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Tag Archives: lt
Rockstarism #245 – Dead Fish Smell
#245 Rockstar: Mum! My blue (fighting) fish died! Me: <cautiously, worried he might be upset> Um… Really? Rockstar: Yeah! Wow it stinks! Me: Um… Yeah… Rockstar: Come smell it! Come smell it! It stinks! Me: <thinking At Least He’s Not … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstarisms
Tagged dead fish, desk, fight fish, fighting fish, fish smell, flake, girls, good fight, laptop, lt, ome, rockstar, yucky
3 Comments
Oops It’s Friday
Q: 1) There’s pages and pages of this ok, and 132,000 likes… Here’s some of my favorites, from Unintentionally Inappropriate Test Answers From Little Children: (MAJOR CRINGE) Somehow I am strangely sure this is a girl But there were some that … Continue reading
Posted in The TGIF Posts
Tagged asia, bonus points, creativity, cringe, ditto, domain names, erm, love, lt, mash, nbsp, parents, stereotype, test answers
2 Comments
Samoyed Stroller
As promised, this time I remembered to stop this senior citizen’s stroller for some pics. He’s 16 years old (looks so nice and clean though, doesn’t he?), and I felt bad asking for confirmation whether he’s the same Samoyed I … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml
Tagged adult incontinence diaper, bench, bodies of water, border collies, canine family members, chinese translation, collies, confirmation, dog owner, errands, guilt trip, hot day, human adult, lt, natural waterfall, peak trail, samoyed, senior citizen, spellings, stroller
4 Comments
Ms Rockstar Makes Coffee
Ps: Rockstar “makes coffee” for his dad, and the baby “makes coffee” for me; thank you, Nespresso. Works out about right because when Kings is home on the weekend is also when Rockstar isn’t in school… … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Shots
Tagged coffee maker, enlightenment, kiss, lt, nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp, Nespresso, Nespresso Machine, pleasure, rockstar, wonderment
3 Comments
Jingle All The Way
#142 Rockstar: Mum. I want to tell you something. <pausing for effect> Santa (at his school Christmas party)…. wasn’t really Santa. <lowering voice conspiratorially> He was (school principal)! Me: Oh really? Rockstar: He was dressed as Santa, but I recognize … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Shots, Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar
Tagged bad santa, cars, christmas, christmas party, eing, fly, gifts for christmas, girls, glittery, job, laughs, lt, school christmas, school principal, skipping ropes, uh
2 Comments
Rockstar’s 5th Birthday
This is the first time Rockstar’s actual birthdate is not a school holiday, so much so that we’d gotten used to celebrating early before school’s out, because his real birthdate is “too” close to Christmas. Also partly why we don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Shopping, Rockstar Thoughts, Talking To Rockstar
Tagged birthday boy, birthday cupcakes, candles, capital letters, capitals, cards, christmas, close to christmas, dad, dislike, goodies, lt, mate, mates, rockstars, school holiday, school pe, sheepish, two boys, year 1
3 Comments
Things That Gabble In The Night
Late, late in the night, in the dark…… Yikes the baby’s mobile is rocking violently, what is going on in there? I move to peer in: Ms Rockstar has yanked the little hanging soft toy lion out of the mobile … Continue reading
Posted in Babycare Bootcamp, Rockstar Shots
Tagged coincidence, fingernails, gabble, grouchy, lt, nylon, parenting, rockstar, scritch, sleep, soft toy lion, wawa
4 Comments
Rockstarism #240 – How Come You Can Read Traditional Chinese?
If there were a List somewhere of Unsolved Mysteries No One Cares About this would be right up there… My cellphone rings… Rockstar’s Putonghua Tuition Center: Mrs Lai, we wanted to check if Rockstar is learning traditional or simplified Chinese … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstarisms
Tagged 1s, cellphone rings, chinese class, chinese classes, chinese words, confidence, english education, lai, last time, local system, lt, meh, parents, personal tutor, ptc, Putonghua, school uniforms, schoolwork, tutors, unsolved mysteries
2 Comments
And The Population Increases By One More Malaysian
Brought Ms Rockstar to the Malaysian Embassy in the Malaysia Building in Wan Chai… We were steeling ourselves for a cry-fest because she’s never been, hates cars (still) and gets over-tired easily, but as it was quite empty we managed … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Shots
Tagged autographs, cars, fingers, lt, malay, malaysian embassy, malaysian restaurants, mama, nap, population increases, rockstar, several times, thumbprints, wan chai
11 Comments
Rockstarism #237 – The Other Rockstar
**Updated on 20 Nov at bottom Recently, a girlfriend whose child attends an ESF school in a different catchment area told me Rockstar’s name had come up with another mutual acquaintance. Hearing of the apparent encounter between Rockstar and a … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstarisms
Tagged catchment area, encounter, feelings, girlfriend, little girl, lt, lunch, mutual acquaintance, pencil eraser, playground, school bus, shrugs, vow
6 Comments