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Things That Gabble In The Night

Posted on December 10, 2012 by admin

Late, late in the night, in the dark…… Yikes the baby’s mobile is rocking violently, what is going on in there? I move to peer in: Ms Rockstar has yanked the little hanging soft toy lion out of the mobile … Continue reading →

Posted in Babycare Bootcamp, Rockstar Shots | Tagged coincidence, fingernails, gabble, grouchy, lt, nylon, parenting, rockstar, scritch, sleep, soft toy lion, wawa | 4 Comments

Rockstarism #240 – How Come You Can Read Traditional Chinese?

Posted on December 9, 2012 by admin

If there were a List somewhere of Unsolved Mysteries No One Cares About this would be right up there… My cellphone rings… Rockstar’s Putonghua Tuition Center: Mrs Lai, we wanted to check if Rockstar is learning traditional or simplified Chinese … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms | Tagged 1s, cellphone rings, chinese class, chinese classes, chinese words, confidence, english education, lai, last time, local system, lt, meh, parents, personal tutor, ptc, Putonghua, school uniforms, schoolwork, tutors, unsolved mysteries | 2 Comments

Friday’s Child (Really Is Loving And Giving)

Posted on December 7, 2012 by admin

“It wasn’t about weight class … I told him to point me toward the kid who has the kindestheart.” – school wrestling coach describing conversation with competing school coach http://youtu.be/Ao8UbgSopD4 1) There is just no way this isn’t my lead. The … Continue reading →

Posted in The TGIF Posts | Tagged act of kindness, animals, bbc, caption, cerebral palsy, china, christmas, grandma, gumption, holiday outfits, modern women, photography, s child, school coach, simple act of kindness, weight class, wrestling match, wrestling team | 4 Comments

Teamwork!

Posted on December 6, 2012 by admin

Ms Rockstar is a huge bath and water baby. And then Rockstar insisted on being the one to pour water into Mr Lobster to make the wheels turn (the baby is actually holding her hand out to feel the water … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots | Tagged dear life, holes, lobster, rockstar, teamwork, water baby, water play, wheels | 2 Comments

“Marrying A Non-Christian”

Posted on December 5, 2012 by admin

I try not to talk too much about faith-related stuff because of my fear that I will do “more harm than good”/ my Bible knowledge is not sound enough/ I’m too outspoken and might offend… But this one I hoped would … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged altar call, beloved grandmother, bible knowledge, black belt, car wreck, church friends, donkey, faith, fear, girlfriend, glee, grief, kukkiwon, relationship, unbeliever | 6 Comments

“Daddy Got Baptized”

Posted on December 3, 2012 by admin

This is just to put up the few pics we have, and then I’ll blog more in the next post… In case you’re wondering, Rockstar actually does have some idea about Baptism, I used to film the other baptisms on … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged 30 minutes, art and craft, baby room, baptism, baptisms, beanbags, bible study, blur, cellphone, church goers, crust pizza, macam, pizza slice, school and vacation, snacks, something heavy, spiritual life, sunday school, vacation bible, vending machine | 2 Comments

And The Population Increases By One More Malaysian

Posted on December 2, 2012 by admin

Brought Ms Rockstar to the Malaysian Embassy in the Malaysia Building in Wan Chai… We were steeling ourselves for a cry-fest because she’s never been, hates cars (still) and gets over-tired easily, but as it was quite empty we managed … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots | Tagged autographs, cars, fingers, lt, malay, malaysian embassy, malaysian restaurants, mama, nap, population increases, rockstar, several times, thumbprints, wan chai | 11 Comments

Friday “Se-tyle”

Posted on November 30, 2012 by admin

1) You have to have lived under a rock (that has no wifi reception) if you haven’t come across “Gangnam Se-tyle”, Most Watched Video in the history of Youtube and reason anti-Beibers everywhere have been spending even more time on … Continue reading →

Posted in The TGIF Posts | Tagged 4s, american music awards, Baby Gangnam Style, dwarves, envy, game, Gangnam Style, korean translation, mc hammer, mums, parodies, sexy lady, Umma Gangnam Style, us navy, youtube | 3 Comments

To Sleep, Perchance, To Dream Job

Posted on November 29, 2012 by admin

Several weeks after Ms Rockstar and I came home from the hospital and still on confinement, I received an email inquiry. A conference call or two followed, couple drafts, a ghosted article in the Singapore Business Times. I can’t remember … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged asset classes, conference call, confinement, correspondence, correspondences, cot, diaper change, expressing milk, gabble, gaze, investment asset, life and death, naps, praise god, quiet time, rockstar, singapore business times, sofa bed, speeches, volum | 4 Comments

Old, Meet New.

Posted on November 27, 2012 by admin

Hope this doesn’t bother anyone, I mean no disrespect – HSBC was the last place I worked on the “sell side” in Singapore (and I left on really good terms then), before coming to HK and making the career switch … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged 7 seconds, annual dinner, baby things, bank functions, bank job, career switch, disrespect, economic news, hk, impromptu lunch, interest rate derivatives, mentor, rockstar, scarf, senior management, seniors, thanks to the lord, triangles, umbrellas, venue | 5 Comments