Meaningful Advert

Recently, a good friend of mine, BH asked me whether I heard about a meaningful advert by Petronas that broadcasted in Msia during Lunar New Year. Initially, he thought of not telling me, as the meaning behind the advert might upset me indirectly. Thus, he just told me briefly that it’s about “family love” and plenty of audience praised it in the papers after watching it.

For curiosity, I tried to search that advert in Google, but found only a blog commented about that advert in Star Press of Malaysia. The following is the story about, which I copy directly from the blog, other than putting a link that may not link through forever:-

<<<<< Four silver haired ladies are chatting in a what look like an old folks' home. Lady One boasts of a businessman son who makes RM450,000 per annum, Lady Two has a Accountant son who bought a posh house in Damansara, Lady Three has a London based surgeon son who charges 20,000 sterling pound for an operation, and does two operations per day! Then they turn to Lady Four, "What about your son?" they ask. "My son is alright" she replies "he's coming to pick me up" and sure enough (like all movie) a Proton Iswara (there's a message here, please note, not a Merc or BMW, not even a Proton Waja) appears in the driveway. Lady Four's face lit up "That's my son! He's come to pick me now." She hoddles off as her son got out of the car to recieve her. As she is whisked off, the three ladies can only wave and look longingly at Lady Four who waves back with a benign smile on her face. >>>>>

After reading it, my wife and I felt so guilty for being like one of the ladies’ son, except that we are not earning enormously. She even asked whether we are getting selfish gradually without our knowing. I didn’t know how to answer and comfort her, as I was in a dilemma too. So, she ended up wet her pillow on that night. Hopefully, our parents can understand our difficulties during this transition period.

I shared this story with my colleague who has been migrated to UK and away from parents of thousand miles for many years. He felt as guilty as us, after hearing it and even asked me to forward him that advert when I found it, so that he could share with his wife. Unfortunately, I told him he would have problem to understand it, as that advert was filmed in Hokkien dialect.

Hang on...here is the advert. I managed to find it 2 weeks later. Indeed, it's very touched.