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Zippety, The Imaginary Friend

Posted on February 13, 2012 by admin

#190 There were times during this thing when we were a little creeped out, because Rockstar sounded so completely serious. Absolutely refused to admit this was all in his head and we couldn’t tell, except towards the end, that he … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged cats, celine, creeped, dogs, dresses, earth, fruits, hk, imaginary friend, lt, Mars, moon trees, plants, pronunciation, rocket ship, saturdays, two eyes, ty, Zippety | 7 Comments

Out Of The Blue, A Telephone Call

Posted on January 30, 2012 by admin

Sitting in Saint’s Alps teahouse, a taiwanese bubble tea and noodle chain restaurant, waiting for Rockstar to work excess energy off in Playtown chaperoned by Kings and my inlaws, my phone rings. I don’t recognize the number, and after staring … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged 3 years, address book, alps, bubble tea, Cantonese, curious thing, developmental milestone, dog lover, dog names, dog owners, excess energy, family outings, hk, human names, inlaws, ish, legged animals, rockstar, school admissions, teahouse | 10 Comments

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 →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged air cleaner, appointed time, assembly line, aunties, blood pressure, classmates, comradeship, face mask, face masks, gucci, hk, hospital room for delivery, low heels, marc jacobs, paper face, pregnant women, scares, tory, uggs, waddle, waiting room | 4 Comments

The Worst-Kept Secret…

Posted on December 15, 2011 by admin

… is that I’m pregnant. I kept feeling with the hormones and the morning sickness that I must be behaving extra-weird and so I kept explaining to people why I might be extra-weird. (Because when I’m weird, I’d like it … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged 3 years, babies, dear lord, evil spirits, exaggeration, family rifts, futures commission, hk, hormones, hospital emergency room, launch, lego, lt, morning sickness, nanny, nurses, sanatorium hospital, school uniform, screaming baby, waiting list | 29 Comments

It’s a beautiful afternoon for a walk on a trail…

Posted on December 11, 2011 by admin

One of an unusual number of near-perfect-weather days in HK, and you’re just enjoying a nice peaceful walk like so….. And so….. And so….. And s – Oh crap there’s some Scary Intense Animal waiting on high to pounce! All … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots | Tagged companions, dressed-up dogs, herds, hk, little kids, perfect weather, rock face, tourists, weather days | 2 Comments

Old Bike Shop Guy In Wan Chai

Posted on November 23, 2011 by admin

Yeah, for real finally, we got to replacing Rockstar’s blue battered BMX… So we venture back to the original bike store we happened to walk into by fluke first time round, and it’s the only one open and bustling late … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shopping, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged bicycles, bike shop, bike store, bikes, bmx, Cantonese, caucasian, dads, fluke, hadn, hk, last sunday, local shop, muslim areas, old timer, pavement, phoenixes, red group, rockstar, shanghai company, wan chai, Wood Road | 6 Comments

Cheap Thrill: Teasing Mimosa

Posted on November 3, 2011 by admin

What in the world is the Rockstar doing with his pointer? This one brings back memories of playing in fields all over Malaysia in early childhood… Is he TICKLING something?? JD’s none too fussed… You have your toy, I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Talking To Rockstar | Tagged animals and plants, ball toys, bringing home, btw, caterpillars, cheap thrill, defense mechanisms, early childhood, hk, jd, library book, memories, mimosa, nots, pointer, rockstar, southeast asians, thorny stems, trap door spiders, yell | 3 Comments

The Best Neighbors In Sai Wan Ho

Posted on October 24, 2011 by admin

Yesterday we lunched with our old neighbors from 3 years ago when we all used to live in Sai Wan Ho. We’d all just moved into the (then) new development – us from Pok Fu Lam, them from Sydney, Australia, … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged aussie, belchers, cellphones, chinese restaurant, cooking pots, delia school of canada, employment tax, foodcourt, fry cook, hk, house husband, korean friends, mild curiosity, obsession, pocket money, rockstar, rush hours, sai wan, sydney australia, tax rates | 5 Comments

Rockstarisms #166 & #167 – Green Poop Snacks

Posted on October 21, 2011 by admin

#166 Rockstar: Mummy. Did you know A and B like my (school time snack) salmon sandwiches. I gave them one to try (the other day), they ate it all up. Then they asked me what it was. I told them … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms | Tagged adelaide, bird flu, crackers, flu, giraffe, green poop, hk, lt, nah, random pic, salmon, sandwiches, school time, snack, snacks, stray birds | 2 Comments

Parking Rockstar In Local Putonghua Oral Classes

Posted on October 19, 2011 by admin

So it’s the school hols and now most of our friends are travelling, while we are Hong Kong-bound. So for want of something to do (and Rockstar’s Putonghua nanny from China being indisposed*, thereby not being able to take him … Continue reading →

Posted in School For Rockstar, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged aussie, bloomberg, Cantonese, counterparts, english schools foundation, hk, hundred thousand, hundreds of thousands, ish, locals, mun, nanny, preoccupation, Putonghua, rockstar, sanity, school hols, speaking english, spoken english, wor | 4 Comments