Tag Archives: Cantonese

And Yet More HK License Plates

Someone must’ve been ecstatic about their first car… Or maybe parents got him/her a first car… But… an Audi first car? Anyway, been ages since I updated my collection… Seen any of these driving around HK? 🙂 (Strange sense of … Continue reading

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Oh, Baby Ultrasound!

We went for an ultrasound recently, so the Gynea could check if we had 10 fingers and 10 toes, among other things, in there. Rockstar of course brought along his iPod (someday we’re gonna have to edit the thing – … Continue reading

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Rockstar Babymoons At Hard Rock Hotel In Sentosa, Singapore (Part 2)

But that’s not why Rockstar’s closing his eyes… He’s just having a deja vu moment, going back to posing with his eyes closed… Yes that is my 29 weeks pregnant self. No we didn’t really bar for breakfast, we went … Continue reading

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The Constant Study Of The Parents And Kids At Playtown/ Fun Zone

While waiting for Rockstar’s Putonghua class one evening, we’re killing time at Fun Zone (formerly Playtown) when it occurs to me what a great place this is for anyone interested in doing a study in human nature. Though really it’s … Continue reading

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Out Of The Blue, A Telephone Call

Sitting in Saint’s Alps teahouse, a taiwanese bubble tea and noodle chain restaurant, waiting for Rockstar to work excess energy off in Playtown chaperoned by Kings and my inlaws, my phone rings. I don’t recognize the number, and after staring … Continue reading

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Language lessons, heritage questions

My father in law often bemoans Rockstar’s lack of grasp of Hakka, and speaking not a stitch of the dialect myself, I recently came up with what I thought was a best effort at trying to facilitate some learning of … Continue reading

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Old Bike Shop Guy In Wan Chai

Yeah, for real finally, we got to replacing Rockstar’s blue battered BMX… So we venture back to the original bike store we happened to walk into by fluke first time round, and it’s the only one open and bustling late … Continue reading

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Parking Rockstar In Local Putonghua Oral Classes

So it’s the school hols and now most of our friends are travelling, while we are Hong Kong-bound. So for want of something to do (and Rockstar’s Putonghua nanny from China being indisposed*, thereby not being able to take him … Continue reading

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Hong Kong Bullies In Playtown

Rockstar’s been recovering from an ear infection, so we’ve been letting him sleep on his own schedule – which meant not waking in time for summer camp today… Then in the afternoon, a trip to his favorite Wellcome (car-shaped shopping … Continue reading

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We Is Going To Be Hong Kong PRs

Walkway to Immigration Tower in Wan Chai (always so crowded at lunch hour with Wan Chai work warriors) Call the title a tribute to my Malaysian friends. Call it ungrammatical, or call it Manglish (you know, like Singlish.) Kings and … Continue reading

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