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His Own Little Man…

Posted on September 18, 2011 by admin

Among the crafts he does at school, Rockstar occasionally brings back paper bag puppets, usually animals… When Kings has been “away” (either traveling or coming home late) for a few days, Rockstar and I sometimes display his efforts on Kings’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged basketball game, bedtime, bottled water, coming home, exasperation, fridays, fruit salad, little man, mr men books, mums, mushroom, offspring, paper bag puppets, pops, rockstar, sandwiches, school uniform, self portrait, starbucks, thursdays | 2 Comments

Epilogue: Part 2 – The Best Post Ever Written On My blog Is By 723 People Who Are Not Me

Posted on September 15, 2011 by admin

It’s humbling, that so many strangers, particularly with the anonymity of the internet, would say a few kind words and in many cases pass on God’s love. That’s the incredible message Rockstar will grow up to read one day – … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, Rockstarisms, Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged anonymity, bcc, belief, changi airport singapore, cows, dear readers, ed mass, email notifications, facebook, faith, god, happy birthday, human nature, kindness, kopitiam, lt, mass emailed, notification message, shamefaced, virtual strangers | 35 Comments

Epilogue: Part 1 – Capture The iPhone

Posted on September 14, 2011 by admin

It’s morning. The hub gives me a cuddle, then disappears back into his laptop. Rockstar is still asleep, and when he wakes he’s a little prickly: “Mum,” from whence Kings has taken him aside, “I sang Happy Birthday to you … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged ace, asian children, cellphone, cuddle, desert, family friends, glare, grandparents, grownup, happy birthday, hoops, hotel room, hub, iphone, mannered children, mid autumn, mooncake, old girl, rockstar, unread messages | 4 Comments

Happy Birthday Mummy

Posted on September 13, 2011 by admin

Dear loyal readers, This is Kings (Aileen’s husband). Today is Aileen’s birthday and we decided to give her a surprise. We cracked the password of this blog and posted this message – without her knowledge of course 🙂 …. I … Continue reading →

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Rockstarism #159: Failure To Conspire

Posted on September 12, 2011 by admin

One day on the beach in Bintan… Kings: Rockstar and I got you something for your birthday (but it’s not yet my birthday), it’s at home. You’ll get it when we get back. Rockstar: <looking suspicious and blinking> Me: You … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms | Tagged beach chair, day on the beach, facial expressions, failure, lt, rockstar, senior citizen | 4 Comments

Stopover at Sentosa

Posted on September 10, 2011 by admin

Driveway of Amara, Sentosa where we stopped over for the night With a long weekend coming up, Rockstar and I followed Kings down on his regular(ish) errands in Singapore where we stopped over in Sentosa for the night, after which … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged aa, club committee, decompression, errands, excitement, guilt, gym membership, lunch hour, new boss, pairs, pressure cooker, recreation club, reminder, rockstar, sentosa, shades, twinges, urge, walking distance, work quality | 2 Comments

Rockstarism #158 – What Does Jesus Do

Posted on September 8, 2011 by admin

*** Updated with some thoughts at bottom Girlfriend’s rockstar: Is Jesus a nice man? Girlfriend: Yes Girlfriend’s rockstar: Will He buy me a Ferrari? (As in the little toy cars) So I tell Rockstar what his schoolmate said… Rockstar: God … Continue reading →

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Chapter of Coincidences (And pretty much anything else I could think of)

Posted on September 6, 2011 by admin

So we’re sending our helper home for a week for her brother’s wedding (yes after she has worked maybe 8 months with us, yes to the best of my knowledge you are only required by HK law to give your … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged auto payments, brother, car battery, cards, chicken soup, citibank, credit card fraud, diarrhea, dogs, few days, hk, holes, online shopping, parking lot, risk, saints, spare tire, spray bottles | 7 Comments

Rockstarisms #156 & #157 – The Calling Grandmum Rockstarisms

Posted on September 5, 2011 by admin

#156 Rockstar: Mum. When we call, can you tell Grandmum to stop saying “What?” all the time (when she can’t hear/ understand him)? It’s quite irritating. Please tell her to say “I beg your pardon.” #157 Rockstar: Stop saying “Open … Continue reading →

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Rockstarism #155 Dutiful Eating

Posted on September 4, 2011 by admin

#155 Me: You didn’t touch your school snack (packed from home), did you forget to do your duties? (As much as possible they unpack their own school bags on arrival at class, sorting diary (checked daily for parent-teacher communication), school … Continue reading →

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