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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Our Un-Mother’s Day
Rockstar had a very irritating night cough last week, and after it cleared what I’ve now got feels strong enough to stun a water buffalo. (Well, pushing 73kgs now, I’m close 😀 No, massive weight gain usually doesn’t bother me, … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Shopping
Tagged boxes, bugs, cardboard, fictions, free bedroom, massive weight, movers, night cough, old stuff, packing, paperwork, pregnancy, resistance, rhino, saturday night, smorgasbord, storage, water buffalo, weight gain
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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
Posted in Rockstar Shots
Tagged 2d ultrasound, Cantonese, completeness, eagerness, glimpse, gynea, hadn, heading home, heart chamber, ing, internal organs, little person, medical journal, nugget, rockstar, rockstars, sibling, siblings, toes, ultrasounds
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Secret Mummy Behavior #2 – The Secret Dreamworld Of A Playdating Mummy
One of my latest favorite books is The Sense Of An Ending, by Julian Barnes, winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize (and btw I mostly didn’t like the 2010 winner, Room by Emma Donoghue) because it’s one of those … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged aileen, alien face, caveat, chinese mother, hell hath no fury, human beings, insecurities, insult, judgement, living in japan, marie claire, mummies, planet pluto, playground politics, playgrounds, pregnancy test, rockstar, secret language, shock horror, wallet
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One Fine Day In Ikea…
We’d been going down to Ikea in Causeway Bay a lot… Prep to put together Rockstar’s “Lego Headquarters” i.e. loft bed/play area and whole lotta built-in shelving for his un-baby friendly toys… Rockstar: <delightedly stroking fur rug> Like a sheep! … Continue reading
Posted in Talking To Rockstar
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Rockstarism #207 – Got Attitude Siah
Rockstar recently left his backpack in a GOD store, prompting us to have to walk back to get it 15 mins later… Before we reached, the store had called us about his bag (which has a dog tag on it … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar
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Doing The Mini-Me For Mother’s Day
Guess Where We Went Shopping………. Weeks ago, a mummy friend took me on a wild goose chase around Belchers development to find another mummy selling tailored mini-me outfits. Well, actually it was a whole bunch of mummies who apparently sell … Continue reading
Rockstar Does Animakit Studios
We were recently invited by Animakit Studios (http://animakitstudios.com/)Â to try out their whole-body capture proprietary technology, using silhouettes and colors recognition. (i.e. Rockstar got to put on some colored markers and kick about making a computer animated lion or monkey follow … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Talking To Rockstar
Tagged 3d skeleton, Amimakit Studios, animakitstudios, animated character, cartoon character, color markers, colored markers, computer animation, drama classes, educational uses, golden monkey, history of film, lip sync, little kids, morgan stanley, ocean park, proprietary technology, right arm, silhouettes, teaching tool, voice recognition, youtube
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