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Wordless Wednesday (Or, Bumblebee practices his Chai-nese)

Posted on October 2, 2013 by admin

Rockstar’s costume for this year’s Halloween arrived in the mail today… And so Bumblebee is practicing his Chai-nese. ps: We just got our school logins for mandarinmatrix.com, we really like it because especially for potato parents like me who really … Continue reading →

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Rockstar’s Got Mail…

Posted on October 1, 2013 by admin

One of my closest friends in the blogosphere had a giveaway recently to commemorate the anniversary of her blog and Rockstar announced he would attempt a comment to wish her Happy Anniversary though he didn’t really want the freebie jigsaw … Continue reading →

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What Happened To “The Best Kosmo Guys In Hong Kong”?

Posted on September 29, 2013 by admin

Remember this post about how these awesome guys at Kosmo’s saved the few foods I could choke down or watched my laptop while I ran for it, virtually my whole morning sickness-filled pregnancy with Little Miss? The lease was taken … Continue reading →

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Weird Wonderful Friday Feedings

Posted on September 27, 2013 by admin

1) Daily Beast’s The National Book Awards Longlist For Fiction. Ah yes, that time of year when I’m reminded how many books I haven’t read. Well, only all of them. Like, why bother anymore. “Because” shall be some kind of … Continue reading →

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The Kennedy School Phonics Workshop For Year 1s and 2s

Posted on September 26, 2013 by admin

5 years of standardizing the practice across the school (especially with all of us coming from many and varied kindergartens), 4 years of training staff, going with Read Write Inc……… and now I get the chance to go to this thing … Continue reading →

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After Usagi… And The Turtle Ninja Teenagers Who Are Freaks…

Posted on September 24, 2013 by admin

I feel like the title is just all levels of drama because it’s not like anything really happened to us. Our helper rushed out to get her full day’s out before stuff closed and she had to get back a whole hour … Continue reading →

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The Calm Before The (Usagi) Storm

Posted on September 22, 2013 by admin

As we celebrated Mid-Autumn with our lanterns night before last post, the air was deathly still and very hot. Locals have told me in the past that blazing heat often precedes a typhoon, and so I’m not initially surprised when … Continue reading →

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Rockstarism #280 – If We Spoke In Venn Diagrams At Mid-Autumn

Posted on September 20, 2013 by admin

#280 It’s mid-autumn today, a public holiday in HK, which means Rockstar’s home and I’m not ready with linky Friday or Secret Training… The dog’s had her 3km Peak extra walk where we had to navigate around a crowd that … Continue reading →

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Little Miss Rockstar Blogs Her New Plan For Happy

Posted on September 19, 2013 by admin

Hello, everyone. I haven’t written in some time because I was working on my Secret Identity. But Mummee says she’s been swamped this week, last night she even had a Secret Meeting of Mums (and Dads) which she claims was … Continue reading →

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Rockstarism #279 – Let’s Change Helpers And Eat Healthy

Posted on September 18, 2013 by admin

#279 While I’m reading in the bedroom, Rockstar ambles in. Rockstar: <innocently> Mum. I need to talk to you. I wanna ask you something.  Me: Yeah? Rockstar: <still innocently> D’you…. still wanna change helpers?  Me: Wh-y? Rockstar: We-ll, I was … Continue reading →

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