Monthly Archives: December 2012

Rockstars Do Gold Coast In New Territories, Hong Kong

Posted on December 16, 2012 by admin

Kings had an event recce all the way out here at one of the hotels nearby, so on Saturday, Ms Rockstar just having deigned to remain asleep for some 4 hours prior, we bundled in the car late afternoon. Kings … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged animal makers, baby bottle, balloon animal, cartoonists, craft shops, eardrums, eyebrows, foreigners, hotels, iphone, late afternoon, locals, menus, nap, photographic evidence, scratch, second nature, toast, umpteen, waitresses | 2 Comments

Pedicure Friday

Posted on December 14, 2012 by admin

1) Some of the 50 best animal photos of 2012. Because I thought I had something smart to say about some of them. Like so: Because “You have a leopard in your water tank” sounds like it should be the start … Continue reading →

Posted in The TGIF Posts | Tagged animal photos, animals, cancer, chickens, diet, hereditary risk, household, joke, leopard, noah s ark, water tank, weren | 2 Comments

Rockstarism #141: My Son, The Lady Charmer

Posted on December 13, 2012 by admin

#141 Rockstar: Mum. I saw (girl’s name) today. Me: That’s nice, dear. Did you play with her? Rockstar: We were running in the playground. Me: Oh – Tag? Rockstar: <seriously> No, I have to run away so she doesn’t kick … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms | Tagged father lt, playground, shrugs | 2 Comments

And Life Goes On…

Posted on December 12, 2012 by admin

About a month ago, my helper (yes, the daft one) tried to resign. Working in Hong Kong, despite the enormous perk of being able to dress up and go out every Sunday and public holiday (or receive double pay in … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged appointment, appointments, babies, blade, confinement, gig, grandparents, lobbies, matter of factly, movie tickets, nuts, public holiday, resignation, shark, shriek, skyfall, sofas, stupid mistakes, sweaters, wheels | 4 Comments

Things That Gabble In The Night

Posted on December 10, 2012 by admin

Late, late in the night, in the dark…… Yikes the baby’s mobile is rocking violently, what is going on in there? I move to peer in: Ms Rockstar has yanked the little hanging soft toy lion out of the mobile … Continue reading →

Posted in Babycare Bootcamp, Rockstar Shots | Tagged coincidence, fingernails, gabble, grouchy, lt, nylon, parenting, rockstar, scritch, sleep, soft toy lion, wawa | 4 Comments

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

Posted on December 9, 2012 by admin

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 →

Posted in Rockstarisms | Tagged 1s, cellphone rings, chinese class, chinese classes, chinese words, confidence, english education, lai, last time, local system, lt, meh, parents, personal tutor, ptc, Putonghua, school uniforms, schoolwork, tutors, unsolved mysteries | 2 Comments

Friday’s Child (Really Is Loving And Giving)

Posted on December 7, 2012 by admin

“It wasn’t about weight class … I told him to point me toward the kid who has the kindestheart.” – school wrestling coach describing conversation with competing school coach http://youtu.be/Ao8UbgSopD4 1) There is just no way this isn’t my lead. The … Continue reading →

Posted in The TGIF Posts | Tagged act of kindness, animals, bbc, caption, cerebral palsy, china, christmas, grandma, gumption, holiday outfits, modern women, photography, s child, school coach, simple act of kindness, weight class, wrestling match, wrestling team | 4 Comments

Teamwork!

Posted on December 6, 2012 by admin

Ms Rockstar is a huge bath and water baby. And then Rockstar insisted on being the one to pour water into Mr Lobster to make the wheels turn (the baby is actually holding her hand out to feel the water … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots | Tagged dear life, holes, lobster, rockstar, teamwork, water baby, water play, wheels | 2 Comments

“Marrying A Non-Christian”

Posted on December 5, 2012 by admin

I try not to talk too much about faith-related stuff because of my fear that I will do “more harm than good”/ my Bible knowledge is not sound enough/ I’m too outspoken and might offend… But this one I hoped would … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged altar call, beloved grandmother, bible knowledge, black belt, car wreck, church friends, donkey, faith, fear, girlfriend, glee, grief, kukkiwon, relationship, unbeliever | 6 Comments

“Daddy Got Baptized”

Posted on December 3, 2012 by admin

This is just to put up the few pics we have, and then I’ll blog more in the next post… In case you’re wondering, Rockstar actually does have some idea about Baptism, I used to film the other baptisms on … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged 30 minutes, art and craft, baby room, baptism, baptisms, beanbags, bible study, blur, cellphone, church goers, crust pizza, macam, pizza slice, school and vacation, snacks, something heavy, spiritual life, sunday school, vacation bible, vending machine | 2 Comments