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Second Mother’s Day Gift

Posted on May 8, 2011 by admin

It’s Mother’s Day and the hub is on business trip (spent his last morning on Friday hanging out with Rockstar because it’s especially weird for him to miss Rockstar Quality Time on weekends) so he did something he doesn’t usually … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged 3 years, budget, bulgari, business trip, chopard, colleagues, georg jensen, gifts, hub, jewelry, liquid metal, Mother's Day, mystery, quality time, rockstar, shopping bag, tag heuer, work accessories | 2 Comments

Tiffany Mum, Tiger Mum, Hippie Mum, Just Mum: Which Mum Are You?

Posted on May 6, 2011 by admin

The New York Times ran a story mid-March about a Manhattan mum who was suing her daughter’s USD 19,000 a year preschool for failing to adequately prepare her child for an IQ test required for private elementary school admission. The suit … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged family friend, filing a lawsuit, grade 8, hand piano, hippie, iq test, mid march, nannies, new york times, nursery school, occupational therapy, practice time, precautionary measure, preoccupation, private elementary school, school admission, shapes and colors, understatement of the year, upper east side, younger son | 2 Comments

It’s What You Make Of It

Posted on May 5, 2011 by admin

Rockstar: Mum. Are you helping me out in school today? Me: <satisfactorily> Yes. (First day of school after the Easter hols, who knew I really did have a volunteer session coming up and could say that. Rockstar asks quite … Continue reading →

Posted in School For Rockstar, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged attractive place, best behavior, blasphemy, different kinds, education, esf, first day of school, forehead, glue, hey you guys, hols, jagged edges, jig, omg, paper flyers, paper scraps, parenting, scrap paper, share moments, stack of paper, straight scissors, swedish flag, Volunteering, wavy lines | 2 Comments

Crazy Like A Fox; starring President Obama and Donald Trump

Posted on May 4, 2011 by admin

Dear Rockstar, This isn’t really a blog post. Mum’s just putting down a bunch of videos about the first African American President of The United States, and another guy who’s rich and funny… Though he may not have intended to … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged american president, birth cert, crazy like a fox, debt ceiling, debt obligations, disney, disney videos, donald trump, investments, own tv, president of the united states, risk, skit, treasury, trillion, tv program, us presidency, www youtube | 2 Comments

The “Crazy Guy” on the Peak

Posted on May 2, 2011 by admin

At the halfway point on one of the hiking trails up at the Peak, a middle-aged bespectacled guy sings Jackie Cheung songs into his tape recorder. I don’t even remember anymore when I first started seeing him there, he’s as … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged accompaniment, auditing, boring job, Cantonese, chinese opera, crazy guy, dark pants, eye contact, halfway point, investments, jackie cheung, leather shoes, locals, opera style, Peak, politeness, shih tzu, tape recorder, tourists, uncles, walking stick, workout gear, zero coupons | 2 Comments

Dear Rockstar, There was a Royal Wedding

Posted on May 1, 2011 by admin

Dear Rockstar, Mum hasn’t written to you in awhile (partly because she’s still trying to get used to acknowledging you no longer refer to her as “Mummy” which she misses, you’re growing so fast), but then Prince William and Kate Middleton got … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged asian guy, choos, Dear Rockstar, dorm room, dress code, duchess, facebook, fairytale princess, http www youtube, kate middleton, live telecast, prince william, prince william and kate, prince william and kate middleton, princess diana, princess wedding, private club, royal wedding, tiny tv, tragic death, william and kate | 7 Comments

Rockstar In Singapore – Regency Park, East Coast Park, and Morton’s Goodbye

Posted on April 29, 2011 by admin

THIS is my girlfriend’s very grownup rental apartment in Regency Park. No This Is Not Pinched From A House And Gardens Periodical 3,000 square feet and SGD 10,500 a month in rent <drool> which she grudgingly concedes (being a giant … Continue reading →

Posted in Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged baby bjorn bouncer, breastmilk, construction sites, donkey, drool, East Coast Park, fridge, hairballs, life of crime, midst, miserable person, new baby, periodical, prime area, real people, regency park, rental apartment, Singapore, skull, sofa, square feet, tatting | Leave a comment

Rockstar In Singapore – Jalan Tenaga in Eunos and The Wild Wild Wet

Posted on April 28, 2011 by admin

Rockstar In Da Common Corridor (leading up to the flat where I rented a room) Because it was a last minute trip to Singy, I didn’t get to let many friends know beforehand, and so we visit my former landlady … Continue reading →

Posted in Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged bel air apartments, da world, first contract, first job, hdb, karaoke equipment, landlady, light sleeper, merger acquisition, minute trip, mrs lee, oub, public holidays, sgd, shift workers, singapore air force, smooth concrete, squeal, swig, uob | 1 Comment

Rockstar In Singapore – Shoppes At Marina Bay Sands and Raffles Place

Posted on April 26, 2011 by admin

Random shot of Rockstar at Marina Bay Sands Shoppes The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands did not exist when I lived in Singapore – so Kings takes us. The Rockstar shall have his running-squealing-in-new-shopping-center fix here. There are things you … Continue reading →

Posted in Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged auntie, babies, candy, conscience, cool shades, entourage, fabric bags, good mother, location table, lt, marina bay, new shopping center, paper books, prime location, Putonghua, rockstar, self worth, Singapore, spelling game, waitress, water feature | 11 Comments

Rockstar In Singapore – Beginnings at Far East Plaza and Ritz Carlton

Posted on April 24, 2011 by admin

Seasoned Traveler Rockstar must make sure he doesn’t miss his flight… Still 50-50 whether he gets the right time… HKIA is a good place to practice… Would’ve had one with floor of entrance to Immigration section in background, but I … Continue reading →

Posted in Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged beautiful trees, death penalty, dividers, Far East Plaza, grandmother, hk, hkia, immigration section, iphone, military planes, polluted air, pots, potted plants, restricted area, right time, Rockstarism, seasoned traveler, Singapore, taxi driver, waiter, wooden fences, x ray | 1 Comment