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“From this rough metal we forge virtue.” – Quarry Bank High School motto In the 1950s, QBHS had a problem student. QBHS boasted an “A Cluster” offering the most challenging courses reserved for the best and brightest – kids with … Continue reading →

Quick one, cos I didn’t want to lump school sports with the next post <ominous> “It’ll look like total chaos, but they actually know what to do.” HN’s School Sports Day (which was broken up into Y1 and 2, Y3 … Continue reading →

Last Sunday evening Rockstar sat for his Dan 1 Part 1, the first half of the Black Belt exam, 6 years after first starting at Potential Taekwondo, 1.5 years after training for the belting. By now we’ve kinda gotten used … Continue reading →

How Norman Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize by “changing gravity”  In 1933, a certain former football and baseball player and wrestler on his high school teams failed the entrance exam into University of Minnesota. More athlete than egghead, he … Continue reading →

The morning of Rockstar’s Class Assembly couple days ago, traffic was blocked up. I mean, REALLY blocked up – no buses or cars were getting in, and the taxi queue was getting longer by the minute.  Now, if you have … Continue reading →

(…Because I haven’t finished the books I’m reading, to write about <sheepish>) #90 Bedtime in the Rockstar household… Me: Bedtime, darling… HN: Mummy. Do you really have to ruin my life like that? Rockstar emerges blearily from bedroom one morning … Continue reading →

Wanted one for my 30th birthday, ok… That was like, a decade ago. Never got one ’til now. I could never quite bring myself to get one “just because.” What if I change my mind? It is apparently incredibly difficult and painful to … Continue reading →

Forgot to post this, better catch up… Our goldfish from Tai Tong Ecopark lived about 5 weeks, and then something might have gotten in the open vases tanks on the balcony one night, because one morning we found everyone belly-up. Goldfish … Continue reading →

#89 Me: What d’you want for Christmas, darling? HN: Don’t worry about it, Mummy. I told Santa already. He came to our school, so he’s taking care of it.  ————————————————————————————————————- During a rare, quiet moment… HN: Mummy, what do you … Continue reading →

When they were younger, Rockstar and Friends once developed a huge fascination with Blue Tack – that gummy stuff used to put kiddie drawings and other work on the walls. It became a huge commodity. Like, instead of money or … Continue reading →