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Language lessons, heritage questions

Posted on January 27, 2012 by admin

My father in law often bemoans Rockstar’s lack of grasp of Hakka, and speaking not a stitch of the dialect myself, I recently came up with what I thought was a best effort at trying to facilitate some learning of … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged best effort, Cantonese, chinese dialects, chinese language, desirable trait, dialect, dummies, dummy, grandparents, grasp, haha, hok, inlaws, literacy, mummy friends, personal tutor, picture books, pronunciation, Putonghua, rockstar | 15 Comments

ESF Kindergarten Trip To Watch We’re Going On A Bear Hunt At The HK Academy Of Performing Arts Drama Theater

Posted on January 26, 2012 by admin

Rockstar also happened to bring this home from the school library months ago On Rockstar’s last day of school before the CNY hols, I brought my parents along on his school trip to watch the theater production of the best-selling … Continue reading →

Posted in School For Rockstar, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged adaptations, adaption, burdens, cny, going on a bear hunt, helen oxenbury, joan gatz, last day of school, little girls, little kids, michael rosen, music instruments, picture books, psyched, rockstar, s tv, school library, school trip, siblings, sound effects, tall grass, tv producer | Leave a comment

Rockstarism #186 – Various Rockstarisms With The Grandparents

Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin

#186 Grandparents: Hello, Mr Lai. Are you Mr Lai? Rockstar: No, that’s my dad. He has a bad memory. He always asks me the difference between turtles and tortoises. I told him many, many times! —————— Rockstar: Grandpop. Your name … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Rockstarisms | Tagged bad memory, bugs, creepy crawlies, dad, difference between turtles and tortoises, grandparents, lt, mr lai, narbles, rockstar, tattoos, tortoises, turtles, turtles and tortoises, weird songs | 3 Comments

I See Lai See (But Not Yee Sang)

Posted on January 24, 2012 by admin

There are 2 rather obvious (to me) differences between spending CNY in HK vs in Malaysia. One being that when you eat out on festive days like Reunion Dinner (and btw lotsa restaurants are likely to be open because it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | 11 Comments

Reunion Dinner At The China Club

Posted on January 22, 2012 by admin

The China Club. In case you missed the little lift in the corner bringing you up. Yeah quite exclusive. We thought in honor of our being in HK this year for CNY (rare occurrence), we should try to form our … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged ang pow, cherry blossom trees, china club, comic strips, dinner places, dress code, elevator, family traditions, grandparents, iphone, lai, letter of the law, old folks, porcelain vases, rare occurrence, reunion dinner, rms, saturdays, wooden staircases, work clothes | 8 Comments

A Lion Goes To School On CNY Dress Up Day

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

**Update: One of the comments wasn’t showing as intended in the comments field, so the commentator requested I delete it… However she had included a link to her blog with a picture of a unicorn (because I wasn’t sure if … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, School For Rockstar | Tagged brocade jacket, celebration, chill, chinese new year, crap, dress up day, ears, fun school, hkd, kindergarten, lion, little kids, new year, nuisance, old job, reminder, rubbish, school uniform, Sheung Wan CNY, style jacket, unicorn | 7 Comments

Merry Christmas To Me

Posted on January 18, 2012 by admin

My Christmas pressie to myself arrived in the mail several days ago. Horribly late, or ridiculously early? The answer is late. I didn’t want to rush buying myself something for the sake of it being in time as a Xmas … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shopping | Tagged closets, dehumidifiers, gbp, knack, leather shoulder, marc jacobs, net a porter, plastic bottles, power bills, pressie, rockstar, sentimental value, shipping charge, shoulder bag, spree, square feet, tissue boxes, xmas decorations, xmas present, ysl muse bag | 4 Comments

Lord Archer’s Lessons

Posted on January 16, 2012 by admin

Rough account re Lord Archer ok….. This is an e.g. of some of the ra-ra things I used to say in market commentary to RMs and ex-colleagues on a gloomy cold Monday like today… In 1974 (now) best-selling English author … Continue reading →

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First Class For Durians

Posted on January 14, 2012 by admin

**Update: Rockstar saw the pic below on the blog, and while he may not know just how expensive a HKD 1,000 durian is in relation to how much they cost in SEA, he does know 1,000 is big… Me: Yes, … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Shopping, Rockstarisms | Tagged asian readers, chinese new year, chinese new year music, coach, cost of durian in Hong Kong, durians, economy, first class, Malaysia Durian, Malaysia durian in Hong Kong, new year, new year music, price tags, quot, supermarket | 7 Comments

Here We Go A-Hormone Tripping (Or, Getting To Know Baby)

Posted on January 12, 2012 by admin

The strangest thing about hormones is they don’t just make you feel like puking. When people asked “Any weird cravings?” I thought I didn’t have any. Last pregnancy I got my “kicks” ingesting a horrific number of calories, this pregnancy … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged 2am, 9am, bladder, Book of God, calories, catalyst, cravings, gynea, Haruki Murakami, having a party, hormones, Jeffrey Archer's Cat O' Nine Tales, Kafka on the shore, little games, little person, morning person, night owl, Of Mice And Men, owl, peaceful sleep, pregnancy, puking, rejoicing, Satyajit Das, squeeze toy, strangest thing, Walter Wangerin | 7 Comments