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The School Uniform Run II – Aston Wilson, Great Café in Pacific Place, Hong Kong Park

Posted on January 14, 2011 by admin

Rockstar starts school a week late, is delighted to be back (kudos to the school, my child with the elephant memory for forming lasting dislikes and taking things wayyy too seriously has been asking when he gets to go back … Continue reading →

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Rockstarism #103

Posted on January 13, 2011 by admin

Me: (Holding up the King of Clubs – Rockstar has been badgering me to explain cards after discovering Solitaire on my iPhone)… And this is the King of – ? Rockstar: Nonsense-Land

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Lunch at Kiku, 10 years after Boat Quay

Posted on January 12, 2011 by admin

Before. Q was my first. (Mentor in the banking sector lah, what’s wrong with you people?) Back then I had dowdy long hair and wore glasses, Watson’s hose, cheap shoes, zero makeup. I was so awkward in heels (even 2 … Continue reading →

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Epilogue

Posted on January 10, 2011 by admin

“So… What’ll we be doing in a few more years (when Rockstar goes to winter sports camps/ develops the general ‘parents are uncool to hang with’ ‘tude)?” “Couples ski lessons?” There it is. When Kings and I agreed on ‘til … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Through The Eyes Of A Rockstar (Part 10 – Neptune Palace Seafood, Immigration)

Posted on January 9, 2011 by admin

We leave at 5 minutes past midnight. It’s a 13 hour 52 minute flight and we will land back in Hong Kong sometime around 6 am. I start writing from the Marco Polo (Cathay Pacific frequent flyers’) Club Lounge. For … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Through The Eyes Of A Rockstar (Part 9: Haight Street, Pescadero and the Santa Cruz Boardwalk)

Posted on January 6, 2011 by admin

Wrong turn. We decide to make the most of it by looking for some late lunch. There are horror movies that begin this way. But we’re starving. We ate snacks in the car after deciding not to breakfast in Haight … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Through The Eyes Of A Rockstar (Part 8 – San Francisco Zoo & Safari West)

Posted on January 4, 2011 by admin

By some cosmic confluence of events, we scheduled 2 consecutive “animal days”. (I cheated. This one above is Safari West, where we take far awesome-er pictures below. The zoo has something kinda like this too, but you’re a lot further … Continue reading →

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“Outraged Dad Storms Daughter’s Bus, Confronts Bullies”

Posted on January 2, 2011 by admin

As they sum up the news stories of 2010, Outraged Dad Storms Daughter’s Bus (first came out in Sept – note the comment from a parent who gave his child a sock filled with quarters!) makes top 10 for 2010 … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year 2011

Posted on January 1, 2011 by admin

New Year’s Eve in San Francisco Union Square… He’s been here each time we pass, like for 3-4 days… He doesn’t seem to be asking for money… This guy is, though – he’s got a graffiti-ed saxophone and a surprisingly … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Through The Eyes Of A Rockstar (Part 7 – Zeum, San Francisco’s Children’s Museum)

Posted on December 31, 2010 by admin

We spent a rainy day here… And am saving another rainy day to come back… And if there are no more rainy days Rockstar still wants back… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUqsCgF9V7c] Over a lighted work table where Rockstar and some other kids … Continue reading →

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