Category Archives: Traveling With Rockstar

Adelaide Through The Eyes Of A Rockstar – Fur Fix at Hahndorf Farm Barn and The Toy Factory

Posted on October 6, 2011 by admin

Rockstar: Mummy, are you a duck? (Which is his way of asking about the differences between ducks and people but I’m a bit lazy to oblige this time :P) Me: Know what that would make you? Rockstar: A baby duck? … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged aussie accent, aversion, baby bunnies, baby duck, beautiful morning, bird flu, btw, chickens, cockatoos, ducks, dumb thing, gucci, hahndorf farm barn, ipad, lambs, long suffering, nugget, parrots, scarf, smiley face | 6 Comments

Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore…

Posted on October 4, 2011 by admin

Kings had some personal errands to run here, and a local friend of his studied architecture in this town… It’s a 2-day school week for Rockstar so we decided to follow him and hang around…So… where’s here? Hints: “Any … Continue reading →

Posted in Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged baby harness, blessing of pets, boots, dead giveaway, denim blazer, embroidery, funeral director, funeral services, kitten heels, mummy, personal errands, pink shorts, rice krispies, rockstar, scarf, several times, summer camp, whizzes, x ray, yellow stripe | 2 Comments

Epilogue: Part 2 – The Best Post Ever Written On My blog Is By 723 People Who Are Not Me

Posted on September 15, 2011 by admin

It’s humbling, that so many strangers, particularly with the anonymity of the internet, would say a few kind words and in many cases pass on God’s love. That’s the incredible message Rockstar will grow up to read one day – … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, Rockstarisms, Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged anonymity, bcc, belief, changi airport singapore, cows, dear readers, ed mass, email notifications, facebook, faith, god, happy birthday, human nature, kindness, kopitiam, lt, mass emailed, notification message, shamefaced, virtual strangers | 35 Comments

Stopover at Sentosa

Posted on September 10, 2011 by admin

Driveway of Amara, Sentosa where we stopped over for the night With a long weekend coming up, Rockstar and I followed Kings down on his regular(ish) errands in Singapore where we stopped over in Sentosa for the night, after which … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged aa, club committee, decompression, errands, excitement, guilt, gym membership, lunch hour, new boss, pairs, pressure cooker, recreation club, reminder, rockstar, sentosa, shades, twinges, urge, walking distance, work quality | 2 Comments

The Day Baby, We Got Back

Posted on August 26, 2011 by admin

First day back, baby. And my only excuse for bringing the Baby is I have a guilty thing for politically incorrect gangsta rap songs. (Baby Got Back, anyone?) I Have No Idea Why There Is A Pink Robot In Front … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Rockstar Thoughts, Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged auntie, back baby, blonde woman, buses, Causeway Bay, conversations, elevator, excuse, indulgence, lift button, lunch place, passerby, rap songs, robot, shopping center, squeeze, stroller, supermarket, times square, tolerance level | 7 Comments

Sydney Through The Eyes Of A Rockstar – Final Day and Rockstarisms #146, #147 & #148

Posted on August 23, 2011 by admin

#146 When I make a fuss about my swollen fingers (because while I’m trying to take a pic of some ducks Kings was feeding from the car as we left Thredbo Rockstar winds the automatic window back up (because the … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms, Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged bacon, brunch, darling harbor, feed ducks, flight booking, food scraps, fountains, gull like, gumption, hands and knees, little girl, mid air, purple flower, Putonghua, quay, raindrops, rockstar, scrambled eggs, statues, swollen fingers | Leave a comment

Sydney Through The Eyes Of A Rockstar – The Ones (Not Quite) Left Behind In Thredbo and Four Points Sheraton

Posted on August 22, 2011 by admin

An English girl with mildly punky dyed red hair tells me she’s 24 and has just finished college; she intends to do this (travel while working cafes – food and staff quarters are paid for) for the next 4-5 years, … Continue reading →

Posted in Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged bench, cafes, dorky, english girl, few minutes, good time, lifestyle, money, nap, opportunity cost, red hair, relative youth, rich kid, rich kids, rockstar, ski lesson, souvenir store, staff quarters | 7 Comments

Sydney Through The Eyes Of A Rockstar – Thredbo

Posted on August 19, 2011 by admin

I…. HATE….. Skiing. I hate it, I HATE it. How is it possible to loathe a sport that much, especially one where you see all these kids whizzing by and then you see serious senior citizens waltzing by and you … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged crap, kiddies, little kids, little penguin, penguin, planks, powdery snow, rainy weather, senior citizens, ski boots, ski poles, skis, slope, spill, waterproofing | 14 Comments

Sydney Through The Eyes Of A Rockstar – Roadtrip Day!

Posted on August 17, 2011 by admin

We wake at 7am and pack, scheduling to leave latest 8.30am on a 6-7 hour (non-stop, but obviously we’re going to stop at least twice) drive to Thredbo (where the snow is.) I’ve come a long way from my totally insane … Continue reading →

Posted in Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged baby food, bedside tables, bibs, bottled water, cardboard box, diarrhea, first trip, freak out, insane freak, mineral content, napkins, paperbag, piles, roadtrip, spare change, tap water, travel clothes, wardrobe, washing machine, zzzzzzzzzzzzz | 1 Comment

Sydney Through The Eyes Of A Rockstar – Luna Park

Posted on August 16, 2011 by admin

Just any old picture to show off the “Since 1935” banner We spend a seriously embarrassing amount on the fair games at Luna Park. Because all Rockstar really wants to do is shoot hoops and throw darts. He is by … Continue reading →

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