Monthly Archives: September 2015

Not a single traditional tanglung in sight… We bought traditional ones as well, but it was instead a mercifully breezy night this otherwise record-breakingly hot summer, and so everyone whipped out their neon light sticks… This the Miss engaging any … Continue reading →

Because, if nothing else, I am a glutton for punishment. 😀 (For real though, thought we should wait til Kings could make it lantern-shopping for Mid-Autumn – so we went uh, critter shopping, which we do now and again as well.) Some weeks … Continue reading →

#381/ #64 I ask Rockstar to read to the Miss… Miss: No. Stop. I will read to you, Rockstarrr. <assertively takes book from him>  Rockstar: But you can’t read. Miss: I can too read. Rockstar: No you can’t read. Because you … Continue reading →

#380/ 63 Miss reaches for Rockstar’s foam frisbee… Without looking up from his laptop, Rockstar reaches out and holds it down on the table. Me: Ko-ko, can Miss have it please? Rockstar: <still not looking up> You’re not Miss. Me: … Continue reading →

Last Friday was one of Rockstar’s school dress-up days in honour of the UN’s International Day of Peace, happening across the world in another hour thereabouts. The batik shirt I sourced (because he turned in homework about traditional batik printing for … Continue reading →

#379 Rockstar often builds things for his sister in Minecraft… A yellow school bus filled with farm animals… a lighthouse patrolled by a dozen dogs with different coloured collars… A library inhabited by spiders and cows (many of which she named “Sophie”)… And then…  … Continue reading →

#378/ #62 Miss: Ko-Ko, don’t watch me doing Lego. Rockstar: What, I love Lego, I want to watch. Miss: I don’t like it. Me (to Miss): You watch Ko-Ko minecrafting all the time, why can’t he watch you? Rockstar: Wait- … Continue reading →

The Malaysian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong and Macau had to shift their Nasi Lemak Lunch Talks to dinner time, following participant and member feedback. People were saying they couldn’t finish asking guest speakers their questions, before having to get back to the office … Continue reading →

#377/ #61 A sudden loud beeping can be heard from Rockstar’s play space under Miss’ loft… Me:What are you doing?! Rockstar: Motion sensor. Me: I know what it is (one of his old toys). I’m asking why it is. Rockstar: I don’t want … Continue reading →