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Tag Archives: Putonghua
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
Posted in School For Rockstar, Talking To Rockstar
Tagged aussie, bloomberg, Cantonese, counterparts, english schools foundation, hk, hundred thousand, hundreds of thousands, ish, locals, mun, nanny, preoccupation, Putonghua, rockstar, sanity, school hols, speaking english, spoken english, wor
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Word Play (or World Domination) Rockstarisms
***Spare post alert – this was not posted from Hong Kong… Stay tuned, even as we search for Wifi… #163 Playing with Boggle Jr one day… Rockstar: Look what I spelled, Mum. “Caju”. Me: And that’s – Rockstar: A new … Continue reading
Sydney Through The Eyes Of A Rockstar – Final Day and Rockstarisms #146, #147 & #148
#146 When I make a fuss about my swollen fingers (because while I’m trying to take a pic of some ducks Kings was feeding from the car as we left Thredbo Rockstar winds the automatic window back up (because the … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstarisms, Traveling With Rockstar
Tagged bacon, brunch, darling harbor, feed ducks, flight booking, food scraps, fountains, gull like, gumption, hands and knees, little girl, mid air, purple flower, Putonghua, quay, raindrops, rockstar, scrambled eggs, statues, swollen fingers
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To Kumon or to Mickey
A girlfriend sent me this New York Times Article about Junior Kumon hitting lower Manhattan. As in, not a kiasu Asian community in Singapore or Hong Kong, but New York. (The funniest thing is there you have Kumon … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged asian community, chinese international, debenture, disney theme park, faye wong, fluke, freak out, funniest thing, Kebaya, kumon, lower manhattan, muteness, new york times, pediatrician, private school, Putonghua, times lt, tuition classes, whys, york times article
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Rockstar In Singapore – Shoppes At Marina Bay Sands and Raffles Place
Random shot of Rockstar at Marina Bay Sands Shoppes The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands did not exist when I lived in Singapore – so Kings takes us. The Rockstar shall have his running-squealing-in-new-shopping-center fix here. There are things you … Continue reading
Posted in Traveling With Rockstar
Tagged auntie, babies, candy, conscience, cool shades, entourage, fabric bags, good mother, location table, lt, marina bay, new shopping center, paper books, prime location, Putonghua, rockstar, self worth, Singapore, spelling game, waitress, water feature
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Women’s Political Participation Summit At City University, Kowloon Tong
How did I get here? Kings and the Rockstar drop me off at Admiralty station, from where it’s about 4 stops to Mong Kok, cross the platform/ change trains, another couple stops to Kowloon Tong. It’s early afternoon Saturday, and … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml
Tagged acting, admiralty, american accent, asian teenagers, break in time, Cantonese, change trains, coughs, customer enquiries, early afternoon, elizabeth wong, executive council member, hong kong kowloon, machine gun fire, mong kok, mtr, opinions, parliament member, Putonghua, republic of china, speaking english, two girls, Women's Political Participation Summit
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First Loaf
Was soooo happy to find this in Rockstar’s school bag yesterday… He’d been talking about reading Little Red Hen and how he’d made his own bread and after they baked it he would get some at snack time… But then … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml
Tagged clock, clutter, cupboard, firsts, insect repellant, medication, Putonghua, school work, shanghai tang, snack time, teapot
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Meet McDull, Possibly Hong Kong’s Version of SouthPark
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyJJ8EyzVpY] One typhoon season years ago, while flicking local channels in search of the “T8 icon” (aka Free Holiday In Hong Kong), I stumbled upon a conversation between two cartoon pigs in Cantonese: Mummy Pig to Little Boy Pig … Continue reading