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Weekend In Khao Lak, Phuket

Posted on December 25, 2013 by admin

From the airport, we seek out the car rentals lady and proceed to follow her to the office for a GPS as well. Lady We Rent Car From in the little town of Khao Lak, about an hour’s drive from … Continue reading →

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What The Future Looks Like This Sunday

Posted on December 22, 2013 by admin

1) Smart Glasses Reveal What It’s Like To Have Superpowers. (Or, a vision of the future through 3D immersive glasses by Atheer Labs.) 2) Will more lessons be like this in the future? Computer animation teacher creates A Warrior’s Dream, a Donnie … Continue reading →

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A South Horizon Christmas Story

Posted on December 20, 2013 by admin

Now we know why Santa shops here…… Bumps to Babes’ Christmas catchphrase is “Where Santa shops.” Rockstar knows most Santas aren’t real but I got to tell him the Christmas spirit and well, good hearted people certainly are. There was even … Continue reading →

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A Midwife Crisis, The Kennedy Year 2 Christmas Show A-La Rockstar

Posted on December 18, 2013 by admin

Said Wendy, John and Michael, “We can fly!” And then there was Sheep Envy… Rockstar and Friends had long concluded the sheep had the best song. (But Rockstar felt swords still trumped songs. And well they all get to sing … Continue reading →

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Of Christmas Learning And Parenting Opportunities

Posted on December 16, 2013 by admin

**Updated 10am the following morning, at bottom… So the Santa’s Postbox in Rockstar’s school is up, and him being a year 2 and all, the holiday card traffic was markedly heavier than the previous year. Before anyone screams tree carnage, … Continue reading →

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Rockstarism #293 – Monkeys

Posted on December 15, 2013 by admin

#293 Rockstar: Mum! Come! <indignant> Listen to what Little Miss just called me.  Me: What now? Rockstar: She called me a monkey. Little Miss: Mmungg-key. Mmungg-key. Rockstar: See? <hands folded> Naughty girl! Tsk! <extremely scandalized expression> Me: <trying not to … Continue reading →

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Friday Lessons

Posted on December 13, 2013 by admin

1) Rough translation: “A Day At Work Doesn’t Look Like This. What About A Day At School?” France Television’s anti-bullying video. … And an additional comment that while all bullying is sad, not all bullying is that obvious, especially in Hong Kong. … Continue reading →

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Perchance, To Sleep

Posted on December 12, 2013 by admin

So Kings has been gone a lot (I know, tell you something you don’t know) and this latest marathon communal sleep arrangement meant I went without. See, I used to put Rockstar to bed by himself and then trot off … Continue reading →

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Rockstarism #292 – Broccoli Is A Choking Hazard

Posted on December 11, 2013 by admin

#292 Rockstar wanders into the master bedroom one evening… Rockstar: <conversationally> Mum. Lemme tell you something. (Our helper) gave Little Miss a green choking hazard. I peer outside with raised eyebrows to find my helper snorting and indicating a bit … Continue reading →

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A Little Miss Walked Into Tree…

Posted on December 9, 2013 by admin

Finally made it back here with Little Miss toddling in ceremoniously. Walked into Tree (the cafe in the furniture store on the 28th floor of South Horizon Plaza) and proceeded to sample all the sofas in the place. Rockstar and … Continue reading →

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