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Category Archives: Rockstar Shopping
You Know You’re In Hong Kong When…
…you have difficulties buying milk powder. Since Ms Rockstar takes predominantly breast milk, this isn’t as big a problem as we otherwise would’ve had, but using formula does have its upsides – for e.g. it’s much easier with those single-feed … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Shopping
Tagged 7 months, baby home, breast milk, bringing home, contaminated milk, fridge, hk, hkd, hoards, late night, mainland, milk powder, mummies, nearby restaurant, rockstar, scare, second time, stage 4, tin, tins
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Rockstar’s 5th Birthday
This is the first time Rockstar’s actual birthdate is not a school holiday, so much so that we’d gotten used to celebrating early before school’s out, because his real birthdate is “too” close to Christmas. Also partly why we don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Shopping, Rockstar Thoughts, Talking To Rockstar
Tagged birthday boy, birthday cupcakes, candles, capital letters, capitals, cards, christmas, close to christmas, dad, dislike, goodies, lt, mate, mates, rockstars, school holiday, school pe, sheepish, two boys, year 1
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Meet Our Christmas Tree
**Updated at bottom Not one for suspense, dis is our Christmas tree. (Dat, behind tree, is Rockstar’s rendition of the Tractor Tipping scene in Cars, where Lightning McQueen unfortunately rouses Frank, the giant orange threshing machine who sleeps in the … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Shopping
Tagged auntie, baby stuff, carnage, christmas tree, christmas trees, coming home, dis, giant tree, guilty feelings, hk, indigo, natural habitat, rendition, rockstar, shrub, suspense, threshing machine, tractors, whiff, wreath
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More Merry Madness In Pics
Okays, as promised, more pics: Dis is a chartreuse bear What? It’s a chartreuse bear what. In the words of Rockstar, Fine. This is a picture of the chartreuse-and-purple charity bear Lane Crawford is selling this year. All proceeds go to … Continue reading
Let The Merry Madness Begin!
Yesterday I went to Great in Pacific Place looking for a tree and they weren’t here yet, and then the tree lady got all uppity about how people book their trees before they arrive (snobby, much?) and they’re gonna be … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Shopping
Tagged acorns, agility, bankers club, car demo, chicken noodle, chicken soup, competition team, demo type, electric car, flower bouquets, glass house, good cheer, hkd, house wine, international competition, n shop, pine smell, private jet, rockstar, soup ingredients
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Rockstar’s Disney Cars Habit (or how this kid shops nowadays)
We are about gender equality, in this household – Rockstar also has a shopping habit. It manifests in Disney Cars collectibles and new gadgets. I have semi-seriously apologized for not naming him Lightning – then decided not to take it … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Shopping, Rockstar Thoughts, Talking To Rockstar
Tagged amazon, appmate, auntie, beautiful eyes, births, bribes, cheeks, cinda, closet doors, desperate measures, desperate times, disney cars, disney cars appmate, excitement, gender equality, google, habit, happy birthday, hk, jimmy choo, joke, marcie, money, muse, national geographic, new gadgets, new game, obsession, penang, reimbursements, sequins, several times, shipping cost, shoes, shoulder bag, weird facts, whittle
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Pandora, Le Sophie…. The Girls Went Shopping!
Kings complains a lot about Ms Rockstar’s “bedhead,” so I’ve been looking for hairbands and hats… (These are from best dressed kids…) White bobbles beret… Instead of: Great for smoothing down the “crazy hair” babies often get…. Except… Why don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Shopping, Rockstar Shots
Tagged 2 hearts, beret, blue eye, bobbles, cheese sandwich, cny, coconut woman, crazy hair, creeper, hairbands, harry belafonte, old hat, pandora charms, pandoras, penang, rockstar, scoff, star beads, trepidation, two heads
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“Because Bullying Is For People With No Imagination” – The Dandelion Project
** Updated 8 Apr 2013: Dandelion App was selected by Apple as one of the ‘Best of 2012 iTunes’ ** Updated 18 Jul 2012: Dandelion App will now be available in Asia iTunes store from mid-August ——————————————————————————————————– When Rockstar was … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Shopping, Talking To Rockstar
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Happy Father’s Day In “Confinement”
“Father” is a big word. There are people who “father” children, yet have no further reason to really call themselves such. Then there are those who have no biological ties with their “children” whatsoever, and yet have played such vital … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Shopping
Tagged bandages, chop, computer center, confinement Father's Day, craft store, credit cards, dad, expressing breast milk, father s day gift, father's day, father's day ideas, first choice, gadget, gynea, harvey nichols, home baby, last ditch effort, leather wallet, shape, Shopping, time opportunity, wallets, zebra
7 Comments