Monthly Archives: October 2013

Owning It, Learning It, How We’ve Been Doing It

Posted on October 14, 2013 by admin

First chance I got when Rockstar started primary school (which is by now more than a year ago), I’d have been happy to do almost anything (except maybe kill a chicken) around the baby’s schedule, just so kids knew Rockstar’s … Continue reading →

Posted in School For Rockstar | 3 Comments

Rockstarism #282 – Miscellaneous Rockstarisms Loosely Related To Getting Older

Posted on October 13, 2013 by admin

#282 Rockstar: Mum. I gotta question. Why is it when I was young it took days to get to a place and nowadays it doesn’t? (He thinks long-haul flights felt longer when he was younger) Me: So… you are very … Continue reading →

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Friday At The Movies When The Line Between Fact and Fiction Blurs

Posted on October 11, 2013 by admin

1) Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise, the video by viral marketing company Thinkmodo to promote the upcoming movie version of Stephen King’s Carrie. Why can’t all those annoying telemarketers in Cantonese calling our cellphones (who hang up when you insist on … Continue reading →

Posted in The TGIF Posts | 4 Comments

Mutt Meal Kitchen

Posted on October 10, 2013 by admin

This is Suzy. There used to be Brownie too, but he died of old age. Suzy’s not young either, but not quite that old… And now I know why my mum saves all those tupperware. Also, you can probably recognize … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots | 2 Comments

Rockstarism #281 – 3-way Rockstarism

Posted on October 9, 2013 by admin

#281 Little Miss: (pointing at JD) Rat.  Me: No, Little Miss, JD’s a dog. <pause> Little Miss: Doog.  Me: (feeling lazy) Close enough. Rockstar: (calls over from laptop) She called JD a dog? So all dogs aren’t “JD” anymore? Me: … Continue reading →

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The Thank God It’s Sunday Linky

Posted on October 7, 2013 by admin

So on Saturday we rose at 5, left home at 6 to get to Penang just before noon even as the dog moped, and got to bed after midnight and my grandma’s birthday bash; Rockstar came back from Sunday school … Continue reading →

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That Means “I Love You” (Or, The Deviousness of Mc Donald’s And Starbucks)

Posted on October 4, 2013 by admin

During the recent public holiday we discovered the Mc Donald’s at the Peak was selling not one but two Happy Meal toys of the Hot Wheels variety that Rockstar loves (to be exact, it’s the tiny stickers with minuscule instruction diagrams he enjoys … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday (Or, Bumblebee practices his Chai-nese)

Posted on October 2, 2013 by admin

Rockstar’s costume for this year’s Halloween arrived in the mail today… And so Bumblebee is practicing his Chai-nese. ps: We just got our school logins for mandarinmatrix.com, we really like it because especially for potato parents like me who really … Continue reading →

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Rockstar’s Got Mail…

Posted on October 1, 2013 by admin

One of my closest friends in the blogosphere had a giveaway recently to commemorate the anniversary of her blog and Rockstar announced he would attempt a comment to wish her Happy Anniversary though he didn’t really want the freebie jigsaw … Continue reading →

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