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To My Son And Daughter. For when they become teenagers who know everything. Because we show our true colors- our beliefs, our prejudices, our weaknesses, our hopes – by the choices we make in raising our rockstars. “Mummy” is an honor that ranks higher than Derivatives Structuring Head, Big Fat Investment Bank. Higher than CEO, Biggest Conglomerate Ever. ‘Cause a long time ago, even they had Mummies.
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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Out Of The Blue, A Telephone Call
Sitting in Saint’s Alps teahouse, a taiwanese bubble tea and noodle chain restaurant, waiting for Rockstar to work excess energy off in Playtown chaperoned by Kings and my inlaws, my phone rings. I don’t recognize the number, and after staring … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 years, address book, alps, bubble tea, Cantonese, curious thing, developmental milestone, dog lover, dog names, dog owners, excess energy, family outings, hk, human names, inlaws, ish, legged animals, rockstar, school admissions, teahouse
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Rockstarism #187 – Chinese Zodiac Animals
#187 Rockstar: Mum. Is today still the year of the dragon? Me: Yes. Rockstar: What about tomorrow? Me: It’s going to be the year of the dragon til the next CNY… Did you learn about the animals in the Chinese … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar
Tagged chinese zodiac animals, classmate, cny, dragon, lt, ox, pig year, pigs, rockstar, year of the dragon
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Language lessons, heritage questions
My father in law often bemoans Rockstar’s lack of grasp of Hakka, and speaking not a stitch of the dialect myself, I recently came up with what I thought was a best effort at trying to facilitate some learning of … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged best effort, Cantonese, chinese dialects, chinese language, desirable trait, dialect, dummies, dummy, grandparents, grasp, haha, hok, inlaws, literacy, mummy friends, personal tutor, picture books, pronunciation, Putonghua, rockstar
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