Monthly Archives: September 2011

Camping The Rockstar Way In A Typhoon 8

*** Updated at bottom Gentleman Camper Rockstar… Creamy pasta with veggies and hardboiled eggs – Check! Drink with favorite purple curly straw from Grandmum – Check! Served on one of Mum’s Sam Pickard trays that are usually only meant as home … Continue reading

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Hong Kong Cow

Funny taste in snacks: Rockstar thinks the strange bit is this cow likes eating the decorative plants… (Yes this is the road divider of a busy street in Sai Kung and on the other side is  a large bus terminal…) … Continue reading

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Reading Peter Buffet’s Life Is What You Make It (And Then Digressing)

With sand and (clean!) sea to keep Rockstar occupied recently in Bintan, I got to read Peter Buffet’s Life Is What You Make It, and it occurred to me….. It doesn’t feel like we generally live an affluent life here, because … Continue reading

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Show n Tell Rockstarism At Snoopy’s World in New Town Plaza, Sha Tin

#162 ***Updated 4 days later far below: For weeks, Rockstar’s been a) asking whether I know if it’s his turn at Show n Tell, and b) assuring me it never is. This is my son who can pretend to be … Continue reading

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Rockstarism #161 – See No Evil

#161 Me: How was school, darling? Rockstar: Ok, Mum. I tippy-toed behind people that annoy me so they didn’t know I was there.  Me: Uh… Schoolmates? Rockstar: <enthusiastically> Yeah! They didn’t even SEE me! So they don’t do anything to make … Continue reading

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Of Food And Friends For Rockstars

One of the things I often think about is how I can’t protect Rockstar from the world. There’s junkfood, and tv, and a-holes out there. So I wanted him to start learning as soon as possible to do it himself. … Continue reading

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Book, Music, and Superstar Rockstar

Waiting to board the ferry to Bintan from Singapore what seems eons ago, I spied this book at the convenience store in the Tanah Merah ferry terminal and out of guilt (Rockstar had ABC Music & Me at school last year … Continue reading

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His Own Little Man…

Among the crafts he does at school, Rockstar occasionally brings back paper bag puppets, usually animals… When Kings has been “away” (either traveling or coming home late) for a few days, Rockstar and I sometimes display his efforts on Kings’ … Continue reading

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Epilogue: Part 2 – The Best Post Ever Written On My blog Is By 723 People Who Are Not Me

It’s humbling, that so many strangers, particularly with the anonymity of the internet, would say a few kind words and in many cases pass on God’s love. That’s the incredible message Rockstar will grow up to read one day – … Continue reading

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Epilogue: Part 1 – Capture The iPhone

It’s morning. The hub gives me a cuddle, then disappears back into his laptop. Rockstar is still asleep, and when he wakes he’s a little prickly: “Mum,” from whence Kings has taken him aside, “I sang Happy Birthday to you … Continue reading

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