Category Archives: aileensml

Rockstarism #282 – Miscellaneous Rockstarisms Loosely Related To Getting Older

Posted on October 13, 2013 by admin

#282 Rockstar: Mum. I gotta question. Why is it when I was young it took days to get to a place and nowadays it doesn’t? (He thinks long-haul flights felt longer when he was younger) Me: So… you are very … Continue reading →

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Rockstar’s Got Mail…

Posted on October 1, 2013 by admin

One of my closest friends in the blogosphere had a giveaway recently to commemorate the anniversary of her blog and Rockstar announced he would attempt a comment to wish her Happy Anniversary though he didn’t really want the freebie jigsaw … Continue reading →

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What Happened To “The Best Kosmo Guys In Hong Kong”?

Posted on September 29, 2013 by admin

Remember this post about how these awesome guys at Kosmo’s saved the few foods I could choke down or watched my laptop while I ran for it, virtually my whole morning sickness-filled pregnancy with Little Miss? The lease was taken … Continue reading →

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The Kennedy School Phonics Workshop For Year 1s and 2s

Posted on September 26, 2013 by admin

5 years of standardizing the practice across the school (especially with all of us coming from many and varied kindergartens), 4 years of training staff, going with Read Write Inc……… and now I get the chance to go to this thing … Continue reading →

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The Calm Before The (Usagi) Storm

Posted on September 22, 2013 by admin

As we celebrated Mid-Autumn with our lanterns night before last post, the air was deathly still and very hot. Locals have told me in the past that blazing heat often precedes a typhoon, and so I’m not initially surprised when … Continue reading →

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…At The End Of Which You KNEW It Was Great But You’re Not Sure When You Really Celebrated

Posted on September 16, 2013 by admin

When is it anyway, that one turns a year older? Rockstar once wondered, when we first read how Mercury takes 88 days while Jupiter’s year is a whopping 4331 days long. The way this weekend turned out I’m not quite … Continue reading →

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Sunday Morning…..

Posted on September 15, 2013 by admin

This happens….   – – After that happened (note Rockstar’s “OO -AA -OO -AA” which I didn’t notice til after)…   . …And then I had to go to Canossa Hospital in the morning. Some party huh? Not kidding, I’d … Continue reading →

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Girl With The Antennae

Posted on September 10, 2013 by admin

Thank Rockstar for the gem of a blog post title. You can tell this is going to be another deep and soul searching angst write. Yeah I’m thinking drama school. Rockstar finds much amusement in his little sister nowadays, from … Continue reading →

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Car Plates 2013

Posted on August 5, 2013 by admin

No, I hadn’t stopped collecting pictures of car plates we pass as we go around HK. But it’s been…… 18 months? since I last put one up (just too many other posts). Readers who’ve followed my blog for longer might … Continue reading →

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When The Dog Becomes A Real Dog (And Knows It)

Posted on July 30, 2013 by admin

While we were in Canberra and Sydney recently, JD boarded at her regular dog hotel in Tuen Mun. While she watched me pack and pack for The Rockstars, I also packed a shopping bag of treats, bones and a new toy … Continue reading →

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