Category Archives: Rockstar Thoughts

The Rockstar And The Tipping Point

Posted on February 9, 2012 by admin

“It’s a book about change. In particular, it’s a book that presents a new way of understanding why change so often happens as quickly and as unexpectedly as it does.” – Malcolm Gladwell, on his book The Tipping Point: How … Continue reading →

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Language lessons, heritage questions

Posted on January 27, 2012 by admin

My father in law often bemoans Rockstar’s lack of grasp of Hakka, and speaking not a stitch of the dialect myself, I recently came up with what I thought was a best effort at trying to facilitate some learning of … Continue reading →

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I See Lai See (But Not Yee Sang)

Posted on January 24, 2012 by admin

There are 2 rather obvious (to me) differences between spending CNY in HK vs in Malaysia. One being that when you eat out on festive days like Reunion Dinner (and btw lotsa restaurants are likely to be open because it’s … Continue reading →

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Lord Archer’s Lessons

Posted on January 16, 2012 by admin

Rough account re Lord Archer ok….. This is an e.g. of some of the ra-ra things I used to say in market commentary to RMs and ex-colleagues on a gloomy cold Monday like today…  In 1974 (now) best-selling English author … Continue reading →

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Here We Go A-Hormone Tripping (Or, Getting To Know Baby)

Posted on January 12, 2012 by admin

The strangest thing about hormones is they don’t just make you feel like puking. When people asked “Any weird cravings?” I thought I didn’t have any. Last pregnancy I got my “kicks” ingesting a horrific number of calories, this pregnancy … Continue reading →

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Just Another Gynea Visit

Posted on January 6, 2012 by admin

The waiting room is so crowded I can hardly find a seat. The room is filled with pregnant women, one or two with a mum or husband in tow. In “good” years, local friends have told me to expect to … Continue reading →

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Boy or Girl?

Posted on January 3, 2012 by admin

We don’t know yet. But we may know soon so I just had to write this before we found out. Having a baby is already joyous (if terrifying and exhausting), I wanted to write an indulgent post reveling in possibly … Continue reading →

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Meeting Cordlife

Posted on December 30, 2011 by admin

During the hols (i.e. a relatively quiet day in the office), Kings emailed for a rep from Cordlife Ltd to come meet us near his workplace at lunch, similarly summoning Rockstar and myself over so I could sign the relevant papers. … Continue reading →

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Santa’s Marketing Cause (and other random thoughts)

Posted on December 29, 2011 by admin

You would’ve seen this pic already – I originally wanted this to send out Christmas greetings but got side tracked with other stuff I wanted to write about (as usual). What I hadn’t gotten round to pointing out however, were … Continue reading →

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So What If It’s About The Money?

Posted on December 23, 2011 by admin

After the recent biannual Nuffnang blog awards, an Aussie mummy blogger I had previously not heard of pretty much vilified the winner of Most Influential Blog and Region’s Best Blog, Xiaxue, and Nuffnang for awarding her. Something about lousy writing … Continue reading →

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