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The Chinese Department at Kennedy School organises a (completely-voluntary-participation, resulting-in-Rockstar-never-having-participated haha) recycled material lantern-making competition every Mid-Autumn Festival, and this year I happened to be in school when the lanterns were still up just after the kids had been voting … Continue reading →

Dog And Her Pet Human Part II: So remember when Hamster Ninja promised JD a pillow off her bed if she made it home from the animal emergency centre? That one’s still going – only, HN brings the pillow along … Continue reading →

“I don’t feel like I’m the grownup. I feel like I’m the 15-year old down the street, trying to escape, get out of class, smoke weed…” – Macklemore …Because I seem to be on a roll with the #blessings-that-look-like-something-else; roll … Continue reading →

Hamster Ninja got a real kick out of finding QQ, an 8 week old Lab puppy, in the stroller next to our table one day when we were ordering Chinese takeout… Hailing from a long line of working dogs, QQ … Continue reading →

I don’t think I acknowledged how incredibly fortunate we’ve been in the last few weeks… and last night was no exception.. Hang on, lemme tell you how she got that. Hamster Ninja flew completely beyond a bouncing castle’s padded walls … Continue reading →

The kids loved “Creech” so much in the trailers, they kept asking to see the movie, which is basically Prehistoric Subterranean Creature Surfaces When Big Oil Company Drills Too Near Its Nest…. Supposedly this movie was made from the inspiration … Continue reading →

Stable at the re-check, but mostly housebound due to risk of severe respiratory complications, JD has to find SOME entertainment… Rockstar wanted to unwind after school by lying on the floor and shooting Nerf pellets at the ceiling. JD be … Continue reading →

Amidst a big juggling of kids’ activities and trips to the 24 hour East Island Animal Emergency Clinic on the other side of HK Island with tunnel traffic, JD rather abruptly came home. She’s not out of the woods by … Continue reading →

Spoke too soon, it’s 2.15am and I just got back from the animal hospital where JD is now critical… they called me because they thought she might not pull through; if I don’t write about it for awhile you’ll know … Continue reading →

**The unedited post below was mostly written before school started, before what was supposed to be a routine check for JD is now waiting by the phone to see if she pulls through. In and out of the vet’s for … Continue reading →