Category Archives: Rockstar Thoughts

Playing Ketchup (or, The Rockstars’ first McDonald’s Happy Meal And Other Stuff)

Posted on June 24, 2013 by admin

Ketchup = catch up. Sorry ah, lousy joke. Jagung. Bring on the corn. I have comments and qualifications to early stuff said that are so long I bunged them into their own post. 1) I have to apologize, now the Singapore … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged afterlife, air pollution, chicken nuggets, corn, different life, fries, good question, junk food, ketchup, lousy joke, mcdonald s happy meal, meal toy, nicotine, non smoking, nonsense, perfect world, selflessness, singapore haze, smokers, tiny stickers | 2 Comments

Just Because We Felt Like It

Posted on June 18, 2013 by admin

That’s what the actual Father’s Day “celebration” was – just hanging out, eating at weird times, napping at weird times (well, one of us is all spoiled about – get this- sleeping when she is tired – what’ll she think of next?), mall-crawling/people-watching, buying a … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged asian food, baby naps, broccoli, chick pea curry, chopped greens, flat screen tv, haagen dasz, hangman, ipad, jia, manacles, potato chips, prata, rockstar, sardines, sha, shrugs, time slot, wedding gift, weird times | 2 Comments

Little Miss’ Baby Dedication

Posted on June 11, 2013 by admin

Last Sunday, a week after she turned one, we did Little Miss’ Baby Dedication. As Island ECC practices believer’s baptism (i.e. when you are old enough to choose to be baptized), it was more a step for us parents, dedicating … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Rockstar Thoughts | 6 Comments

Rockstar In Da Asia Bankers Club New Office (before shots)

Posted on May 26, 2013 by admin

The “before” shots at Kings’ Asia Bankers Club new office… I have the weirdest sense of deja vu, because about 2 years ago I happened to pass this way (in itself unusual – I’m just never here in Sheung Wan) … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged 2448, asia, Asia Bankers Club, bankers club, california fitness, caption, gofer, hong kong, job, mop, new buildings, old buildings, sense of deja vu, tiny office | 2 Comments

Rockstar’s Special Person Assembly In Kennedy School

Posted on May 16, 2013 by admin

It’s our first time at the Year 1 Assembly Rockstar often comes home with stories about, I’d noticed this Special Person Assembly thing almost a year ago when it was mentioned in the welcome package – each week a designated Special … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Rockstar Thoughts, School For Rockstar, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged brilliant idea, caption, hamster, lt, monday morning, nuggets, person assembly, presentation folder, rockstar, scratch, sheepish, special person, talking points, welcome package, year 1 | 3 Comments

These Are The Kinds Of Readers I Have (Or, What Happened To Dandelion)

Posted on April 30, 2013 by admin

Ok, actually I have more than one person (besides Kings) who reads this blog, but considering nearly everyone is silent or just emails (someday I hope to return favors to the brave few who dare to comment openly) because they … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged apple, backer, blog, dandelion, edition children, email, ghosts, hardcover books, hunch, itunes, limited edition, posters, prototype, rockstars, s books, stickers, unique visitors | 5 Comments

“My Mother, My Hero” By Hui Wei

Posted on April 24, 2013 by admin

Random crime in my home country has always frightened me, as it does my Malaysian friends who live here in Hong Kong. (I have a girlfriend who tells me she goes nuts when her son, growing up here, goes back … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged 2 decades, bear hug, bukit gasing, dad, fear, gasing malaysia, girlfriend, habit, hero, hong kong, malaysian friends, nuts, penang, playground, random crime, schoolbag, teenaged girl, test paper, tribute, writers block | 3 Comments

And So It Begins…

Posted on April 17, 2013 by admin

After all the cutesie baby pictures, and the aww sibling and dog relationships, and the snarky comments…….. There is a sometime idea that this blog is a communication for the kids to read someday when they decide to understand what … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged antithesis, baby pictures, back of my mind, cellphone, classmates, eye roll, facebook, google, joke books, matchbox car, mommy, morphed, mummy, national geographic, parenting, security blanket, sibling, soft toy, tagline, weird facts | 2 Comments

The Things We Are Proud Of

Posted on April 10, 2013 by admin

Trying to sneak behind the high chair and into the kitchen, I hear a “Mum.” Motioning to Rockstar to hold it in or move into the bedroom where I’m pumping (still!) my milk while the baby attempts all manner of … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged 4 seasons, chewy texture, chinese zodiac, claps, congeniality, emotional blackmail, expressions, eye contact, fire dragon, foreseeable future, greeting cards, high chair, milk flow, nervous breakdown, pineapple, postal service, shrimp, sofa, theatrics, zodiac wheel | 3 Comments

The Best Kosmo Guys In Hong Kong

Posted on April 8, 2013 by admin

Guess who? So we won’t win any photography prizes, and it was a little weird for me to suddenly ask a mummy friend I’d just made to quickly snap this, and I’d just barely squeezed in between them with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged 2448, beach ball, bittersweet moment, bla, couple times, cyberport, doz, hanging over my head, hong kong, kosmo, laptop, nauseous, new friend, photography, pregnancy, prizes, quiet day, several times, t rush, umbrella | 7 Comments