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Category Archives: aileensml
A Pox On The Self-Righteous Pharmacist!
So over the weekend I’ve been sick. Second time in as many weeks. At first I call my gynea’s clinic, whereupon the nurse says “but you can easily take much stronger meds now, what?” Tell it to the pharmacist (in … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Babycare Bootcamp
Tagged antibiotics, bobble head, butt, car window, cold turkey, cough, cute car, deaf person, dumb ass, freezer, gap, good person, gynea, morning and evening, pharmacist, pharmacists, rant, second time, tell it to the marines, unfit mother
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Samoyed Stroller
As promised, this time I remembered to stop this senior citizen’s stroller for some pics. He’s 16 years old (looks so nice and clean though, doesn’t he?), and I felt bad asking for confirmation whether he’s the same Samoyed I … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml
Tagged adult incontinence diaper, bench, bodies of water, border collies, canine family members, chinese translation, collies, confirmation, dog owner, errands, guilt trip, hot day, human adult, lt, natural waterfall, peak trail, samoyed, senior citizen, spellings, stroller
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There Is A “Better Fathering Index”?!
There is, or soon will be, a Better Fathering Index. I shit you not, this is from non-profit Centre for Fathering in Singapore. I think I kena marked down already, using s- word. Oh yeah I’m not a dad – probably … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged babies, blog, existence, girlfriends, knee jerk reaction, mummies, nbsp, omg, profit centre, Singapore
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You Know You’re In Hong Kong When…
…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
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Rockstar’s Gangnam Style
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
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Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night
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
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And Life Goes On…
About a month ago, my helper (yes, the daft one) tried to resign. Working in Hong Kong, despite the enormous perk of being able to dress up and go out every Sunday and public holiday (or receive double pay in … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged appointment, appointments, babies, blade, confinement, gig, grandparents, lobbies, matter of factly, movie tickets, nuts, public holiday, resignation, shark, shriek, skyfall, sofas, stupid mistakes, sweaters, wheels
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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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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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Fruit Dissection
From Rockstar’s school’s weekly email to support the kids’ learning about plant life… “…We would like the children to bring in their favourite fruit to school to show the class on Monday. Please could the fruit be brought in to … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, School For Rockstar
Tagged carpet, dissection, durian, email, mangoes, mangosteen, meat cleaver, papayas, parang, scaly skin, seeds, snake, strawberries
4 Comments