Category Archives: aileensml

Happy Birthday Kings – The Other 365 Days

Posted on October 15, 2011 by admin

Kings had a birthday surprise at Neway CEO last Thursday (which our local part-time driver immediately knew how to get to -apparently it’s really well known but it “doesn’t come with hostesses”) when Nuffnang HK had a karaoke night. And … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged ambush, bday, birthday cake, candles, dears, happy birthdays, hk, hostesses, karaoke night, lane crawford, last thursday, locals, mummy, neway, nuffnang, school field trip, school principal, snow dragon, stella mccartney, time driver | 10 Comments

Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids (And some other Rockstar TV stuff)

Posted on October 13, 2011 by admin

The Cha-Ching Band Ogilvy Public Relations invited Rockstar and I to a presentation of a new tv program on the Cartoon Network called Cha-Ching, but we were in Adelaide even during the rescheduled lunch/ screening date, so we never actually … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Talking To Rockstar | 8 Comments

Happy Birthday Mummy

Posted on September 13, 2011 by admin

Dear loyal readers, This is Kings (Aileen’s husband). Today is Aileen’s birthday and we decided to give her a surprise. We cracked the password of this blog and posted this message – without her knowledge of course 🙂 …. I … Continue reading →

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Chapter of Coincidences (And pretty much anything else I could think of)

Posted on September 6, 2011 by admin

So we’re sending our helper home for a week for her brother’s wedding (yes after she has worked maybe 8 months with us, yes to the best of my knowledge you are only required by HK law to give your … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged auto payments, brother, car battery, cards, chicken soup, citibank, credit card fraud, diarrhea, dogs, few days, hk, holes, online shopping, parking lot, risk, saints, spare tire, spray bottles | 7 Comments

UPDATE Rockstar’s Picture Appeared In A Singapore Newspaper Ad Without Our Knowledge

Posted on August 24, 2011 by admin

**This update especially for the readers from both Hong Kong and Singapore who sent emails wanting to know what happened after this post** Following the “You Might Want To Know…” we sent to Mediacorp last Sunday, today Wednesday we received a … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Shots | Tagged apology, changing the subject, duration, email, facebook, fluke, hong kong, interest change, last sunday, Mediacorp, newspaper ad, oversight, photo ops, rockstar, Singapore, well meaning, wor | 2 Comments

Shades of Accidental Tourist (Dog and Child Version)

Posted on August 7, 2011 by admin

Some stuff before we board our long-haul night flight. Yes a ridiculous number of things involves Bug Prevention <shamefaced>. But… you also get the fever checks in HK a lot more than say, Malaysia or Singapore or Australia and – … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged airline meal, cafeteria, chicken bones, damp rag, little kids, london office, meal trays, microbes, plane seats, precious time, public toilets, remnants, ridiculous number, runny nose, sanitizer, shamefaced, snuffle, soles, spray bottles, steam shower, travelling with toddler, what to pack | 4 Comments

Still More HK License Plates

Posted on August 6, 2011 by admin

I seem to be able to put together a never-ending collection of these… Oh, if wishing made it so. But we are, soon…

Posted in aileensml | 2 Comments

Close Encounters With PCCW Marketing Callers (Or Someone Who Hates Them Very Much)

Posted on August 3, 2011 by admin

**Caution… Painful conversations ahead.. You could seriously become an angry person and start hurting small animals after this… One night around 9.30pm, our house phone rings. Very unusual – Kings and I are heavily dependent on 2 blackberries and an … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged Cantonese marketing, HK marketing, PCCW, PCCW telemarketing, telemarketing | 6 Comments

Rockstar does Hong Kong Wetland Park In Tin Shui Wai, “City of Sadness”

Posted on July 17, 2011 by admin

Finally here are more pics from our periodic HK Wetlands Park outings… Laundry and Posters in sometime Tin Shui Wai We thought this looked like your average HDB in say, Tampines or Eunos in Singapore (where I rented my first … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Traveling With Rockstar | 3 Comments

Of Going After An Overcharging Hong Kong Taxi Driver

Posted on July 14, 2011 by admin

On a recent first visit in years, my fairly-independent-when-it-comes-to-traveling 65 year old parents hopped a cab (hours before we were expecting them), from the airport to our home. Handing the cabbie a HKD 500 note, my father later relayed that … Continue reading →

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