They called us "Dànjiā"
We lived in narrow boats
My baby!
According to folklore
when disaster happens at sea
the devil will substitute one life...
for another
You're Bo
from Sham Kei Wan?
Yes, from Sham Kei Wan's boat shelter
Here he is
Be careful
I told you he looks different!
Let's forget it
You just had a miscarriage
who knows if you'll ever get pregnant again?
Someone has to help with the boat
Don't look back if you have to sell your baby,
it'll only lead to tears
My mother lived and found a substitute for her baby
But a Chinese boy with blue eyes and a single ear ring
were more than she bargained for
This is our story
Tai!
Hurry up
Fion will be here any minute
I said it's time. Hurry up
Coming
- Hi Wayne - Hi
Do you like ice-cream?
- Yes - You do?
- There you go - Thanks
How come you are not dressed yet?
Nothing seems to fit
Where's your velvet jacket?
Hi. Dear
Hi, Lilian
Auntie
I brought some ice cream
help yourself, ok?
Ok
Try this one
Could you get my shoes out?
Can you tell him I don't want to go tonight?
Again?
All right, stay with the kids
We need to clear out the left over in the fridge anyway
Put these on
Don't worry about it. I'll hold the fort at home
Time to go
We've got to go
Bye
You're doing it again
Welcome, Mr. Bo
We've heard so much about the first Chinese "Taipan"
of the Imperial East India Company
It's a pleasure
Thank you, Mr. Tsang. The pleasure's all mine
This must be Mrs. Bo?
My wife is ill and couldn't make it. This is Miss Fion Wong
Miss Wong?
Miss Wong, am I right.. you are ...
You guessed right
Nice to meet you
Your father will be here too
The Governor just came into office
and looks forward to meet the city's elites
You're among friends tonight
Thank you
Thank you!
Nice to meet you. Cheers!
You finally made it. Congratulations!
Thanks, Cheers!
Cheers!
Hey, Red-head! You look like a half breed anyhow
Who am I?
Tai wouldn't fall asleep
without me by her side
But I wouldn't want to go to bed, if she were still awake
Today's a happy occasion
If mother were still alive.
she'd tell us to bring out the wine glasses and celebrate
But we can't just slip back
into the past
It can only be revived in heaven
I am back!
You must know your fish!
Hey, 'Mixed'. Why do you look so different?
Did you get pickled in salt water?
How am I different?
We look like this
you look like this parrot-fish!
Come to think of it
my cousin was the first to comment
on my visual nature
Father, did I get pickled in salt water?
What?
Why do I look like a parrot-fish?
Aunt Ten! Come here!
What?
What rubbish did you tell the kids?
Come here! I told you to watch your mouth
but you had to shoot it off!
Go back
Get the chicken!
Why? Are we celebrating?
Every time I asked this question
my mother would simply cook a chicken
If I persisted
she'd slap me!
♫ "You can't tell if a log of wood is rotten inside"♫
♫ "but I can tell you have a heart of gold"♫
♫ "my dear?" ♫
♫ "You can find a needle in a haystack" ♫
♫ "but I can't find another girl like you" ♫
♫ "my dear?" ♫
They said we were carrots and peas
One day
we'd get married
A storm's brewing. You're still going out to sea?
We have no food left
My mother said we'd get married soon
But I don't have the money
Do you have any fish?
There's fish all around us
Then you're rich!
'Mixed', my mother said
your mother isn't your mother
No, your mother isn't your mother!
Your father isn't your father, either
Get lost!
Your father is a balloon. Your mother is a buffoon
Mother, she said you're not my mother
and father isn't my father
Who told you that?
Cousin
Can you ever keep your big mouth shut?
We'll marry as soon as I come back
There's no escape!
If they didn't set sail that evening
my cousin would've been lynched
I watched their boat disappear
into the horizon
Us boat people are lucky,
we've seen all the beautiful sunsets in the world.
They never came back
Chuen
The priest said she didn't die
Her family merely went to heaven
We'd all end up there
but some needed to make an early departure
while others had to wait longer
They lived in our hearts
They'd jump when we jumped
and laugh when we laughed
They'd always be with us
If she'd gone to heaven
then where was I?
A few years later
we were baptized
The priest said
I could now look forward to asking her
all about heaven and earth
For you
Thank you
What does it say?
God's eternity
Do you want to learn to write?
I can arrange it
Who doesn't want to go ashore to study?
Nonsense!
We have to take care of our boat
Ever since I knew the Lord
I was always full of gratitude
Whenever father closed a door an me
the Lord would open a window to let me through
What are you looking at?
My cousin has gone ashore, she now works in a factory
I want to collect leftover from the foreign ships
We need the extra money
Why not go on shore?
On shore?
Mother said I'm too stupid to leave the sea
The priest told me to go to school
But you're the eldest
you will inherit your family's boat anyway
I can earn more money
then I'll buy you a pair of gold ear rings
Those ear rings
meant for my cousin
were now...
...Tai's
Fire, water, mountain, sea,
wind, rain, cow, lamp, dog...
Why aren't you at school?
I quit!
Can you write your own name?
"Dànjiā"-people have names, don't they?
Can't you speak...
Father
'Mixed' can't come anymore
The other parents don't want him
Gradually,
I entered the rebellious age
Chuen
Father
The priest wanted me to continue my education
He gave me my first pair of shoes
They were
as thick as bricks
All pupils here have day jobs
We have shoe shine boys,
coolies,
you name it
Every evening after seven
we gather here to learn to read and write
Ok, let's sing a song now
Could somebody lead the class?
Ready, everyone. Begin!
♫ "We own the future"♫
♫ "We're the children of the future"♫
♫ "We will drive the steam engines and fly the aeroplanes..."♫
It turned out that I was a child of the future
I would drive the steam engines and fly the aeroplanes
So this is the heaven
the priest talked about
There's only one left. You two share it
You take it. We "Dànjiā"-people aren't used to it
I'm one of you
I thought this must be
what heaven tasted like
Thanks to Li, who showed me the way
If you get into the Imperial East India
you'll get paid and have a place to live
Somewhere to live, too?
Like my cousin
They even paid for his education
He didn't pay a dime
Get moving
Good Morning Sir
That's the Taipan
I felt I was at heaven's gate
Heaven seemed to be within my reach
My heart was in my mouth.
I was no longer myself
Hurry up! Excuse me...
Boss, this is my eldest son, Chuen
I would like him to get a captain's license
in a few years time
Good idea
It's time to find a wife for 'Mixed'
Help him start his own family
and get him a boat
I'll lend him the money
Much obliged
My name is Bo Wah Chuen
'Mixed'
you don't like to be called 'Mixed'?
I have a proper name
Shut up! This is the boss you're talking to!
This is the boss you're talking to!
Shut up!
How dared you do this to him?
You can cook for yourself!
Shut up or I'll beat you too
All that book learning has screwed up his mind
He shot his mouth off at the boss
our boat could get recalled
and we'd lose everything
Who would feed us?
Listen up!
We live and die on this boat!
Like my father
and all those who came before him
That's our fortune!
Cook for yourself!
One day I'd become a child of the future
and drive the steam engines
But for now I was just a fish on my father's chopping board
However, time flies
Thank you
That's great!
Anymore?
No more!
Uncle, I got lucky today
A whole bucket of left over steak
how much do you think the restaurants paid for it?
Ten dollars!
Not so much! Four dollars
I saved you some
Get out of here
Tai was now a full time left over collector
I left my father's boat
without a backward glance
Father thought I was a traitor
He told the priest
there were two people he hated the most
One of them was Judas, the other was me
He came to see me one day
and I thought he'd beat me in front of everyone
You're back. Father
Drink with me
I'm busy
Come here!
I'll wait for you outside!
You have it
Drink up!
Chuen!
whatever you do
take care of your family
Don't you ever forget!
Remember we have a photo session tomorrow
All he wanted to tell me was
Son! You're a man now
Go your own way
Look at the camera... Ready...
Dànjiā people all had family portraits
no matter how poor
Since I started earning money
I never took my father to a restaurant
or bought him cigarettes,
not even a shirt
Hello?
Chuen
this is the priest
Father?
Your mother took the boat back
Let me talk to her
She's heavily pregnant
I was afraid she might abort
so I took her to the hospital
How about my father?
The mast collapsed in the storm
It hit my father and he drowned
There would be no more family portrait
until we meet again in heaven
But I'd rather meet him again on our family boat
Not long after my father's death
my seventh sister was born
A new life was born into our family
While I
replaced my father as the head of the family
Chuen
Set a good example
for the little ones
I will
Did you pay? Where did you get the money?
Odd jobs
here and there
It was nothing
I'm much obliged
I juggled several jobs at once
baby sitting,
doing people's laundry
Every nickel counted
to support the family
I didn't mind
After all
beggars aren't choosers
Mother!
We meet again, 'Mixed'
You intend to return my boat?
We have no money for your loan
and we don't have a captain's license
Even if you gave me the boat
you'd still have to pay
the rest of the loan
Please, boss
the children are still young
Can we pay less?
You call that young?
We gave you our boat already
Why do we still have to pay the rest?
It was father's debt, not ours!
We all know that 'Mixed'
brought you a string of good fortune
after you had him
Your husband bought his family boat
you gave birth to scores of children
no such luck with this one though
Your sixth, right?
Why don't you buy another one like 'Mixed'?
It may prove more profitable
I never said I wouldn't pay!
Boss, someone here to see you
Coming!
I didn't give birth to you
but it's the same to me
I know...
I suckled you
like this one
like the rest of you all!
I know...
I AM your mother!
I know!
All right
I'll give you a discount
Clean up the little ones
we aren't beggars
Uncle
Beat it!
Just fifty dollars
The little ones have to eat
You wouldn't know how to spend fifty dollars anyway
Chuen
Wake up
Wake the others
Time to go
Wake up
The three of them are lucky
God bless them
They'll have education
and a place to live
Where are we going?
Children only
Take the lead, you're the eldest
Follow your sister
Son!
Stop crying, or I'll hit your sister
No!
I'll hit her too if you don't stop
Go on
You're in Jesus' hands!
Don't cry!
Stop crying!
We aren't beggars!
Don't cry
Don't look back if you have to sell your baby
it'll only lead to tears
Please take the money
I don't want it!
Please take it. It's only right
I don't want it!
Sometimes living feels like a nightmare
But at least you can wake from a nightmare
The priest advised me to pray more often
so I got to know the saints
St. Paul, St. John, St Mary.
All English names
On the day I took the entrance exam to heaven
I got my own English name too
Hey! Red head!
Do you speak English?
English! What's your name?
No?
Look's like a half breed any how
He wants to know if you want to work here?
That's it? Half breed?
Put his name as Half Breed!
Yes Sir
Don't tell him you can read
Two forms. Two futures
Why not?
If you can't read, you'll lead the stable life of a technician
It's hard work but that's the price to pay for security
If you can read,
they'll put you in an office
What's wrong with that?
You'll have to learn English
Bloody difficult!
If you fail
you'll still be cleaning the chamber pots when you're 80
We can't read
You can fill in your names, right?
I'll fill the rest for you
How about you?
I want the other form. I can read
What?
You must write down your education level
Can I simply put down
'I can read'?
Of course not!
Sir, he has no education
but he knows how to read and write
He wants to go for office boy
I entered the Imperial East India as an errand boy
with top marks
They even paid for my education
I was a twenty-one-year-old primary school student
and I was in heaven
On top of my wages, I saved money by walking to school
I was content
This is China
This is China!
We are Chinese
We are Chinese!
China is our motherland
China is our motherland!
Sir, why don't you teach us the syllabus?
Because this is more important
Don't worry
what I'm holding contains all the answers to the company's exams
This is the national flag of our motherland
At the union's night school
I saw the Chinese flag for the first time
I never knew
that dignity could be derived from a flag
I wanted that dignity, too
I've completed primary school within two years
Now they want me to come and learn
So what's the use of book learning?
You end up an apprentice like me!
What's so funny?
Never forget who pulled you out from the gutter, Half Breed!
My name is Bo Wah Chuen
Sounds like a parrot
I got a whole bucket of lamb chops today
I've never had lamb in my life
Have you?
No
but I know it tastes good with fish
How do you know?
If you put the character for 'lamb' beside 'fish'
you'll get the word for 'delicious'
How do you write 'fish'?
Fish...
This is the head of the fish...
this is it's torso...
these crosses are the scale...
the four dots stand for water
Fish
This is a fish
See?
How about the word for the sea?
It consists of three characters
This is a man walking
This is the character for 'mother'. It looks like a pregnant woman
It has a child in its belly, while carrying another in her arms
There are waves in the sea
These dots represent the waves
When you put them together
Man. Mother. Water.
You get the sea
The sea is the mother of life
There won't be life without the sea
Let me try
We never held a pen in my
Hold it between these fingers
I'll get a captain's license
You have to learn a lot of words to pass the exam
It's impossible, isn't it?
Once I get a license, I'll borrow money to buy our own boat
Then the family can be reunited
And if we die, we'll at least die together
"F... I... S... H"
"R... A... I... N"
Direction pointer...
Direction pointer
East
South
West
West!
North
North!
Chuen
What's this character?
Love
This is the character for love?
There's no point in learning it
Who'd use it?
Your husband never said it to you?
Never
Did your father say it to your mother?
It's a word for the thick skinned.
"H... I... L... L"
The North Vietnamese took advantage...
of the power vacuum...
in the south...
after the departure of...
the US troops...
to instigate a new series of attacks
(Violence)
Violence
(Injustice)
Injustice
(War)
War
The priest said
obstacles could only make us stronger
Father!
We're moving to Vietnam
Over there, there are more orphans everyday
Only we had more funds
Goodbye Mr. Wood
Goodbye, God bless you
Goodbye Mr. Wood
Good bye, God bless
Goodbye Mr. Wood
Thank you
Sir!
Excuse me, sir
I want to apply for company accommodation
I don't seem to recall your name
Could you refresh my memory?
My name is Bo...
Half Breed!
There are two requirements
one, you have to be a full time employee
two, you got to be married
Do you qualify?
Too bad
Sir
Can you make an exception?
In your dreams
Let us pray
May the Lord
be with you
Amen
Good
You don't even have a license
If not for Jesus, I wouldn't have agreed to it
I get half of your catch
and you pay for the maintenance
Also, you pay for the fuel
What fuel? Isn't it a sail boat?
They all have motors on their boats nowadays
I want one too
You pay for it
But we don't have the money
'Mixed' does
Suit yourself
Chuen, we'll be all right
There's no turning back for us
Let's set sail!
Look at you!
You look like a Taipan
At least I don't have to clean chamber pots now
Congratulations, by the way
What for?
I heard you got promoted
It was cancelled
Why?
Dick doesn't like us
To him we're just some bloody Chinese
It was you who improved the work flow
Dick said it was his idea
I don't get it
Why do we always get pissed on
by those gringos?
Anything else, Mr. Bo?
Come in
Mr. Copper?
Pardon me. I thought Mr. Copper was in
Copper is on leave
How can I help you?
I owe everything I've got to this company
But it's not without its flaws
and I feel it's my duty to draw your attention to them
You're dissatisfied with the company?
I only meant to say...
You're going above your superior's head
That's dangerous
I'm sorry
Wait a minute
Tell me about yourself
Do I have something on my face?
No...
I'm a product of the Imperial East India Company
You're a loyal man, I like that
I first came here ten years ago
Never stayed here for long
but this time... This time is for good
And you?
I was already accepted by the University of London by then
and was a member of the British Institution of Engineers
But I thought it always pays to be humble
I was practically raised by this company
Are you alright?
And you? Are you alright?
Damn!
I haven't got my Hong Kong license yet
You think you own the road?
I've got a Sir here
Mine too
I'm not a Sir
Oh, he is a Mr
Do you speak English?
Yes
Ask the Sir
if he wants to sue the lorry driver
They want to know
if you'd like to press charges against the driver?
Is anyone hurt?
Do I need to go to the station?
Do you want ts press charges?
Surely it's the other way round?
He said no
Why don't you wait? I'll call an ambulance
Just stay here
Move along
He hit me, not the other way round!
Move along!
Who pays for my damaged goods?
Want to sort it out at the police station?
Beat it
Call the ambulance
What's going on?
I'm sorry
your wife's cake
Father!
Father
Yes?
Tai hasn't been baptized yet
Could you baptize her, please?
We're getting married
We are?
Have you talked it over?
I did. You weren't listening?
Maybe she didn't hear you
Make sure she hears you
She needs to know
We'll get married sooner or later
Now is the right time!
Why?
I'm a staff of the Imperial East now
They provide housing for married employees
it shouldn't be like this
First your mother has to talk to my mother
Then my mother will ask my father
We need to prepare the costumes and everything!
I told you a million times!
♫ "You can't tell if a log of wood is rotten inside"♫
♫ "but I can tell you have a heart of gold, my dear?"♫
Why are you singing the old folk songs all of a sudden?
♫ "You can find a needle in a haystack"♫
♫ "but I can't find another girl like you, my dear?"♫
Tai!
Down with British Imperialism!
Anti-British riots broke out in 1967
the most serious of their kind
for a hundred years
Anti-British slogans could be seen anywhere, even at the Imperial East India
Down with British Imperialism!
Business went on as usual at the Imperial East India
It's a big arrangement, lots bigger than what we expected
Can I say a few words, please?
Thank you. Run along
Mom!
He wet his pants again
Not again
Wayne, don't swap lunch boxes with your friends again
Your teacher told me
you gave away a chicken drumstick for a gummy bear
Hurry up
How stupid is that? No wonder you're so skinny!
Hurry up!
You should've got up earlier
Say goodbye to daddy
- Bye - Bye
Margret Thatcher arrived in Beijing this morning
to discuss the future of Hong Kong
with China's Deng Xiao Ping
at the Great Hall of the People
After the meeting, Mrs. Thatcher fell on the stairs outside
Chinese officials helped her up
I don't like it
Fion. Please
Congratulations!
You've really had it made, haven't you?
I mean... I don't know a fat pay cheque
and well paid vacations for doing absolutely nothing
I want your job too! Really!
That's why they called you Dick. Dick!
Fion, please. Be reasonable
You want me to be reasonable?
I could've sued you for this disaster
You know that right, don't you?
How can you stand this crap?
Enough!
This is a reputable British company!
Well, I'll see you in court then
thank you for your wine
Fion, please
Dick, please leave, now
Fion, please
Bo, could you come up here please?
I've decided to replace Mr. Callahan with this gentleman
Bo
Please
How long did Mr. Callaghan say,
it'd take to finish the building?
A hundred and fifty days
Was started for ten days and it's four days late
alright?
Give me a hundred and twenty days
What makes you think you can do it?
The scaffolding will be constructed in Japan
We'll put it together here
like Lego
What's your name again?
Bo. His name is Bo Wah Chuen
You know
I have a Master degree in architecture when I was in LA.
after that, my father asks me to come here to help
What about you?
I'm nothing compared to you
You're like same deity in the sky
I'm just like an ant
You mean
like a fish?
That's right
I'm just a parrot-fish
What?
Hey, Greg
Hi. Boss
Hi. Sally
- Hello. Fion - Good afternoon
Don't worry, we are in good hand
We won't delay you anymore
See you then
Bye
Sorry to interrupt, Bo...
My wife and I would love to have you
at our Christmas party next week
Fion got lost last year
we nearly had to get a helicopter to find her
Please, bring your wife
enjoy your lunch. It's on me
Thank you
Congratulation
Why?
Only the elite gets to be invited
No wonder I never saw you there
Welcome!
I don't feel comfortable socializing
No need to worry. I can train you!
Like in "My Fair Lady"?
Yeah!
Let's start with that
I messed it up just now
You know, today is Sunday
only the waiters wear ties
Thank you
This woman has seen the world
Now
she sees something in me that I've never noticed before
What am I?
I'm a parrot fish
I'm a mixed
I'm a half-breed
I'm Bo Wah Chuen
Is there more to me than that?
Is she a gift from heaven?
Can't I stay behind?
Let's go
Most people can only dream about these opportunities
Dinner is in the kitchen. Heat it up when you're hungry
Heat it up when you're hungry
Mom, your hearing aid
How did your hands get so dirty?
Wash your hands before you eat
Let's go
Don't stay up watching TV
Lock the door
Bye
When we get to McCordle's house
his wife will come out to greet us
Remember her?
See you then
She didn't acknowledge you then
because she thought you were still a small potato
When we get there tonight
she'll take Tai
to the other wives
Why don't you came with me, Te?
They all look like they were born with a silver spoon
They'll converse in English
even though they all know Chinese
McCordle will introduce you to the other guests
They'll talk about things you might find alien
Treat it as an initiation rite
They knew you're a up and rising star
Bo. Say hi...
Hello...
nice to meet you
I've heard so much about your husband
Oh, my Greg doesn't talk about anyone else these days
But I read that article about your husband the other day in the morning post
So dapper! You must tell me a secret about his upkeep
Mine is falling to pieces!
Get him to work on a tug boat
Later girls
Stay
Have some tea...
How's your holiday?
That's nice
Thanks, try some, it's really nice
Cheers! Congratulations!
So what do you people going to give him?
This may well be our last funfair before the end
Pardon me?
Haven't you heard
from now until 97
there'll be no more project from the government
all the government contracts
will be valid only till the 30th of June 97
NO
Our Mother Company wants to know
whether we should leave Hong Kong
They want our views
especially the views of the local businessman
with thorough knowledge of China and Hong Kong
and of western business practices
Hello, love.
Following the old man's footsteps?
Dare say you fare better than I did
They go to same public school
Meritocracy my arse
Dick, for heaven's sake
We weren't expecting you, Dick
Oh I forgot. I wasn't invited this year
Just come say farewell to the boys
Merry Christmas!
I will leave you
Let go of me. Bull shit
♫ "Jingle bells, jingle bells. Jingle all the way"♫
Let go of me. Half Breed!
Thank you for giving me an English name
Without me, you'd have rotted in the sea
and got shat out by sharks
But the rest, I achieved by myself
You think you're one of them?
Did you go to the same school as them?
Do you speak with the same accent?
This company, this land, will never belong to you!
It'll always be theirs!
Hello, Mr. Bo
Boss?
Please call me Ah Cheung
In the past,
I was just a businessman trying to make a buck
I didn't mean any harm
Now that the government provides loans to the fishermen
I'm out of business
If there's anything I can do for you
please let me know
Thank you
And congratulations!
You have to queue up with the alien passages
I'm British
I'm afraid not
This is a British passport, isn't it?
You're a subject of a British colony
so by definition you're British
reality is you have no nationality
Then... what am I?
I'm afraid I don't have answer for that
Sorry, that's a history for you
I've put you down for a membership at the Jockey Club
Bo, Bo
Are you ok?
Sorry. Jet-lagged
But, I don't gamble
It's just another way for you to make more contacts
Do you know how long
it normally takes to get one of these?
Five years is what I heard
Now it's just a signature away
I have a question
Fire away
How high could I ever get to in this company's hierarchy?
My assistant?
We can arrange for you to get a British citizenship
What do you thinking about?
Learning to speak English
becoming an 'elite', getting a British citizenship
It's like I've joined a secret organization
Do you like it?
Do I...?
I guess I do
Can I ask you something?
Sure
Do you find me... annoying?
Why did you ask?
My parents
had a stormy marriage
I was always afraid that they'd abandon me
I thought nobody wanted me
Hug me
Hug me like this
You never told me how you feel
We boat people like to keep to ourselves
You're not one anymore
Don't forget to tell your wife how you feel
or she'll never know
and don't forget I told you that
Fion?
Bo, are you coming?
This is where it all started
We transformed this place from
a fishing village to what it is today
Do you mean the British or the Imperial East?
The Imperial East of course
They first came here on our ships
I was the errand boy a hundred years ago!
Let's leave
I'll always be grateful to my mentor
Greg McCordle
Fourteen years later, on the eve of the handover
he left Hong Kong for England
He was the one who contacted the police during the riots
He was afraid that there'd be reprisal from the leftists after China's takeover
People's lives are intertwined
The Imperial East India continued to
flourish in Hong Kong
while its last Taipan
died in a nursing home in London
This is where it all started
Your birth mother was very young
She didn't even know she was pregnant
Who was my father?
Your birth mother was a leftover collector
A sailor from a British war ship
raped her
I was sold for five hundred dollars
This is where it all started
Dear Goddess
have you seen my birth mother since?
Has she been back? Has she had a good life?
I have fought the good fight
I have finished the course
I have kept the faith
Your siblings all have comfortable lives on land
with their own families
and everything provided for
thanks ts you
I shall never forget to take care of my family
I like it here. I don't want to move
Here?
After sixth sister's marriage
I want you to live with us
You've been a good son
Jesus gave me everything,
everything I ever cherished
Including your birth mother's due
She deserved better
I have everything I ever wanted. It's too much already
To ask for more would be greedy
What are you talking about?
That ear ring
belongs to your birth mother
It came with you
Ear ring? It came with me?
Nobody's ever seen
your mother again
Mother
came live with us
Coming?
The other way round, you need to face the moon
Lets start the ritual
First. Eternity...
Eternity!
Second. Prosperity...
Prosperity!
Third. have a house full of children...
The Lord be praised
mother was blessed with eleven grandchildren
who all gathered around her during their free time
to keep her company
She spent the happiest hours of her life in their company
Even though she was immobilized
in her last days
her children and grandchildren
would be her chauffeurs
and escort her to church meetings
and other gatherings
Ready
Like every mother
who ever graced the earth
she devoted her whole life to her children
Praise the Lord for endowing us with her as our mother
It has been a great blessing to all of us
and we are eternally grateful
I'll now
show you clips of Mrs. Bo
to commemorate her
After her retirement, Mrs. Bo remained active
She participated in church activities with great diligence
and continued learning till the very end
Whenever she encountered a new word
whether she was singing a hymn
or watching television
she'd ask people its meaning
Her curiosity knew no bounds
Whenever we organized a visit
to a nursing home
Dad
You should be in bed
Mommy always complains of dizziness
She says it feels like she's just walked off a boat
and couldn't walk straight
Did she see the doctor?
He didn't find anything wrong with her
Your mother's always had a bad ear
Take care of her, will you?
Her hearing aid isn't working
She never changes the batteries
Let me see
been like this for a long time
She said she was useless
unlike Fion who could help you with so much
Go back to sleep
- Let's ask this foreigner! - Go ahead
Excuse me. The taxi to peak?
Take the tram, you'll get a better view
His Chinese isn't half bad
Your Chinese good
Where the taxi to peak. please?
You'd better take the tram. You'll get a better view
Is it over there?
Yes
Behind?
Behind
That way
Thank you very much!
- Bye - Thank you
Daddy
Where's mommy?
In the kitchen
♫ "You can find a needle in a haystack"♫
♫ "but I can't find another girl like you"♫
♫ "my dear?"♫
She was in a living hell of my creation
I condemned her to it
Whatever I may be
I'm not someone who creates hell
Before her retirement
mother finally got her captain's license
Once again
Her boat has now set sail
for the most beautiful sunrise on earth
"Floating City" sub v1 edited by ☺ktR