Monthly Archives: August 2013

Friday of You Know

1) You know, I link these and it seems like Oh Look What Overachieving Parents And Kids Are Doing To Someday Change The World Now! Woo-hoo! but you know that’s not really what I’m thinking right? More like Wow Lookit … Continue reading

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Rockstarism #277 – What Babies Need To Know

#277 On a recent Bumps to Babes run, Rockstar browses the bookshelves… Rockstar: Mum. Here’s some things the baby needs to know. Me: (thinking developmental milestones) Yeah, what? Rockstar: <reading out seriously, authoritatively> “Learn to write ABCs”. “Learn to write 1-10”. … Continue reading

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Rockstarism #276 – Why Would Anyone Want A Girlfriend

#276 Me: So who’s on your table these days? (Rockstar promptly names about half a doz classmates) Me: Oh, do you play with <girl he’s never mentioned before>? Rockstar: No, not much. She doesn’t play the games I like. Me: … Continue reading

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Tales From The Playroom With Her Highness

There are the regulars at Wisekids Playroom who can more or less recognize each other even if they don’t go there daily, and there are the relative strangers. At some point Little Miss and I crossed categories, after I got … Continue reading

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A Little Something Extra For Each Child

How we ended up spending HKD 250 there-and-back cab fare across town to this place in Sai Wan Ho after school was because one day sometime before the summer hols my  helper abruptly mentioned Rockstar had refused to blade anymore. … Continue reading

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Big Shot Dog Friday

1) Because I loved tortoise disguised as KFC burger, here’s Tibetan Mastiff Passed Off As Lion. – – – 2) Here’s Georgie… Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s official baby pics released earlier this week – not by a professional photog … Continue reading

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Muppy And Random Rememberings

Remember Muppy, my parents’ border collie whom they abruptly cut short their HK visit and rushed home to tend to after she collapsed at the vet’s? So during the Grandparent Tour we got to my parents’ house and only my parents’ … Continue reading

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Cameron Highlands Through The Eyes Of The Rockstars – Strawberry And Bee Farms

Even as his baby sister goes a-toddling, The Rockstar goes a-strawberry picking. The very fact this is a “thing,” where there are kids in other parts of the world who skip out to backyards for fresh strawberries when Mama is … Continue reading

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Cameron Highlands Through The Eyes Of The Rockstars – Bala’s Holiday Chalet

Yes, another Rockstar Roadtrip! We were warned the winding roads were cause for car sickness and I’d looked for baby car sickness medicine in Bumps to Babes but had only seen something that was for 2 or 3 years onwards … Continue reading

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Rockstarism #275 – Room Service Adventures

#275 Rockstar: (after looking up the number for room service) Hello, may I order room service please? <pause> I’d like an orange juice and (reading) a “Tropical Fruits Platter”. Please. Me: How long will they take? Rockstar: (shrugs) 3 minutes. … Continue reading

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