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Hong Kong Bullies In Playtown

Posted on July 12, 2011 by admin

Rockstar’s been recovering from an ear infection, so we’ve been letting him sleep on his own schedule – which meant not waking in time for summer camp today… Then in the afternoon, a trip to his favorite Wellcome (car-shaped shopping … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged air guns, ballistics, bloody hell, breads, buns, Cantonese, ear infection, excursion, fish tanks, foam balls, footstool, glare, misbehavior, rockstar, shaven head, shopping center, speaking english, summer camp, tap on my shoulder, upper deck | 4 Comments

How To Breed Hamsters (Part 2)

Posted on July 10, 2011 by admin

***Caution… Don’t read the italic bits if you are squeamish*** At one point I remember having 16 hamsters from my breeding projects, even after giving my friends a few (as in they got hamster cages ok, not cooking pots). Sometimes, … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged beemer, body warmth, cooking pots, day job, free tuition, hamster cages, hamsters, larvae, leather seats, legged friend, litters, open desk drawer, pencil erasers, playdates, red leather, sandakan, school compound, staff room, tupperware, underprivileged kids | 5 Comments

How To Breed Hamsters (Part 1)

Posted on July 8, 2011 by admin

When my dad was stationed in Sandakan for some years, I got to mess with a lot more animals and even wanted to be a vet when I grew up. We’d pull up outside rural parks and there’d be a … Continue reading →

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More Hong Kong License Plates (and a real live Bat Garage)

Posted on July 1, 2011 by admin

OK back to our license plate collection:

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Hong Kong License Plates

Posted on June 30, 2011 by admin

Spare post while we fly somewhere, til I get to write again 😛 this is posted from Hong Kong International Airport (Free government Wifi! This a great country or what? The uncle next to me in the foodcourt is on … Continue reading →

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TakeOut Comedy Event by Nuffnang

Posted on June 23, 2011 by admin

Q: How is it possible I can put up a poster for a blogger event that involves TakeOut Comedy and then proceed to not bring the funny? A: Like so <sheepish> This for my Nuffnang friends, and sorry to paste and … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged cheuk, choices, cocktail, comedy club, comedy event, concerts, cuckoo, elgin street, entertainment scene, facebook, hk entertainment, hong kong, improvisational comedy, light refreshments, lt, nuffnang, one flew over the cuckoo s nest, soho, step 2, sweat | Leave a comment

Tropical Storm Haima’s T3 in Hong Kong

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

Strong Wind Signal No. 3 has been “in force” all day (as at press time) so Kindergarten is closed, no school for Rockstar (in other words Let’s All Swing From The Ceiling Lights And Drive Our Mums Crazy Day)… I … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged apology, bus stop, ceiling lights, cellphone, chiropractor, club house, clubhouse, crazy day, glass doors, indoor play, play area, playing pool, press time, priceless pic, raincoats, respite, rockstar, strong wind, tropical storm, waiting for the rain, walk in the rain | 3 Comments

We Is Going To Be Hong Kong PRs

Posted on June 21, 2011 by admin

Walkway to Immigration Tower in Wan Chai (always so crowded at lunch hour with Wan Chai work warriors) Call the title a tribute to my Malaysian friends. Call it ungrammatical, or call it Manglish (you know, like Singlish.) Kings and … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged 10 mins, auntie, Cantonese, caution, government policies, hk, hkid, immigration officer, immigration tower, international passport, lt, lunch hour, malaysian friends, permanent residents, taxi driver, travels, waiter, walkway, wan chai, warriors | 4 Comments

Green Lantern And Father’s Day Dinner Our Way

Posted on June 20, 2011 by admin

(With update at bottom) Should you lie to your child? And did we watch Green Lantern last night? Ultimate comfort food – Yums! How did we get here? Read on… So Rockstar overhears Kings on the cellphone loudly looking forward … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged cellphone, comfort food, couple hours, grandparents, green lantern, hadn, jigsaw, lt, model student, peripheral vision, personality, sirens, tutor | 7 Comments

Rockstar does Wong Nai Chung Reservoir Park

Posted on June 12, 2011 by admin

Once we caught a fish alive… We’ve been dropping by for hour-long pedal boat rides at Wong Nai Chung Reservoir Park… Unlike some of the other reservoir parks like in Hong Kong Chye (Little Hong Kong) or Pok Fu Lam, … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstarisms, Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged apparent reason, aquarium fish, baby fish, boat rides, death rate, disapproval, far shore, giant catfish, giant lake, goldfish, iphone, lotsa, mong kok, nai chung, pedal boat, plastic container, pok, reservoir park, virtual fishtank, wong nai chung reservoir | 5 Comments