Tag Archives: coming home

Enjoying Your Child’s Art (Part 1)

Posted on June 28, 2013 by admin

Note: I nixed linky party this Friday in favor of blogging some of my efforts to display Rockstar’s art from school because it’s the weekend plus almost summer hols and I figured lotsa parents would be getting their kids’ art … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms | Tagged baby school, black paint, coming home, glue, good gifts, grandparents, grass, grasses, ikea, kids art projects, lt, maternity, odds and ends, picture frame, piece of paper, poster paint, realists, scraps, splat, summer hols | 3 Comments

Rockstarism #257 – When I Grow Up, I Would Like To Be…

Posted on May 1, 2013 by admin

Excerpt from one of Rockstar’s many schoolwork selections coming home last week: That’s Rockstar’s cursive writing which he’s been learning in school… There’s lots more (when the occasion might call for it then I post la).. This was just … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms | Tagged coming home, cursive writing, excerpt from, rockstar, schoolwork, taekwondo gi, walking distance | 4 Comments

“I Like To Move It” at Green Week

Posted on March 24, 2013 by admin

Just before the hols Rockstar’s school celebrated Green Week, which meant an entire week of festivities lessons and activities designed to raise kids’ awareness about the environment and the role we play in preserving it. That included doing away with ziplocks … Continue reading →

Posted in School For Rockstar | Tagged baby food jar, best efforts, bulletins, classmates, coming home, conv, day students, disposables, fart joke, festivities, greenhouse gases, hols, invention, lego bits, lunch boxes, methane, straight answer, sunhat, whole time, year 1 | 2 Comments

The Chinese New Year Tree

Posted on February 10, 2013 by admin

**Updated on 12 Feb at bottom Not to be outdone by Christmas Tree fever, I recently brought last year’s orange “kam” tree in off the balcony. This tree deserves a lot more credit – it’s been sitting outside neglected (aside … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged balcony, christmas tree, coming home, different lives, eating disorder, family tragedy, famines, head case, high rises, home tutor, hostel room, hot sun, orchard road singapore, plagues, tall columns, tiny light, tiny lights, tree fever, typhoons, whitley road | 3 Comments

Meet Our Christmas Tree

Posted on December 18, 2012 by admin

**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 | 2 Comments

This One’s For The Dog Lovers

Posted on October 17, 2012 by admin

My parents left abruptly one day, significantly cutting short their visit. Coming home after drinks following an Asia Bankers Club – Georg Jensen mini-event, Kings and I were greeted by grim expressions. The vet had called just a little earlier … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged 6am, bankers club, breast milk, circumstances, coming home, doorway, drinks, expressions, georg jensen, googled, living room, penang, sedative, seizure, seizures, stress levels, support group, time angel, vet, walks | 8 Comments

Un-homework And Other School Stuff

Posted on September 12, 2012 by admin

I’ve found myself worrying, the few times Kings stands in for me to do Rockstar’s school stuff. Part of it is because school/kids stuff makes Kings very tired in a way scanning a hairy derivative term sheet never did. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, School For Rockstar | Tagged bmx, cavalry, client meetings, coming home, family functions, gremlin, hk, housekeeping, iphone, kids classroom, nerd, new baby, physical activity, school stuff, school uniform, sports camps, training wheels, uniform shop, washing machine and dryer, well meaning | 2 Comments

Tales of Confinement Past (Part 2)

Posted on August 2, 2012 by admin

When we first came home from hospital, Ling Jie blocked my way in at the door, going “Give me, GIVE me, GIVE ME (the baby)!” I think she has a thing for girls, she was never like that with Rockstar … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged aileen, alien queen, bath water, boy babies, breakouts, chinese medicines, coming home, confinement, conspiracy theory, dale carnegie, fates, ginger, hot ginger, male family members, nerd, new mother, raw water, sigourney weaver, sire, umpteen | 6 Comments

Rockstarism #189 – Volunteering In School Rockstarism

Posted on February 11, 2012 by admin

So with morning sickness easing, I finally made it back to volunteering during free-play time in Rockstar’s Kindy. The Rockstar is pleased, and tells both our driver and helper that there is a schedule change since I’ll be in school … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms, School For Rockstar | Tagged butterflies, caterpillars, coming home, free play, game face, K2, kay, lt, lunch, makeup, morning sickness, mums, pickup time, play time, rockstar, sandwich, schedule change | 3 Comments

Kings Goes A-Shopping

Posted on November 8, 2011 by admin

If you knew enough about my husband, you would know this is news. Getting Kings to shop is like getting Rockstar to dress up nicely and perform Mozart’s Magic Flute in concert <snort> So Kings is flying Mon-Fri for couple … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shopping, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged coming home, couple weeks, cufflinks, decency, fri, har, hermes, hugo boss, hugo boss men, limited edition, magic flute, mozart, musical instrument, paul smith, ralph lauren, rockstar, snort, straight friends, stu, whim | 2 Comments