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Rockstar’s laptop* got left in a foodcourt this summer. The Queen had not wanted to wait for Rockstar to finish his breakfast before going in to Summer Putonghua Camp, so I walked her in first. Rockstar brushed past me hurriedly … Continue reading →

#89 Remember when I said the Queen enjoys spicing things up when nothing seems to be happening… Queen E: (conversationally) You know Daddy <sidles over and indicates his halfway-through dinner> …….that really looks like my Imaginary Friend. Kings: That I … Continue reading →

In an intimate class ceremony before the break, our second child received her certificate of completion following 2 years of Kindergarten, 5 years after her brother did the same before her. We don’t plan on having any more kids, so you … Continue reading →

#88 (From Kings’ public Facebook:) Kings: I’m going to count to three and you’re going to walk or I’m going to smack you. Queen E: Why does everyone always count til three? Why not count til ten? Kings: <gives up><carries … Continue reading →

“People forget that Mozart wrote for commissions. There’s a thing in psychology where they think if it’s popular it can’t be serious…” – Sir Anthony Hopkins, who went from playing: ..which he ended up abandoning mid-run for Hollywood, and which … Continue reading →

#87 Abruptly, tunelessly, in a cute voice.. Queen E: Yum yum yum yum yum yum yum, I will eat my friends. I will eat my friends for din-ner, I will eat my friends for lunch, Chomp chomp chomp chomp chomp. … Continue reading →

**Updated 1 July 2017: I got questions about how my Golden Hamsters lived together when I was growing up, because especially nowadays it’s recommended hamsters be kept separate (and btw in Mong Kok you will find 10-20 hamsters living together … Continue reading →

Credit to Rockstar, who was apparently trying to decide which he wanted to be at the time…  Coming at a time when the kids reach “that” age where they hear about all these purportedly “cool” songs (as in they-sound-nice) with the boy bands … Continue reading →

Yes I’ve been messing with my old blog. The one that began, some 6-7 years ago, only because my husband once had a dream to create the next big Social Media Platform (Because I was Not A Real Blogger, I … Continue reading →

Beam us up, Scotty…  “A special invitation to Year 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6 children. As part of the ‘Enterprise’ unit of inquiry through the theme ‘How We Organise Ourselves’, the Year 5 children have spent 6 weeks researching, … Continue reading →