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Every Dog Needs A Rockstar Needs A Dog

Posted on June 26, 2011 by admin

Kings periodically puts some of my iPhone videos together with a song he likes and I’d been wanting to post the first clip for sometime, this is Rockstar’s morning ritual with JD. (Note facial expression of dog…) [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9VDw0miemk] And … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots | Tagged bus driver, caveat, facial expression, iphone, morning ritual, seatbelt, wheels on the bus, worries, www youtube | 10 Comments

Rockstarism #128

Posted on June 24, 2011 by admin

Rockstar got his new class list recently, and so I read out his classmates’ names, to some of the following responses: Rockstar: #1 <after some deliberation> He’s n-ot too bad. #2 <nodding authoritatively> Oh, that one is quite naughty #3 … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged class list, classmates, deliberation, K2, Kindergarten 2, long hair, sheepish, teacher teachers | 2 Comments

TakeOut Comedy Event by Nuffnang

Posted on June 23, 2011 by admin

Q: How is it possible I can put up a poster for a blogger event that involves TakeOut Comedy and then proceed to not bring the funny? A: Like so <sheepish> This for my Nuffnang friends, and sorry to paste and … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged cheuk, choices, cocktail, comedy club, comedy event, concerts, cuckoo, elgin street, entertainment scene, facebook, hk entertainment, hong kong, improvisational comedy, light refreshments, lt, nuffnang, one flew over the cuckoo s nest, soho, step 2, sweat | Leave a comment

Tropical Storm Haima’s T3 in Hong Kong

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

Strong Wind Signal No. 3 has been “in force” all day (as at press time) so Kindergarten is closed, no school for Rockstar (in other words Let’s All Swing From The Ceiling Lights And Drive Our Mums Crazy Day)… I … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged apology, bus stop, ceiling lights, cellphone, chiropractor, club house, clubhouse, crazy day, glass doors, indoor play, play area, playing pool, press time, priceless pic, raincoats, respite, rockstar, strong wind, tropical storm, waiting for the rain, walk in the rain | 3 Comments

We Is Going To Be Hong Kong PRs

Posted on June 21, 2011 by admin

Walkway to Immigration Tower in Wan Chai (always so crowded at lunch hour with Wan Chai work warriors) Call the title a tribute to my Malaysian friends. Call it ungrammatical, or call it Manglish (you know, like Singlish.) Kings and … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged 10 mins, auntie, Cantonese, caution, government policies, hk, hkid, immigration officer, immigration tower, international passport, lt, lunch hour, malaysian friends, permanent residents, taxi driver, travels, waiter, walkway, wan chai, warriors | 4 Comments

Green Lantern And Father’s Day Dinner Our Way

Posted on June 20, 2011 by admin

(With update at bottom) Should you lie to your child? And did we watch Green Lantern last night? Ultimate comfort food – Yums! How did we get here? Read on… So Rockstar overhears Kings on the cellphone loudly looking forward … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged cellphone, comfort food, couple hours, grandparents, green lantern, hadn, jigsaw, lt, model student, peripheral vision, personality, sirens, tutor | 7 Comments

Rockstarism #127 (And Happy Father’s Day)

Posted on June 18, 2011 by admin

Fathers’ Day Morning pic before church… A father’s gotta do what a father’s gotta do… After church what Kings really wanted to do was marathon-sleep… Ah well, he gets to pick what he really wants to do today right… So … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged abc music, amp, basketball game, good times, great memories, green lantern, greeting card, holidays, job, marathon, music time, musical instruments, parenting, rockstar, sleep, strong dislike, wan chai | 5 Comments

Out Father’s Day Shopping. Or, A Little Niceness Can Go A Long Way.

Posted on June 16, 2011 by admin

The problem with “surprises” is that they are surprising. And given Kings and I have a basic distrust for each other’s tastes (Yes. I know. We also married each other. By all means enjoy yourselves) we don’t often surprise … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shopping, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged book store, cuffs, cyber cafe, distrust, embroidery, gift choices, hugo boss, hugo boss ties, limited edition, loose threads, omega, paul smith, prada, red roses, rockstar, shopping experience, spoils, time ie, windsor, wristwatch | 2 Comments

Rockstarism #126

Posted on June 15, 2011 by admin

#126 Rockstar: Mum. What do you think of Waybuloo and Numberjacks? Me: <Thinking I don’t really want Rockstar to watch a bunch of cbeebies tv programs, so lemme try psyching him out> Well… I like Numberjacks, but I find Waybuloo … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged babies, lt, meh, rockstar, tv programs | 2 Comments

Dear Rockstar, There Are Worse Things Than Being Single

Posted on June 14, 2011 by admin

Dear Rockstar, Mum tapped out her thoughts on our iPhone while she was trying to get you to sleep in for a bit because we had a long day that ended with cell group. Then she realized some of what … Continue reading →

Posted in Dear Rockstar, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged bitterness, cell group, challenges, conviction, decades, finding true happiness, ghost, iphone, loveless, mistake, philippe starck, real world, refiner, relationship, relationships, rest of your life, sleep, token, world education, wrong person | 9 Comments