The Intern

18 Aug, 2025

I hate driving yet I want to run my own thing. 👦🏻🤝👨🏼‍🦳

I watch this movie in my early 20s, didn’t feel related much except for a simple storyline about an old man help “a kid” on her startup company - an easy to digest friday night movie at home.🎬🍿

Now i’m 30, my Dad retired earlier this year. He’s staying at home doing nothing and driving around sight seeing and taking care of the garden.

My mom said when i came back, he could be my personal driver and helped me out with some paperworks 📑

Then this movie flashing back my mind, i’m actually living the life of Anne Hathaway, running her own “car” and have the “intern”.

I feel that this time when i come back home, i will be so lucky to learn a lot from my dad about all of his experiences through life 💼; maybe i will gain new perspectives for my years ahead 🧐; or maybe, i will just only have my own chauffeur just like the main character 🚗🤩🎩

Both outcomes give me a sense of peace, love and security. The sense of coming home.

Even when it’s not like a movie i imagine, i know at least, one fact, for sure, I will learn how to do Bonsai and gardening, listening to Bee Gees, curating music and watching National Geography to see the world.

These are some of a few interests of my Dad that i have witnessed my whole childhood, it’s still in my mind till today.

Somehow I love Bonsai and design garden, and somehow I’m now coming home to fly out the world.

Thank you Dad. 👦🏻🫱🏼‍🫲🏽👨🏼‍🦳