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You Know You’re In Hong Kong When…

Posted on January 9, 2013 by admin

…you have difficulties buying milk powder. Since Ms Rockstar takes predominantly breast milk, this isn’t as big a problem as we otherwise would’ve had, but using formula does have its upsides – for e.g. it’s much easier with those single-feed … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Shopping | Tagged 7 months, baby home, breast milk, bringing home, contaminated milk, fridge, hk, hkd, hoards, late night, mainland, milk powder, mummies, nearby restaurant, rockstar, scare, second time, stage 4, tin, tins | 10 Comments

Come On Baby Girl, Poop For Me

Posted on January 7, 2013 by admin

So when we started Ms Rockstar on solids, and by “solids” I mean a tablespoonful (two, if she likes it) of plain baby rice cereal in breast milk, she was a fast learner. She learned to hate spoon feeding just … Continue reading →

Posted in Babycare Bootcamp | Tagged baby rice cereal, breast milk, couple days, diaper change, diarrhea, ko ko, milk bottle, mush, new food, ounce, pediatrician, ravenous hunger, rockstar, solids, starting on solids, stools, sustenance, sweet lips, swoosh, twinkle little star, twinkle twinkle little star | 2 Comments

Guess What Rockstar’s Doing…

Posted on January 6, 2013 by admin

Have a guess? Hint: That’s his ‘optical illusions” kaleidoscope from Metropolitan Museum Of Art in his hand… Rockstar is………………….. – – – – – – – – – – – – Crushing a Farley’s Rusk to mix with breast milk … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots | Tagged breast milk, guess, happy face, kaleidoscope, ko ko, metropolitan museum of art, museum of art, nbsp, optical illusions, rockstar, rusk, stubs, teeth | 2 Comments

First Friday of 2013!

Posted on January 4, 2013 by admin

1) 2012’s most heartwarming moments that will inspire you on to 2013. Ellis Challis lost her hands and legs to meningitis (something else that terrifies me in its unexpectedness and destructiveness) at 16 months. Aged 5, she then challenged Olympic … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, The TGIF Posts | Tagged bank job, bible cards, careful exploration, challis, dealing desk, destructiveness, ego, file cabinet, galatians 4, greatness, handicap, huffpost, joe biden, new beginnings, olympic, paralympics, paraphrase, stack, us senator, vp | 3 Comments

Rockstar’s Gangnam Style

Posted on January 3, 2013 by admin

I wish we had time to do our own. Every time we head down to the car park, Rockstar and I re-enact the “famous” walking-backwards-Gangnam-horse-riding-forwards scene… But this little site Kings found one night was a lifesaver while I’m still … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Shots | Tagged car park, forwards, jibjab, laughs, lifesaver, nbsp, rockstar | 2 Comments

Rockstarism #243 – Out with the old games, in with the new

Posted on January 2, 2013 by admin

#243 Rockstar (playing with Ninjago figures, Star Wars pieces and big rubber squid): Ok! We need weapons. Who brought the laser gun? Oh, he did. Who has the golden nunchaku? That’s Blue Ninja’s. Who brought the giant squid? <pause> No … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged clam sauce, cyberport, dry cough, face mask, figure caption, funland, giant squid, imaginary friends, laser gun, lifesaver, linguine, mild amusement, morphing, New Year 2013, New Year Dinner, nunchaku, old games, paper face, rockstar, sore throat, star wars lego, stints | 2 Comments

Rockstars’ Christmas Past

Posted on December 31, 2012 by admin

One would’ve thought after the late night Candle Light Service Christmas Eve Rockstar would’ve slept in, and one would’ve been wrong. This is him and JD early Christmas morning: (yeah he assembles what he can of his own toys) We … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged angry baby, boathouse, candle light service, christmas day, christmas eve, early christmas morning, family pic, faux fur, food wrappers, giant snail, highness, iphone, kids coats, kids toys, lying on the floor, passerby, play mat, puffer, rockstar, snails | 4 Comments

Rockstar Sings We Wish You A Merry Christmas In Putonghua

Posted on December 30, 2012 by admin

First attempt, without subtitles and editing – just recorded and uploaded… I didn’t even embed and post yet, just uploaded to Youtube, someone already picked it up – dem fast…! http://youtu.be/nFqkaH6OKmg http://youtu.be/wBPqoujJ6Yo One trying to read, one trying to eat (in … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, School For Rockstar | Tagged christmas, merry christmas, Putonghua, rockstar, simplified Chinese | 5 Comments

Ms Rockstar Makes Coffee

Posted on December 29, 2012 by admin

Ps: Rockstar “makes coffee” for his dad, and the baby “makes coffee” for me; thank you, Nespresso. Works out about right because when Kings is home on the weekend is also when Rockstar isn’t in school… … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots | Tagged coffee maker, enlightenment, kiss, lt, nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp, Nespresso, Nespresso Machine, pleasure, rockstar, wonderment | 3 Comments

Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night

Posted on December 28, 2012 by admin

1) Stars in ugly holiday sweaters! In the slideshow P Diddy’s looks suspiciously like Ms Rockstars’! Not Diddy And this one costs…. USD 1700!! (Btw my own holiday sweater was this one from Shopbop.com, which I wore over two other thin … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts, The TGIF Posts | Tagged attitude, cardboard, christmas projects, christmas tree, detriment, dogs, dubner, eric hanushek, freakonomics, hoover, human nature, left behind, levitt, p diddy, rockstar, school staff, sky high, stanford university, teaching staff, ugly holiday sweaters | 4 Comments