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Category Archives: Rockstar Thoughts
Screw It Just Buy It (Or, I Threw Up In A Furniture Store So Shut Up)
Horribly irresponsible post alert? What if you tell some poor depressed soul she can’t buy something just a wee bit out of her budget and she goes and kills herself? But seriously. I’m one of those obsessive compulsives who has … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Shopping, Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged cabbie, cold bug, cough, credit card debt, dignity, furniture showroom, giant, humiliation, lt, lurve, perfume, ponytails, rant, rockstar, saunter, scarves, shades, sheepish, shoppers, wee bit
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Secret Mummy Behavior #2 – The Secret Dreamworld Of A Playdating Mummy
One of my latest favorite books is The Sense Of An Ending, by Julian Barnes, winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize (and btw I mostly didn’t like the 2010 winner, Room by Emma Donoghue) because it’s one of those … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged aileen, alien face, caveat, chinese mother, hell hath no fury, human beings, insecurities, insult, judgement, living in japan, marie claire, mummies, planet pluto, playground politics, playgrounds, pregnancy test, rockstar, secret language, shock horror, wallet
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The Primary School Interview Diaries: Part 3
In an old Readers’ Digest, I read about an exquisite old briefcase with combination lock that went on auction. As the auctioneer talked of superb workmanship and quality, opening and closing the beautiful briefcase for emphasis, he mentioned also a … Continue reading
You’d WANT To Be Involved…..
Another one of those posts that’s long coming… The good thing about that is since I’ve talked to so many mummies after, mummies involved shouldn’t be easily identifiable even when my girlfriends read this :)… One of Rockstar’s sometime friends … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged birthday parties, chinese international school, couple times, cuddle, cur, extra cash, full time, girlfriends, hkd, kindergartens, lt, lunch, mummies, mums, nickname, nuts, omg, personal tutor, reverence, rockstar, sarcasm, Singapore, tuition classes
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The Elderly Couple And The Sugar Test
The Pathlab opens at 9am, and when I arrive at 9.15am, there are already 5 people ahead of me. My gynea has sent me for a “Sugar Test,” apparently “standard nowadays.” (I’m thinking obviously I’m going to be checked at … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged 2 eggs, 9am, blood samples, chinese papers, chris rock, comedian chris rock, couple fights, elderly couple, elderly man, elderly woman, endeavor, glucose, gynea, indifference, maggie, man displays, pathlab, stage in life, test costs, two couples
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Kindness And Weakness
This one’s a way of telling you something about living in Hk with its more opportunistic and aggressive culture (compared to say Malaysia or Singapore, I mean)… So……. I suck at being a “Tai-tai.” I don’t think I suck at … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged building management, champion, domestic helpers, family pet, Gary Thomas, groceries, hand 1, helpers, hk, home nights, kids family, luggage, mistake, nearby church, parenting, pawn shop, plane ticket, social work, thirty pieces, ticket home, whine
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Poverty In The Midst Of Plenty – a photography project by WYNG Foundation
Off http://photocontest.hk/ website: “THEME 2012 – POVERTY ……. According to HKCSS statistics for the first quarter of 2011, amidst great affluence, 17.8% of the population struggle to make ends meet…… … Supported by WYNG FOUNDATION – the WYNG Photography Project is … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged affluence, contest website, derrick, elderly person, elderly woman, foreigner, har, hk, leaflets, lungs, mob, photo contest, photo exhibition, photocontest, photography project, profit project, public interest, relevant subjects, social responsibility, walkway
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The Constant Study Of The Parents And Kids At Playtown/ Fun Zone
While waiting for Rockstar’s Putonghua class one evening, we’re killing time at Fun Zone (formerly Playtown) when it occurs to me what a great place this is for anyone interested in doing a study in human nature. Though really it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged bad case, Cantonese, case in point, caucasian, collateralized debt obligation, derivatives, expat, fun zone, hk 3, human nature, K2, killing time, local schools, mandarin, marie claire, mums, pint, play area, playground politics, Playtown, Putonghua, sandpit, sandpit politics, Wild wild west
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