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A Rockstar In A Glasshouse (a.k.a. Crown Wine Cellars)
This was our Saturday night… Kings wanted Rockstar to join him for the night event, since usually The Mens’ weekend bondings are sacred… Since this was a talk on Wine Investments (if they let me I’ll write more later on), … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Traveling With Rockstar
Tagged best behavior, border collie, contrary to popular belief, facial expression, giant bottle, layering tee, little rain, night excursions, night kings, note photo, physical asset, seersucker blazer, strong wind, wine cellar, wine crate, wine fridge, wine glasses, wine pairings, wooden case, wooden crate
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Almost Not Friday Post
The prosthetic saves her from being put down. So at first I was wondering why the title of Bored Panda’s post was “heartbreaking” – except I guess they mean how some of the animals got to be that way in … Continue reading
More Merry Madness In Pics
Okays, as promised, more pics: Dis is a chartreuse bear What? It’s a chartreuse bear what. In the words of Rockstar, Fine. This is a picture of the chartreuse-and-purple charity bear Lane Crawford is selling this year. All proceeds go to … Continue reading
Let The Merry Madness Begin!
Yesterday I went to Great in Pacific Place looking for a tree and they weren’t here yet, and then the tree lady got all uppity about how people book their trees before they arrive (snobby, much?) and they’re gonna be … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Shopping
Tagged acorns, agility, bankers club, car demo, chicken noodle, chicken soup, competition team, demo type, electric car, flower bouquets, glass house, good cheer, hkd, house wine, international competition, n shop, pine smell, private jet, rockstar, soup ingredients
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Rockstarism #237 – The Other Rockstar
**Updated on 20 Nov at bottom Recently, a girlfriend whose child attends an ESF school in a different catchment area told me Rockstar’s name had come up with another mutual acquaintance. Hearing of the apparent encounter between Rockstar and a … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstarisms
Tagged catchment area, encounter, feelings, girlfriend, little girl, lt, lunch, mutual acquaintance, pencil eraser, playground, school bus, shrugs, vow
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The Rockstars “Reading” Together
One of those moments when you think OMG!! I Love Em To Bits!! I Want To Capture This Moment For When They Start Screaming At Each Other Over Who Gets The Family Car This Weekend! (Okla, not likely – there … Continue reading
Friday’s Child…
1) Mum Turns Baby Napping Positions Into Art. – – I debated whether to link (2), with the language, the issue debate… Btw besides being for fairly interesting stuff, the Friday posts were meant for The Rockstars to someday see … Continue reading
Rockstarism #236 – “I Hate Chai-nese”
**Updated as at 18 Nov 2012** #236 Before he leaves for Putonghua class after school… Rockstar: Mum. I hate Chai-nese. Me: The subject, or your (tuition) class? Rockstar: <thinks for mom> The subject. I hate it, it’s so……. hard to learn. (probably … Continue reading
Rockstar Visits His School Growing Garden…
Was lucky enough to be around on a day when Rockstar’s class had part of their lesson about plants and growing things in the school garden plot (which I would otherwise have never known existed – I remember local ex … Continue reading
Posted in School For Rockstar
Tagged botanical gardens, carrot, classmates, colleagues, faint scent, fennel, flowers and fruit, garden plot, green nature, greens, haha, mint, nature education, orderly fashion, oxygen, papayas, photosynthesis, poison ivy, soil, sting
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The Thing About Friends Prologue (Or, Something About Love)
So as mentioned to Mun, I’d left out one bit (because it made the original telling long and waffly) in the original narration. That bit was that when Rockstar first came home from school disappointed at missing his friend’s delight … Continue reading
Posted in Talking To Rockstar
Tagged birthday gift, blog, brain, candy, emotional blackmail, job, narration, parenting, raw nerve, sayang, tiger
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