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Significant Conversation #99

Posted on October 15, 2010 by admin

Rockstar: I don’t have friends in school. (Not completely true, more like he doesn’t know any of his friends’ names yet. There are a lot more kids in school now than he used to have.) Me: Oh really? You had … Continue reading →

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Significant Conversation #98

Posted on October 15, 2010 by admin

Rockstar (complaining): I’m so SMALL! Me: You’re small because Daddy is small. But do you know something else? Daddy is SMART. And , he’s NICE. Rockstar: But he’s not PRETTY.

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Dear Rockstar, Money Can’t Buy You Happiness, But…

Posted on October 13, 2010 by admin

Dear Rockstar, This is one of those posts that Mummy hopes you aren’t going to read one day and hate her for. You have a friend named Joe coming today. At the tender age of almost 33 months, you’ve decided … Continue reading →

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The Hong Kong Chye HSBC Bank Queue

Posted on October 12, 2010 by admin

Running errands at the bank in Little Hong Kong (Hong Kong Chye) after dropping Rockstar off at school, I look up texting on my iPhone suddenly, realizing the queue I’ve been standing in hasn’t moved in what seems like a … Continue reading →

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Significant Conversation #97

Posted on October 11, 2010 by admin

Rockstar: Mummy, where’s your penis? Me: Mummy doesn’t have a penis, darling, Mummy’s a girl. Rockstar: What happened to you, Mummy? Me: Nothing happened to me, darling, Mummy’s a girl. Girl’s don’t have penises. Rockstar: Is that a Ms Chatterbox … Continue reading →

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This One’s For The Wimpy Kids

Posted on October 11, 2010 by admin

ROCKSTAR IS BMX BOY… There wasn’t anything smaller in the shop, and for months his feet couldn’t reach the pedals. Well, now they can. Identifying and nurturing your child’s Serious Thing For Wheels has some advantages – especially when you … Continue reading →

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Run, Aileen, Run a.k.a. Let’s All Burn Our Webcams

Posted on October 10, 2010 by admin

Someone whose name I Don’t Recognise: Are you there?? Me: yes SIDR: hey sweety how are you? Me: ok, but eating… lunch? dinner? who can tell (<thinking> She sounds like she knows me. Is this someone I knew at work? … Continue reading →

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First School Outing to Watch Stick Man

Posted on October 8, 2010 by admin

HOW DO PEOPLE DO THIS EVERY DAY FOR A LIVING……?? Do Kindergarten teachers get psyche evaluations? Just in case after all the screaming chaos they want to kill themselves. My ears are ringing. My head hurts. Every peep from the … Continue reading →

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Lunch at Café Gray

Posted on October 8, 2010 by admin

LUNCH SUMMONS! At newish Café Gray in trendy boutique hotel Upper House, G’s and my first choice for a recent birthday lunch, except they were fully booked and so we “settled” on Nicholini’s. But now L has made a booking … Continue reading →

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“Children Growing Up Too Fast”

Posted on October 6, 2010 by admin

Dear Rockstar, Enjoy your childhood. Googling “children growing up too fast” gets you about 9 million hits. It took awhile for Mummy to write to you about this, because she never really figured out how to put it. Mummy’s pretty … Continue reading →

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