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Written with Rockstar’s permission… 20 minutes. Rockstar and friends were at Funzone with other mummies in attendance and I had gone on a quick errand to the Mannings, next door. I come back to find Rockstar sobbing heatedly and openly. My heart sinks. Rockstar has … Continue reading →

#76 In Hokkien, I believe the term is “ngeh-ngeh lai.” Like, anyhow also can, just langgar your way through… Miss: I have a new friend in school. Me: Oh, that’s nice darling, who is it? Miss: <pause> He doesn’t have a … Continue reading →

The Miss was beside herself, when Rockstar came in bearing his new blue-red belt and head guard. It’s not easy being 3.5, when minimum age requirement to start taekwondo lessons is 4; the Miss goes through periods of asking every … Continue reading →

Rockstar came back from sports camp Friday evening, and like at least 5 other Kennedy School kids by my count, had taekwondo belt grading on Sunday. 4 of the 6 kids were girls, all taking intermediate-and-above belts, with one girl … Continue reading →

Rockstar: Hey, Mum… Me: Oh! Um.. Hi. …You know that’s not your bag, right? Rockstar: Hmm? Yeah, we just grab one each and move ’em in…  Rockstar moves on to go line up in his class/group, and I stay with … Continue reading →

“He Left For Camp (And She… Stole Someone’s Dog?)” could be the lyrics to the next hit song… There’ve been stranger words… There is a song out there in my distant past that revolves almost solely around “Last Night A DJ Saved … Continue reading →

Kennedy School Y4 Natural Disasters Exhibition (Or, You Will Never Look The Same At A Marshmallow Again 🙂 Predominantly picture post; Because That Thing They Say About Pictures And A Thousand Words… Most of it isn’t Rockstar’s btw – amongst themselves his … Continue reading →

And yet…. not an eye-roll in sight. No mean feat, this.  We have our twin Christmas trees standing any-ole’-how in the middle of the bedroom because the Miss is perpetually not done messing with them. They’re always messy, and at some … Continue reading →

Errant blogger again, and so I have one of my long-term readers to thank for this one – the two links at the bottom of this post are to the full story. I’m told this happened at a fairly small … Continue reading →

#390 This qualifies as both a 20 Seconds Of Your Life You Are Not Getting Back as well as a How To Avoid Being Captured By Aliens Conversation. You know, when How To Avoid Being Captured By Aliens (the book) … Continue reading →