Monthly Archives: December 2012

Rockstars’ Christmas Past

Posted on December 31, 2012 by admin

One would’ve thought after the late night Candle Light Service Christmas Eve Rockstar would’ve slept in, and one would’ve been wrong. This is him and JD early Christmas morning: (yeah he assembles what he can of his own toys) We … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged angry baby, boathouse, candle light service, christmas day, christmas eve, early christmas morning, family pic, faux fur, food wrappers, giant snail, highness, iphone, kids coats, kids toys, lying on the floor, passerby, play mat, puffer, rockstar, snails | 4 Comments

Rockstar Sings We Wish You A Merry Christmas In Putonghua

Posted on December 30, 2012 by admin

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…! http://youtu.be/nFqkaH6OKmg http://youtu.be/wBPqoujJ6Yo One trying to read, one trying to eat (in … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, School For Rockstar | Tagged christmas, merry christmas, Putonghua, rockstar, simplified Chinese | 5 Comments

Ms Rockstar Makes Coffee

Posted on December 29, 2012 by admin

Ps: Rockstar “makes coffee” for his dad, and the baby “makes coffee” for me; thank you, Nespresso. Works out about right because when Kings is home on the weekend is also when Rockstar isn’t in school… … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots | Tagged coffee maker, enlightenment, kiss, lt, nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp, Nespresso, Nespresso Machine, pleasure, rockstar, wonderment | 3 Comments

Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night

Posted on December 28, 2012 by admin

1) Stars in ugly holiday sweaters! In the slideshow P Diddy’s looks suspiciously like Ms Rockstars’! Not Diddy And this one costs…. USD 1700!! (Btw my own holiday sweater was this one from Shopbop.com, which I wore over two other thin … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts, The TGIF Posts | Tagged attitude, cardboard, christmas projects, christmas tree, detriment, dogs, dubner, eric hanushek, freakonomics, hoover, human nature, left behind, levitt, p diddy, rockstar, school staff, sky high, stanford university, teaching staff, ugly holiday sweaters | 4 Comments

Rockstarism: #142: A Rockstar And His Chai-nese (Or, Pigs Can Fly)

Posted on December 26, 2012 by admin

Rockstar can read everything in this booklet – Kings tested him word for word because he simply couldn’t believe it – Kings is always on my back about the Chinese. Not… that either of us are at all literate in … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms, School For Rockstar | Tagged accent, balloon, chai, chinese lessons, chio, funny thing, happy face, pinyin, priceless pic, proceeds, product presentations, pronunciation, rms, roc, schoolbag, schoolwork, secret compartment, snarky, stephen chow, taiwanese | 2 Comments

Jingle All The Way

Posted on December 24, 2012 by admin

#142 Rockstar: Mum. I want to tell you something. <pausing for effect> Santa (at his school Christmas party)…. wasn’t really Santa. <lowering voice conspiratorially> He was (school principal)! Me: Oh really? Rockstar: He was dressed as Santa, but I recognize … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged bad santa, cars, christmas, christmas party, eing, fly, gifts for christmas, girls, glittery, job, laughs, lt, school christmas, school principal, skipping ropes, uh | 2 Comments

Rockstar’s 5th Birthday

Posted on December 23, 2012 by admin

This is the first time Rockstar’s actual birthdate is not a school holiday, so much so that we’d gotten used to celebrating early before school’s out, because his real birthdate is “too” close to Christmas. Also partly why we don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shopping, Rockstar Thoughts, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged birthday boy, birthday cupcakes, candles, capital letters, capitals, cards, christmas, close to christmas, dad, dislike, goodies, lt, mate, mates, rockstars, school holiday, school pe, sheepish, two boys, year 1 | 3 Comments

The End Of Friday

Posted on December 21, 2012 by admin

1) It’s the end of the Mayan calendar today, and Pieter Van Der Meer of the Netherlands will take refuge in this lifeboat, for the impending global apocalypse. Man From Netherlands And His Lifeboat I wish this was a light-hearted post, … Continue reading →

Posted in The TGIF Posts | Tagged christmas holidays, christmas ornaments, coward, cute animals, daredevils, death threats, end of the mayan calendar, fine wine, global apocalypse, guts, lifeboat, male teacher, mental illness, overdue library books, pieter van, rockstar, safety equipment, safety plan, siblings, van der meer | 2 Comments

Spreading Good Cheer

Posted on December 20, 2012 by admin

**written a little earlier… One of the things I really like about Rockstar’s new school is some of the opportunities kids get to be nice to each other. Case in point: the important-looking red post box sitting next to huge … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, School For Rockstar | Tagged 1s, 2s, cards, case in point, christmas, christmas trees, classmates, humor, instant gratification, little voice, mail, parents, party clothes, school compound, sending a card, Shopping, thick stacks | 7 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