flowers）,
children naturally feel
less pressure to celebrate.
But honestly,
whether we celebrate Father’s Day or not—
it’s mostly just a formality.
Sometimes your father suddenly
becomes gentle and
shares a few pieces of advice with you.
Better listen carefully.
It takes a lot of courage for him to
say those words out loud.
Cat Stevens - Father and Son
It's not time to make a change
Just relax, take it easy
You're still young, that's your fault
There's so much you have to know
Find a girl, settle down
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old but I'm happy
I was once like you are now and
I know that it's not easy
To be calm when you've found
something going on
But take your time, think a lot
Think of everything you've got
For you will still be here tomorrow but
your dreams may not
Oh, how can I try to explain?
'Cause when I do he turns away again
It's always been the same, same old story
From the moment I could talk
I was ordered to listen
Now there's a way and
I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go
It's not time to make a change
Just sit down, take it slowly
You're still young, that's your fault
There's so much you have to go through
Find a girl, settle down
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old but I am happy
All the times that I've cried
Keepin' all the things I knew inside
It's hard but it's harder to ignore it
If they were right I'd agree
But it's them they know, not me
Now there's a way and
I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go
五月的母親節剛過去，
六月的父親節快來了。
個人觀察，香港近十多二十年，
母親節遠比父親節受歡迎。
一般的父親對子女的
感情表達都較為內歛，
子女於是也多回應以內歛的方式
與父親溝通及作感情交流。
於是也少主動高調為父親慶祝父親節。
做父親的也很少主動要求
子女為她慶祝父親節。
相比之下，做母親就不同了，
她們會更主動要求
子女為她慶祝母親節。
更生活日常的原因是，在商業世界，
較少商家會借父親節促銷其業務或產品，
尤其是送花業務，
很少父親會很熱衷收到花禮物的。
因此子女也較少在群眾壓力下慶祝父親節。
其實慶不慶祝父親節，
儀式而已。
有時父親突然很溫柔說給你聽
他的幾句意見，
請好好聆聽，
他也需要鼓起很大的勇氣才
說得出那幾句意見。
