Category Archives: aileensml

The kids loved “Creech” so much in the trailers, they kept asking to see the movie, which is basically Prehistoric Subterranean Creature Surfaces When Big Oil Company Drills Too Near Its Nest…. Supposedly this movie was made from the inspiration … Continue reading →

Stable at the re-check, but mostly housebound due to risk of severe respiratory complications, JD has to find SOME entertainment… Rockstar wanted to unwind after school by lying on the floor and shooting Nerf pellets at the ceiling. JD be … Continue reading →

Amidst a big juggling of kids’ activities and trips to the 24 hour East Island Animal Emergency Clinic on the other side of HK Island with tunnel traffic, JD rather abruptly came home. She’s not out of the woods by … Continue reading →

Spoke too soon, it’s 2.15am and I just got back from the animal hospital where JD is now critical… they called me because they thought she might not pull through; if I don’t write about it for awhile you’ll know … Continue reading →

**The unedited post below was mostly written before school started, before what was supposed to be a routine check for JD is now waiting by the phone to see if she pulls through. In and out of the vet’s for … Continue reading →

Rockstar’s laptop* got left in a foodcourt this summer. The Queen had not wanted to wait for Rockstar to finish his breakfast before going in to Summer Putonghua Camp, so I walked her in first. Rockstar brushed past me hurriedly … Continue reading →

#89 Remember when I said the Queen enjoys spicing things up when nothing seems to be happening… Queen E: (conversationally) You know Daddy <sidles over and indicates his halfway-through dinner> …….that really looks like my Imaginary Friend. Kings: That I … Continue reading →

In an intimate class ceremony before the break, our second child received her certificate of completion following 2 years of Kindergarten, 5 years after her brother did the same before her. We don’t plan on having any more kids, so you … Continue reading →

#88 (From Kings’ public Facebook:) Kings: I’m going to count to three and you’re going to walk or I’m going to smack you. Queen E: Why does everyone always count til three? Why not count til ten? Kings: <gives up><carries … Continue reading →

“People forget that Mozart wrote for commissions. There’s a thing in psychology where they think if it’s popular it can’t be serious…” – Sir Anthony Hopkins, who went from playing: ..which he ended up abandoning mid-run for Hollywood, and which … Continue reading →