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Snack Wars

In case you thought the Miss was umm, “easier” to handle than Rockstar…  Each day at Miss’ twice-a-week pre-school, a rough schedule around Snack is as follows: The little kids line up to go wash their hands, sing/ listen to … Continue reading

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Rockstarism #308 – World Leaders Could Use “Minecraft Jedi”

#308 Me: How was school, darling? Rockstar: We were playing “Minecraft Jedi” today. You know my favorite color is blue right, so I wanted a blue light saber, and since I was the only one who wanted blue, I was … Continue reading

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Little Miss’ First Artjam

In the end I spent about 2 hours in a cab over the course of ferrying each Rockstar there and back separately because it was looking like the Miss was going to be hit by a major nap incident around … Continue reading

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Little Miss-Speak #2 – Warm and Hot

#2 Little Miss: <pointing to floor-level light> Hot.  Me: No, darling, warm. Little Miss: Warm-hot.  Me: It’s not really hot, darling. It’s just warm. Little Miss: Hot. Me: Warm. If it were hot you wouldn’t be touching it because it … Continue reading

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Rockstarism #307 – Google Search Planets

#307 Me: Have you decided what you want to paint for Artjam tomorrow? Rockstar: <looking up from laptop> Oh yeah. I’m thinking it’ll be a planet.  Me: Well, Jupiter is a nice one, there’s the Great Red Spot and lotsa … Continue reading

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People Helping People And Animals, This Friday

1) The Apparent Conversion of Rahat. Youtube prankster MagicOfRahat fakes lottery win to homeless man. He goes up to a homeless guy on the street and says, “I don’t have any money to give you, but I have this lottery ticket. … Continue reading

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Eden.

Yes, I’m blogging about another blogger. We don’t know each other, though like a gadzillion other bloggers particularly in Australia I’m linked to her (caveat: some of her posts are not for the faint-hearted). She’s struggled with addiction and depression. … Continue reading

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Rockstarism #305 – Piano Non-competition and the Karma Covenant of Mums

#305 It turns out Rockstar is the only child in his (small) Canton music class who isn’t going for some upcoming local piano competition/ demo or something….  Rockstar’s classmates (in Cantonese): How come Rockstar isn’t going for competition too? Rockstar … Continue reading

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Friday Of Impossible Prayers (And Other Stuff)

***Update: Per normal, the original post below was written several days before Friday posting. When I posted it to my Facebook, I still had no idea Malaysian flight MH 370 had just gone missing (or maybe when I posted it … Continue reading

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Little Miss-speak #1 – Cabbit

#1 First *official* Little Miss-speak… Little Miss: Eat. Eat Cabbit. Me: Can you say “carrot”? Miss: No. Me: Just say “carrot”. Miss: Carrrrr-rt. Me: Can you say “please”? Miss: No. Me: Just say “please”? Miss: Please. Me: Yes, it’s a carrot. … Continue reading

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