Monthly Archives: April 2016

The “Piah-No” (Or, Rockstar’s First ABRSM Exam – A Story About Music Lessons)

Cont’d from previous post’s Guess Where The Miss… So.. Rockstar took his first ABRSM (Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music) exam in grade 2 piano, recently. The exam venue was in a place with not a few tuition centres but … Continue reading

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Superheroes and Superpowers Weekender

Been awhile (again) since the last linkie… Hands up, whose kids get influenced by all kinds of media stuff, at least some of which you would rather stick ’em in a hole so they never hear of, much less Google it…….. … Continue reading

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Of Books And Covers

This is a picture of The Rockstars tripping off to camp one morning. The Miss is in an asymmetrical hem-water colour print Betsey Johnson dress embellished with studs scored online heavily marked down, for HKD 100-something (seriously). To commemorate the occasion, she … Continue reading

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How To Be An American Ninja (Or, An Ode To Death By Dodgeball)

From Wikipedia: “A ninja (忍者?) or shinobi (忍び?) was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of the ninja included: espionage, sabotage, infiltration, assassination and guerrilla warfare.[1] Their covert methods of waging irregular warfare were deemed “dishonorable” and “beneath” the samurai–caste, who observed strict rules about honor and combat…”[ I blame the Americans. Without the Teenage Mutant Ninja … Continue reading

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