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Category Archives: Rockstar Thoughts
Skydive Lake Wanaka
Finally got this converted into something upload-able on Youtube (or rather, Kings did)… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMdLPaP3kxM] Rockstar was about 3 months shy of his second birthday, when I did this (note the other mummy in the background who was also gearing … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Shots, Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged accident rates, altitude, financial crisis, leadership responsibility, light sleeper, motto, mummy, politicking, pregnancy, rockstar, second birthday, skydive, skydiving, sleep, stress, target, targets, upheaval, youtube
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Freakonomics’ What Makes A Perfect Parent
First published in 2005, Freakonomics was one of those things some of us in the finance industry liked to read because it was written by 2 brilliant yet entertaining economists. (As in, they exist?) It inspired the special kind of … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged back of my mind, briefings, child safety, dubner, economist, economists, fear mongering, finance industry, freakonomics, grieving parents, gun accidents, indiana jones, ironic reason, levitt, little girl, mad cow, meningitis, parenting choices, quants, risk assessors
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Tiffany Mum, Tiger Mum, Hippie Mum, Just Mum: Which Mum Are You?
The New York Times ran a story mid-March about a Manhattan mum who was suing her daughter’s USD 19,000 a year preschool for failing to adequately prepare her child for an IQ test required for private elementary school admission. The suit … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged family friend, filing a lawsuit, grade 8, hand piano, hippie, iq test, mid march, nannies, new york times, nursery school, occupational therapy, practice time, precautionary measure, preoccupation, private elementary school, school admission, shapes and colors, understatement of the year, upper east side, younger son
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The “Crazy Guy” on the Peak
At the halfway point on one of the hiking trails up at the Peak, a middle-aged bespectacled guy sings Jackie Cheung songs into his tape recorder. I don’t even remember anymore when I first started seeing him there, he’s as … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged accompaniment, auditing, boring job, Cantonese, chinese opera, crazy guy, dark pants, eye contact, halfway point, investments, jackie cheung, leather shoes, locals, opera style, Peak, politeness, shih tzu, tape recorder, tourists, uncles, walking stick, workout gear, zero coupons
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Dear Rockstar, There was a Royal Wedding
Dear Rockstar, Mum hasn’t written to you in awhile (partly because she’s still trying to get used to acknowledging you no longer refer to her as “Mummy” which she misses, you’re growing so fast), but then Prince William and Kate Middleton got … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged asian guy, choos, Dear Rockstar, dorm room, dress code, duchess, facebook, fairytale princess, http www youtube, kate middleton, live telecast, prince william, prince william and kate, prince william and kate middleton, princess diana, princess wedding, private club, royal wedding, tiny tv, tragic death, william and kate
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His Will Be Done
Far as I know, no one’s trying to kill us. Hopefully no one wants to. No one wants to think about it, selecting executors of a trust, guardians – replacement parents – so their rockstar will be alright in the … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged chess, chess tables, dogs, executors, fountains, guardians, hadn, hong kong, illness insurance, incapacity, insurance, money, mutts, old lady, parents, pup, puppies, rockstar, rockstar thoughts, terminal illness, will, working dog
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