「幸福人妻」胡杏兒，自去年底結婚以來，展開了她馬拉松式的世界巡迴度蜜月之旅。看回她在面子書上的最新update，杏兒回到了她中學時期，在北愛爾蘭貝爾法斯特Methodist College求學的學府，同行的還有杏兒的父親大人。
重返那熟悉的校園，杏兒稱自己和爸爸都感觸良多，而她更特意在面子書上寫下了一篇400多字的message 特別贈送給父親大人。
小編根據杏兒寫在面子書上的message，大概地做出了以下的翻譯：……
回想起少年時期，我當時在北愛爾蘭的貝爾法斯特的日子，每當我向他人提及這所學府時，大部分都不曾聽過這家學府的名字，或者會覺得震驚，因為當年這裡曾發生多宗爆炸事件。但對我而言，這裡可是我首個踏足香港以外的地方，我非常想念這裡！
我爸爸是個人民公僕——警察，因此他能夠獲得政府補貼部分資金，好讓子女有機會到英國升學。
爸爸為了讓他的三位女兒都有機會到國外升學，所以他選擇了貝爾法斯特，因為這裡的學費較為便宜，他負擔得起。
想當年，我們沒有智慧型電話、沒有網際網路，打長途電話的費用很高，唯一能夠和家人聯絡的方法——寫信。爸爸習慣以他辦公室內的打字機寫信給我，而當時每當收到他的來信，我總是覺得他不善於表達自己對女兒的關愛，因為他都只是叫我們循規蹈矩；我現在終於明白，當時父親是付出了多少，為的就是希望我們多讀書，日後有好日子過。感恩他將自己的一生最好的都給了我們，而我亦因為他的付出，而可以用英語寫出這段訊息。
如今，他已年屆 70，過著退休的生活，而我終於有機會帶著他重返我的中學校園 —— 北愛爾蘭貝爾法斯特Methodist College。
照片中的他，站在校舍McArthur Hall 前；他終於有機會看到自己女兒的學府。而在那6年時光，這裡有我許多的回憶。
這一刻，無論是爸爸或是我，心裡的感覺都非常的激動，我們甚至不敢對望，因為知道滾滾淚水將忍不住落下。
我們的父母，一天比一天蒼老，我們永遠不知道未來還有多少日子能陪伴他們。所以，請好好珍惜父母親，將你所有的關懷與關愛給予他們，這是他們值得擁有的……
原文如下：
Back when I was a teenager, I studied in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where every time I told people I studied there, they either had never heard of it, or were surprised because Belfast had troubled times with sectarian violence and bombings during those days. For me however it was the first city other than HK I had ever been to, and I miss it a lot now! I had the opportunity to study abroad because my father, as a policeman and civil servant, was granted government subsidies to partially fund his children to study in the UK.
As my Dad had three daughters and he wanted to ensure all of us would get equal opportunities, he had to choose Belfast where the boarding school fees were much cheaper so he could afford for us all to go.
Back then we didn't have iPhones, no Internet, and IDD calls were expensive, so we couldn't really call home, the only way to communicate was the old fashioned way - letters. My Dad used to type out letters with an old type writer he had in the office, and every time I received a letter from him, in my young mind I felt that he didn't know how to express his love to us. Just telling us to behave and what to do - I now know how hard my Dad worked to ensure all of us would have a better life through studying. He gave everything he earned towards us and I am so grateful. Even the fact that I can write a simple English message like this is because of him!
Today he is a retired 70yrs old, and I finally managed to bring him to Belfast, to our school Methodist College Belfast, where he had only previously seen photos of.
Here he is standing outside my old boarding house - McArthur Hall, where I spent 6yrs growing up in some of the memorable years of my life.
I have to be honest, it was a very emotional moment for Dad and I. I didn't even dare to look at Dad in the eye in case we would both tear up. But I could feel his pride and happiness in finally seeing it in person.
Our parents are only getting older everyday. We never know how much more time we have to give back to them. Treasure your parents and make them your focal point. They deserve it.