Category Archives: aileensml

HK Cage Homes and the Bauhinia Heroine

Posted on June 8, 2011 by admin

I’m really late blogging this, picked these up ages ago and then sat on putting it together (sorry)… Because we renewed our rental contract recently (34% increase from where we locked in 2 years ago – ouch!), we were researching … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged all kinds of animals, aspirations, cubicle, dear ryan, entrails, fish balls, hawker, hk, immigrant, kitchen facilities, landlady, liu, old woman, public housing, reminiscences, sichuan, square feet, square foot, tenancy agreement, twelve hours | 2 Comments

Making Friends At The End of Kindergarten 1

Posted on June 7, 2011 by admin

So it was end of year school report week recently, and ever the glass half-full person, a benefit of worrying (at times unnecessarily) over whether your child has to repeat a year now or later (this stems from watching an … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts, Rockstarisms, School For Rockstar | 2 Comments

Rockstar’s Saturday Night of TakeOut Comedy at Fat Angelo’s in Tsim Tsa Tsui

Posted on June 5, 2011 by admin

After blogging about Vivek Mahbubani following some Youtube videos of him that Kings found, we made the trip down to Parts Of Hong Kong We Rarely Venture To, ie Tsim Tsa Tsui, for family dinner at Fat Angelo’s and to catch … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged blogging, cigarette smoke, comedy, family dinner, Fat Angelo's, fear, free stuff, harvey nichols, headache, hong kong, lonely planet, pinnacle, pollution, rockstar, shoulders, sunday school, TakeOut Comedy, tst, uh, wayne brady, worship song, youtube videos | 5 Comments

Join Nuffnang to Win an iPad2!

Posted on June 1, 2011 by admin

This for my Nuffnang friends (and because who doesn’t want an iPad2?) But… Aileen cannot read Chinese right? Yeah, cannot. For all I know it says “Will sell Rockstar for iPad2.” Oh wait there’s more English, “something Blog something … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged apple, blogger, chinese poster, inbox, ipad, ipad2, lucky draw, nuffnang | 1 Comment

I’ve been Hoodwinked!

Posted on May 31, 2011 by admin

Oops my last post was about providing my credit card details for a monthly donation to Save The Children so in case you don’t read further – this post has nothing to do with that ok. I just got bamboozled … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged 30 minutes, back of his hand, bad habit, best behavior, bustle, credit card details, cuddles, fever, flak, nod, offspring, opponents, part time, playtime, rockstar, several times, sofa, tho, time driver, wwf ring | Leave a comment

Monthly Donation to Save The Children

Posted on May 31, 2011 by admin

In Uncharitable Me I railed about the obnoxious-ness of some donation seekers, but then did end up allowing myself to be stopped by the Save The Children guys recently. I wasn’t thinking of doing this, it’s just the people who … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Shopping | Tagged bible class, Cantonese, donating, good luck, good person, handbag, mailing address, pen and paper, receipts, safekeeping, seekers, waste time, welcome pack | 5 Comments

Smories: Stories for kids read by kids

Posted on May 30, 2011 by admin

***Update on 17 Oct 2011: FYI I just received an email from a reader whom I’m not very familiar with saying that in August she sent in two stories to the Smories site and received an email saying the site … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged expressions, fond memory, plastic car, playdate, recreation club, short stories, Tools, two boys | 4 Comments

My Best Office Romance

Posted on May 28, 2011 by admin

Here’s a relationship I was allowed to dish on. In the last few years employers, positions and even bank entities have changed so much it’s near impossible to figure out which entities so just enjoy the love story 🙂 K … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged benefit, boss, Cantonese, chunk, decade, desk, ears, employment terms, entities, final interview, hong kong stock, hong kong stock market, job, love story, merger, old timers, one moment, relationship, teammate, technicality | 2 Comments

3 Things Daddy Says… That Always Land Him Trouble

Posted on May 24, 2011 by admin

#1: See dear, didn’t I tell you all kids love ice cream? #2: But… he wanted ice cream… #3: See this wall? Do NOT draw on this wall. I know it looks like a lot of fun, but you are … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstarisms | Tagged 3 things, flower, flowers, pencil marks, quot | 2 Comments

Adventures of Scooter Boy

Posted on May 22, 2011 by admin

Scooter Boy Meets Parenting Magazine, perches on shoulders, bumps ears Meet Scooter Boy, awarded me by one of Rockstar’s classmates at my last volunteer session (I’m behind blogging it because I hadn’t gotten round to loading the pics). Waiting to … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, School For Rockstar | Tagged alphabets, car talk, classmates, colorful magazine, construction vehicles, disdain, double decker bus, esf, good question, main entrance, massive proportions, moving car, parenting magazine, perches, rockstar, school staff, scooter boy, traffic congestion, traffic jam, volunteer sessions, winning smile | 3 Comments