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Tag Archives: confinement
And Life Goes On…
About a month ago, my helper (yes, the daft one) tried to resign. Working in Hong Kong, despite the enormous perk of being able to dress up and go out every Sunday and public holiday (or receive double pay in … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged appointment, appointments, babies, blade, confinement, gig, grandparents, lobbies, matter of factly, movie tickets, nuts, public holiday, resignation, shark, shriek, skyfall, sofas, stupid mistakes, sweaters, wheels
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To Sleep, Perchance, To Dream Job
Several weeks after Ms Rockstar and I came home from the hospital and still on confinement, I received an email inquiry. A conference call or two followed, couple drafts, a ghosted article in the Singapore Business Times. I can’t remember … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged asset classes, conference call, confinement, correspondence, correspondences, cot, diaper change, expressing milk, gabble, gaze, investment asset, life and death, naps, praise god, quiet time, rockstar, singapore business times, sofa bed, speeches, volum
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Tales of Confinement Past (Part 2)
When we first came home from hospital, Ling Jie blocked my way in at the door, going “Give me, GIVE me, GIVE ME (the baby)!” I think she has a thing for girls, she was never like that with Rockstar … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged aileen, alien queen, bath water, boy babies, breakouts, chinese medicines, coming home, confinement, conspiracy theory, dale carnegie, fates, ginger, hot ginger, male family members, nerd, new mother, raw water, sigourney weaver, sire, umpteen
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The Confinement Nannies
“Yeah, you’re pregnant. You need to tell the nurse what hospital room you want, shared or single, so we can do the booking.” That was my first Gynea checkup, 2 weeks after the test showed positive (so, the nurse explained, … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged blood test, c section, chinese friend, chromosomal abnormalities, confinement, confinement nanny, craziness, egg, friend of a friend, gynea, heartbeat, hk passport, hkd, hkid, last time, mainland, nanny, nurse, private hospitals, queen mary, vacancy
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A Few More Of Rockstar’s Favorite Things
Pet unicorn (bought long ago from The Met online, Rockstar recently found it and has adopted it). He had a brief thing for snow globe souvenirs but it seems to have passed. (Mildly strange that he’s never had a thing for plush toys … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Shopping
Tagged analogy, art piece, confinement, helmet, hinge, lovey, old art, old picture, penguins, plush toys, recen, rockstar, rundle mall, skier, snow globe, soft toy, souvenirs, tape measure, tether, vicinity
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