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Christmas Day At Stanley Plaza Mall And Market
View from the mall (it was a beautiful Christmas day) The new Stanley Plaza shopping mall is now dog-friendly, with dogs allowed in the cafes and all over the mall so we thought we’d check it out by having a … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Shopping, Traveling With Rockstar
Tagged christmas day, Stanley Market, Stanley Plaza
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Not A Turkey In Sight…
When all the restaurants were festive and booked solid and even our regular brunch place was a hive of activity with green and red tablecloths, party hats, confetti, streamers and favors laid out (we were politely kicked out eventually so … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Shopping, Rockstar Shots
Tagged blue corn, caviar, chicken curry, chicken satay, christmas eve, christmas eve dinner, corn chips, festive bow, fruit bowl, Great supermarket, hah, hive, orange crab, party hats, rockstar, roe, something blue, streamers, stuffed pasta, tablecloths, tortellini
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A Very Rockstar Christmas
From Rockstar’s school daily communications diary (before breaking for the hols): “Your child has created a letter to Santa this week at Kindergarten. They believe that this letter is being sent to the North Pole (where Santa lives). We are … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml
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Rockstarism #180 – The Name Game
Rockstar: Mum. I think you should name the baby “poop”. Hee Hee Hee. Me: How would you like it if I named you “poop”? Rockstar: <still laughing> It’s funny! How about “Car”? How about “Tree”? I continue to ignore him. … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstarisms
Tagged adelaide australia, dad, heee, impersonation, kampung boy, koala, koala bear, lavender, lavender farm, lt, name game, nbsp, random pic, roots, signpost, tea, worm
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Shopping for JD at Whiskers and Paws
We went down to Whiskers and Paws in Ap Lei Chai South Horizon Plaza (more well-known for all the branded goods warehouses and furniture) to shop for the dog… Those Santa hats (there are also antlers but can’t see in … Continue reading
The Confinement Nannies
“Yeah, you’re pregnant. You need to tell the nurse what hospital room you want, shared or single, so we can do the booking.” That was my first Gynea checkup, 2 weeks after the test showed positive (so, the nurse explained, … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged blood test, c section, chinese friend, chromosomal abnormalities, confinement, confinement nanny, craziness, egg, friend of a friend, gynea, heartbeat, hk passport, hkd, hkid, last time, mainland, nanny, nurse, private hospitals, queen mary, vacancy
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Rockstarisms #178 & 179 – Random Bloopers
#178 Rockstar: Mum. “Duck” rhymes with “Luck”. Me: <Not really paying attention, was getting dinner> Great dear. Any others? Rockstar: And Muck… And Truck…… And Zuck? Me: <Still not paying attention> Well yeah, if you’re just looking for rhymes. They … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstarisms
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The Worst-Kept Secret…
… is that I’m pregnant. I kept feeling with the hormones and the morning sickness that I must be behaving extra-weird and so I kept explaining to people why I might be extra-weird. (Because when I’m weird, I’d like it … Continue reading
So What If It’s About The Money?
After the recent biannual Nuffnang blog awards, an Aussie mummy blogger I had previously not heard of pretty much vilified the winner of Most Influential Blog and Region’s Best Blog, Xiaxue, and Nuffnang for awarding her. Something about lousy writing … Continue reading →