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Category Archives: aileensml
Uncharitable Me
Standing in the Landmark taxi queue, a young woman comes up to me for a donation for the elderly. The kind that have authentic printed leaflets, and secure collection bags. Why not, I open my wallet, at which point she … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml
Tagged beeline, caucasian couple, collection bags, companion, elderly person, eye contact, first woman, hot summer, landmark, leaflets, monster, persistence, sidewalk, tea towel, tea towels, volunteers, wallet, woman hands, young man, young woman
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Rockstarisms #116, #117 & #118
#116 Rockstar: Mum. How come when I was born I don’t remember seeing you? #117 Me: Wow, your smoothie got here FAST. Do you think that was cos you were polite (to the waiters at one of our regular haunts … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Shots, Rockstarisms
Tagged freak out, lt, nbsp, nod, rockstar, smoothie, thoughtful pause, waiters
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Psalm 127 License Plate
On school run one day, the car in front sported this license plate: An ex-colleague used to say when something jumps up at you from the Bible, pay attention. I had no recollection of having come across Psalm 127 before, … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged arrows, bible verses, colleague, heritage, license plate, lord watches, notecards, offspring, opponents, pay attention, psalm 127, quiver, recollection, sleep
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Skydive Lake Wanaka
Finally got this converted into something upload-able on Youtube (or rather, Kings did)… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMdLPaP3kxM] Rockstar was about 3 months shy of his second birthday, when I did this (note the other mummy in the background who was also gearing … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Shots, Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged accident rates, altitude, financial crisis, leadership responsibility, light sleeper, motto, mummy, politicking, pregnancy, rockstar, second birthday, skydive, skydiving, sleep, stress, target, targets, upheaval, youtube
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Freakonomics’ What Makes A Perfect Parent
First published in 2005, Freakonomics was one of those things some of us in the finance industry liked to read because it was written by 2 brilliant yet entertaining economists. (As in, they exist?) It inspired the special kind of … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged back of my mind, briefings, child safety, dubner, economist, economists, fear mongering, finance industry, freakonomics, grieving parents, gun accidents, indiana jones, ironic reason, levitt, little girl, mad cow, meningitis, parenting choices, quants, risk assessors
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Meet Doobie
Meet Doobie, out for a roll Sunday evening in Sai Kung. She’s 15-and-a-half years old and not so good on her legs anymore (her owner explained she can still walk, just not for longer distances) so she gets rolled … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml
Tagged cart, distances, doobie, half years, legs, pets, priceless pic, sunday evening
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The *Something* Shoot at Hollywood Road
I arrive early… “Call before leaving home, if the weather forecast isn’t right we’ll reschedule.” That’s happened several times already, I get spoiled by the speed at which these things move, I usually get a call/ text back within 2 … Continue reading
One Little Rockstar Step (feat: Vilebrequin)
THAT’S how far you swam, Rockstar! View from our balcony… First visit to one of the Bel-Air pools for the summer… Rockstar is NOT a water person other than his bathtub, I got him to agree to a “swim” because … Continue reading
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Tagged antics, balcony, bathtub, bel-air, bike rides, black pepper, brunch, chunk, dancing class, european man, firsts, grilled salmon steak, kiddie, laps, latin dancing, mixed feelings, mums, saffron rice, salmon, Shopping, trunks, water person
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Pride goes before a fall. Or something like that.
Where’s Everybody? I must be so LATE! I tried to drop my child off at school when there’s no school today (teachers on training, I forgot to check the school calendar in his diary.. d-uh how come it takes me … Continue reading