Tag Archives: Putonghua

Rockstar Sings We Wish You A Merry Christmas In Putonghua

First attempt, without subtitles and editing – just recorded and uploaded… I didn’t even embed and post yet, just uploaded to Youtube, someone already picked it up – dem fast…! One trying to read, one trying to eat (in English – … Continue reading

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Rockstarism #240 – How Come You Can Read Traditional Chinese?

If there were a List somewhere of Unsolved Mysteries No One Cares About this would be right up there… My cellphone rings… Rockstar’s Putonghua Tuition Center: Mrs Lai, we wanted to check if Rockstar is learning traditional or simplified Chinese … Continue reading

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Rockstarism #224 – Asian and Caucasian

#224 ***Correction on 11 Sept 2012 – Rockstar came home and told me he is not the official “Environment Monitor”, another classmate of his is. Don’t know how he thought he was, but he asked me to correct ASAP. Rockstar: … Continue reading

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Breakfast At Fairwood

(No disrespect meant to the late great Audrey’s role in the novel/ film) (He’d didn’t stay still long enough and I started getting funny looks for taking a pic of my son outside this local fast-food chain that’s everywhere – in … Continue reading

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Hanging With Baby In The Wetlands

We used to frequent the Wetlands Park in Tin Shui Wai on occasion, and decided to make the trip back with the baby, for the first time yesterday… It is so “almost China” I get a “Welcome to China” text … Continue reading

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Rockstarism #214 – Taking The Good With The Bad

#214 Rockstar: <Gravely, after being blown off by Grandmum several times because his sister is fussing> Mum. I don’t always like Ms Rockstar.  Me: Yeah that’s normal (Rockstar actually seems to look a little relieved at the affirmation). But I … 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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Rockstar’s Bargain: Lego City vs Brine Shrimp Show n Tell

Rockstar had Show n Tell again recently, this is what he brought. After a sojourn with an old friend/ client into Mong Kok, Kings came home with this little glass globe late one night. The packaging had little Japanese words … 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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Rockstarism #175 – My classmates are all smart

So to date Rockstar doesn’t take any classes outside of ESF stuff (Kindy hours + ABC Music through the school), except for a weekly hour of Oral Putonghua with a bunch of local kids he likes, which I consider a … Continue reading

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