Monthly Archives: June 2012

The Super Serious Project About Dogs And Physics (And More)

Posted on June 29, 2012 by admin

TGIF everyone… Let’s do this more often 🙂 1) A Super Serious Project About Dogs And Physics – a photo series by Atlanta-based photographer Theron Humphrey who’s traveling to all 50 states in the US, with Maddie the coonhound, over the next year. … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged alien invasion, different path, dogs, experiences, failure, james dyson, Maddie on things, mitt romney, national geographic, national geographic channel, obama, physics, schoolchildren, sir james, strange things, vacuum, wrong way | 2 Comments

Goodbye, Kindergarten

Posted on June 29, 2012 by admin

I spent the last couple of days online going through the umpteen albums off the password-protected portion of the school website and downloading Rockstar’s pictures, before they kill my password. (I know, they’re probably not gonna terminate it immediately, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms, School For Rockstar | Tagged 5 months, bugs, couple of days, dirty fingers, expressing milk, job, k1, K2, kindy, long hair, quot, shopping bag, straight hair, wri | 10 Comments

The Accidental C-Section Patient

Posted on June 26, 2012 by admin

About three weeks ago… So I pack in a hurry to get to hospital, that is to say I dump a couple more things into a half packed bag (per girlfriends’ recommendations). Darn. Haven’t bought dry shampoo – I’m used … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar, Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged abdomen, brushing my teeth, c section, canteen, communal toilet, couple days, disney friends, dry shampoo, facebook friends, hurry, light makeup, maternity ward, miserable person, nether regions, paperwork, plaster, reflection, salad tongs, slippers, toiletries | 8 Comments

The One That Didn’t Make It To Merdeka Day

Posted on June 25, 2012 by admin

If one of the teachers hadn’t happened to asked me if I’d seen where Rockstar’s Malaysian flag painting was displayed, I never would’ve found it – this was when I was still pregnant and taking the lift most of the … Continue reading →

Posted in School For Rockstar | 5 Comments

And Yet More HK License Plates

Posted on June 24, 2012 by admin

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 →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged Cantonese, clown, first car, first thought, fly, hk, hokkien, job, lucky number, mergers and acquisitions, parents, poisoners, red wig, sense of deja vu, strange sense | 5 Comments

Rockstarism #213 – Singlish vs Frenglish on The Noose (and other lighthearted Friday surfings)

Posted on June 22, 2012 by admin

#213 Kings finds this particular episode of hit Singapore series The Noose hilarious because he used to work in a French investment bank. He still speaks English with heavy Singlish/ Malaysian Hakka accents so in the beginning, he would be … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged accents, ditto, french trader, handphone, investment bank, iphone, message note, newborns, night nurses, noose, polar bear, reading spelling, rockstar, sanatorium, seals, singapore series, singlish, speaking english, spelling practice, text message | 4 Comments

Rockstarism #212 – No Greater Love

Posted on June 21, 2012 by admin

#212 Rockstar: Mum. Me, Daddy, JD and the baby, who do you love best? Me: Wah, how to choose between you guys? Then you leh, who do YOU love best? Rockstar: Daddy. <pause> Cos he’s not around a lot, he’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged dad, festivities, full time, jd, job, little girl, lt, makeup, miscommunication, misunderstanding, misunderstandings, parenting, parents' love, shrugs, tempers, time parent | 7 Comments

Flashback: “It’s Not Easy Being A Rockstar In Perth”

Posted on June 19, 2012 by admin

Pre baby weight: 53kg Pregnancy weight: 73.1kg Last weighing 4 or 5 days ago: 64kg Just weighed: 64kg (still on confinement) —————————————————————————————————– This one’s from our first trip abroad when Rockstar was about 11 months old and we were so … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots | Tagged adoration, adultshop, couple weeks, facebook, fan base, financial crisis, first trip, flight jacket, hairdos, indifference, natives, neighbourhood, old baby, paps, perth, rock star, schmoozing, shapes sizes, siberia, westpac bank | 2 Comments

Happy Father’s Day In “Confinement”

Posted on June 17, 2012 by admin

“Father” is a big word. There are people who “father” children, yet have no further reason to really call themselves such. Then there are those who have no biological ties with their “children” whatsoever, and yet have played such vital … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Shopping | Tagged bandages, chop, computer center, confinement Father's Day, craft store, credit cards, dad, expressing breast milk, father s day gift, father's day, father's day ideas, first choice, gadget, gynea, harvey nichols, home baby, last ditch effort, leather wallet, shape, Shopping, time opportunity, wallets, zebra | 7 Comments

Not Quite The Biggest Loser

Posted on June 15, 2012 by admin

Things that make you go Hmmmm???!!! For a moment my second child appears to develop a morbid fear of triangles when I set the book down open at this page. I’ve said before that I put on huge amounts of … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged 5 months, alessandra ambrosio, apples, baby weight, carrots, deserts, eggs, fast food, french fries, ginger, heidi klum, last time, morbid fear, mths, nanny, noodles, pregnancy, scales, soft drinks, tofu, triangles, veg, victoria's secret models shed baby weight | 7 Comments