Dad sews his love with homemade Labubu
Compiled by GERARD GIMINO, C.ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
A MAN in China's Jiangsu province warmed the hearts of Internet users for knitting a plushie resembling the Labubu doll for his daughter after the popular toy figure sold out, Sin Chew Daily reported.
'This is a one-of-a-kind Labubu doll. It represents a father's love for her daughter,' one Internet user wrote.
The father's labour of love was shared by his daughter, who had documented the entire process on video and shared it on social media.
According to her, the Labubu doll had sold out everywhere and she was unable to buy one from a PopMart store.
After finding out about her disappointment, her father bought materials including cotton and faux fur, and started to knit the doll himself.
The finished product resembled a grey Labubu doll with rainbow eyes.
Many Internet users complimented his efforts, saying that it looked like the real thing.
However, there were those who voiced concerns that this could be an infringement of intellectual property as it may be seen as an imitation of the original doll.
> The daily also reported that Hong Kong superstar Aaron Kwok has confirmed that he will become a father again for a third time.
However, he has not revealed the baby's gender.
'Whatever God has in store for me, I will accept it,' he said when reporters asked him about it on Fathers Day last Sunday.
Kwok, who is known as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong, got married to Moka Fong in 2017. The couple have two daughters aged six and seven.
Kwok's latest movie, My First of May, is about a father rediscovering love and connection with his estranged daughter.
(The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.)
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