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Category Archives: Rockstar Thoughts
Have You Met, Decades Later, The Kid Whom You Thought Gave You A Hard Time – And Discovered You Now Get On Like A House On Fire?
People who have some recollection of me and YJ in primary school, do your double take right. Now. Both of you. On annual yoga conference here from Labuan, YJ came looking for me. For the other person reading my blog who … Continue reading
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Weekender (With Some Mothers I Respect, Somewhere In There)
1) The latest in animal exploitation! Clever ads involving animals. SO much better than animal testing…. especially now they have photoshop. Panda Selfie is my absolute favorite because endangered animal + cellphone selfie = Interesting World Our Kids Are Growing … Continue reading
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This Is What Kids Doing Homework Looks Like Nowadays…
Rockstar’s classmate needed a good printer for their assignment, and her parents had rented a Cyberport “Smart Space” for a finance-related startup on the side, and that’s how my mum friend had the proverbial keys to the castle… So on … Continue reading
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This Is What Kids’ Sunday School Looks Like Nowadays…
IslandECC has 3 adult services and 2 kiddie services, and I can safely say we’ve attended every one of those with almost equal frequency, thanks to a combination of Kings’ work/ travel schedule, whether Rockstar’s classmate’s mum is driving (some services … Continue reading
Giddyap, Hong Kong Cabbie!
The sign said “Horses and Unicorns HKD 79.” One of those moments when you glance over at what who is sitting next to you in the cab and think “I was actually once in derivatives?” The Miss barely glanced at the bubblegum pink … Continue reading
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The Mummies Who Blog Their Kids’ Schooling
I came across 2012 Winner Best Australian Blogs Eden Riley’s post about volunteering at her son Rocco’s school recently, and it got me thinking. I read Heather Armstrong’s Dooce too, she of the sometime-dubbed Queen of Mummy Bloggers in the … Continue reading
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One Fine Saturday At The Peak, Someone Kicked My Dog.
We haven’t been up to the Peak as a family in a very long time; before the Miss started pre-school and especially when Kings was away for many a weekend, I would spend a couple hours bringing JD up in … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Shots, Rockstar Thoughts
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And Another 20-Seconds-Of-Your-Life-You’re-Not-Getting-Back-Conversation (Don’t Let ‘Em Feed Your Dog)
Brisk-walking home with JD after one of our twice-weekly “me-and-dog-time” outings, an oldish, large local man wearing the concierge uniform of our development calls the dog to him. When JD and I are out we often get stopped by strangers … Continue reading
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Eden.
Yes, I’m blogging about another blogger. We don’t know each other, though like a gadzillion other bloggers particularly in Australia I’m linked to her (caveat: some of her posts are not for the faint-hearted). She’s struggled with addiction and depression. … Continue reading
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Rockstarism #305 – Piano Non-competition and the Karma Covenant of Mums
#305 It turns out Rockstar is the only child in his (small) Canton music class who isn’t going for some upcoming local piano competition/ demo or something…. Rockstar’s classmates (in Cantonese): How come Rockstar isn’t going for competition too? Rockstar … Continue reading
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