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Rockstarism #268 – “Hap-piness is not to do, with how the world is treat-ing you…”

Posted on June 19, 2013 by admin

Feeding time in the Rockstar household… Little Miss: (at top volume) NNNNGGGGGGGEEEEEE Me: (over the sound, trying to feed her) How come YOU are making that sound? You’re the one not eating! I’M the one who should get to make … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms | Tagged anthem, attitude, feeding time, grump, hap, happ, household, ing, lego, music, neh, slides | 2 Comments

Rockstarism #251 – Why The Good Guys Always Win

Posted on March 17, 2013 by admin

#251 While playing with his toys…. Rockstar: Let’s go outside and have a fight. (Exits bedroom with newly acquired Lego Sith Troopers.) Shortly after, coming back in… Rockstar: Fight’s over. D’you know who won the battle? Me: Who? Rockstar: The … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Rockstarisms | Tagged bad guys, different day, easter egg hunt, iphone, lego, lightsabers, lt, one of the good guys, paying attention, peers, shrugs, sith, toys, triumphs | 2 Comments

Rockstarism #210 – Friends and Not Friends

Posted on May 27, 2012 by admin

#210 Me: Do you know they have “princess” Lego? Rockstar: I know. I hate that. We are never going to get that. Me: How did you know they have “princess” Lego? Rockstar: Newspaper I saw in school. Me: The baby might … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms | Tagged acceptable reason, best friends, friends at school, friends lego, girly, lego, lt, mums, playdate, pretty girls, princess, tating | 7 Comments

Rockstarism #205 – Dumping on Daddy

Posted on April 22, 2012 by admin

#205 Rockstar: Daddy. Come help me look for ants. Get up, old man. Kings: Did you just call me “old man”?! Rockstar: Hee yeah. You keep lying down. —————————————————————– Me: So tomorrow’s Monday, Daddy’s going to work. Do you know … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms | Tagged ants, boogie, daddy works, derivatives, desk, job, kay, lego, lt, money, old man, policeman, principle, robin hood, rockstar, shrugs | 3 Comments

Rockstarism #202 – A Lego Superheroes Comic Book Story

Posted on April 15, 2012 by admin

Rockstar tells his first story based on a Lego “superheroes” action figure comic book that came with one of his toys… Rockstar: The Girl Dressed As A Cat With No Whiskers was up really high on a house roof. Rockstar: … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged action figure, bat man, bats, comic book, helicopter, helmet, joker, jokers, kaboom, lego, Lego superheroes, loud bang, motorbike, orange car, propeller, race car, range car, rope, superheroes, traffic light, whiskers | 2 Comments

Rockstarism #200 – The Ways We Speak

Posted on March 31, 2012 by admin

#200 Rockstar: Mum. I need help with this. Help me take it out faster. Me:?? What’s wrong with it? Rockstar: The wheels are the wrong way. See? Lines. Not circles. Me: (feeling lazy – not to mention it’s actually this … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms | Tagged artjamming, classmate, giant, hub, lego, lt, manglish, match, mister mister, school friends, singlish, wheels, worm, wrong way, yup | 1 Comment

ESF Kindergarten Trip To HK Science Museum

Posted on February 29, 2012 by admin

Ready….. GET SET………….! Rockstar’s been super excited to go on his school excursion to the HK Science Museum – so much so Kings even spends 20mins away from his desk in (fairly nearby) ICC to come see what all the … Continue reading →

Posted in School For Rockstar, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged bec, butterfly life cycle, desk, frog, fun stuff, fuss, hk, lego, map, marble, mr men, pencil, plants, rockstar, school excursion, science museum, tiny hole, wheel | 4 Comments

THAT IS NOT A BOND!!

Posted on February 22, 2012 by admin

Yesterday morning, a text message from an elderly relative of mine nearing his 70s, who lives in Malaysia: “Are bonds a good investment right now?” Assuming this is one of his regular investment-grade bond purchases (he abhors current FD rates … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged bonds, buzzes, cellphone, cln, colleague, credit linked note, desk, fd rates, hk, interest rate, investment grade, lego, mentor, power rangers, rm 100, salesperson, text message, tho, tranche, yesterday morning | 4 Comments

Rockstarism #188 – Rap Music Rockstarisms

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin

With Black Eyed Peas’ Someday playing in the background, Rockstar looks up from his Lego… Rockstar: Weird song, Mum. Weird. I like weird. Me: Because you are -? Rockstar: Weird. <Turns back to Lego> ——————————————————- Then I recently settled on … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged 4th of july, black eyed peas, comprehension, darling sun, dj jazzy jeff, fake accent, figure of speech, fireworks, greatest hits, lego, map of the world, omg, rap music, red nosed reindeer, rockstar, rudolph the red nosed reindeer, syllable word, weird song, whack, will smith | 2 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