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Dog Training And The GIK In Parenting (Continued)

Posted on February 10, 2011 by admin

Random pics of the village we were at Just a follow up because I’m getting emails.. Guess I shouldn’t be too surprised the GIK elicited some reaction. GIK behavior is extremely unacceptable to mums I know in Hong Kong. One … Continue reading →

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Dog Training and The GIK In Parenting

Posted on February 9, 2011 by admin

Random pics from the village we were at Cesar Millan, host of National Geographic’s Dog Whisperer who counts numerous “impossible” success stories under his belt, once gave up on a Chihuahua whose owner who couldn’t bring herself to correct the … Continue reading →

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Hedge Funds and The Stock Market in Parenting

Posted on February 7, 2011 by admin

Caveat… The inlaws have taken Rockstar off my hands and they stock Nescafe 3-in-1 in the house… Welcome to the World of What Happens When Aileen ODs On Caffeine And Sugar… In another life, I opened product presentations to Relationship … Continue reading →

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Chinese New Year Fashions

Posted on February 5, 2011 by admin

Front door of my parents’ home in Penang… and some of the greenery my mum lovingly fills the place with… You know this pic is real because Kings is on one of his two berries. As usual. At CNY, I … Continue reading →

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Snack at Mc Donald’s in Queensbay Mall

Posted on February 3, 2011 by admin

*Updated on 12 Feb 2011 with pics after we got back.. New Year, Old Friends I haven’t met K in maybe a decade. She’s one of my friends from secondary school – except we didn’t attend the same school. Her … Continue reading →

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Coming Clean On CNY Eve

Posted on February 2, 2011 by admin

For like, forever, we’ve been putting Rockstar’s meds in his milk when he’s sick*. Then we tell him he’s gotta finish that or we’re going to force feed him his medication. (*Giant no-no for babies – we were taught to … Continue reading →

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The Second Kung Fu Lesson

Posted on January 31, 2011 by admin

Rockstar and I had a deal – we get the Official Kung Fu Uniform he wants, if he pays attention in his second class. It was a slow start to the first lesson, but Rockstar left with enthusiasm that carried … Continue reading →

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School Outing To Watch The Gruffalo

Posted on January 29, 2011 by admin

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq1ddK-Rlng] 1 Gloucester Road. How hard can it be? I may not know how to say “Hong Kong Academy Of Performing Arts” in Cantonese, but I got “Gloucester Road” down pretty good. “Glow-See-Ta Tow”. (“Tow” for “road”). The taxi … Continue reading →

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School CNY Dress Up Day

Posted on January 28, 2011 by admin

Rockstar Me: So… Grandpop bought these for you ages ago, which do you want to wear for School CNY Dress Up Day? <Holding up 3 shirts> Rockstar: When is School CNY Dress Up Day? Me: In 2 days. Thursday. So … Continue reading →

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5 About Parenting – Me

Posted on January 27, 2011 by admin

OK, I have my blog back – and some tough acts to follow 🙂 It was even more of a blessing than expected to have Azita, Cara and SorLo guest contribute over the last few days – cos I then … Continue reading →

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