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Tag Archives: playground
Rockstarism #271: Goodbye Year 1, Rockstar Wrote
#271 Rockstar: You took a picture of my phonics books! Did you even look inside? Me: Uh… I’m going to. Rockstar: Yeah you should. It’s awesome. How about today? <pause> Rockstar: I’ve such a good feeling this is the right … Continue reading
Posted in School For Rockstar
Tagged cliffhanger, cunning plan, diary essay, excerpts, favorite friends, friends at school, grandpa, kobra, lt, midst, phonics books, playground, reptile show, shrugs, snake, spelling mistakes, time one, viper, yikes
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“My Mother, My Hero” By Hui Wei
Random crime in my home country has always frightened me, as it does my Malaysian friends who live here in Hong Kong. (I have a girlfriend who tells me she goes nuts when her son, growing up here, goes back … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged 2 decades, bear hug, bukit gasing, dad, fear, gasing malaysia, girlfriend, habit, hero, hong kong, malaysian friends, nuts, penang, playground, random crime, schoolbag, teenaged girl, test paper, tribute, writers block
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Rockstarism #141: My Son, The Lady Charmer
#141 Rockstar: Mum. I saw (girl’s name) today. Me: That’s nice, dear. Did you play with her? Rockstar: We were running in the playground. Me: Oh – Tag? Rockstar: <seriously> No, I have to run away so she doesn’t kick … Continue reading
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
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Rockstarism #203 – Step Parents
He’s starting to remind me of Phoebe from Friends, with the tuneless “real life” songs (I assume everyone reading my blog is old enough to remember the Friends sitcom :P) Rockstar: I got a new song Mum. Wanna hear? A … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar
Tagged ba, baby boy, bad guys, bird in the tree, blog, brother, classmates, friends sitcom, hap, iphone, life songs, phoebe from friends, playground, py, schoolmate, sitting in a tree, step parents
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Rockstarism #184 & 185 – Back To School
#184 Me: I saw (one of his good friends) at school drop-off today, he didn’t look very happy. Is he ok? Rockstar: He said he went back to India for the holidays. To visit his grandma and grandpa. He says … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstarisms
Tagged Building Learning Opportunities in Early Years Settings, chairs, dentist, Early Childhood Education Seminar, few days, friends at school, germs, glance, good friends, grandma, Guy Claxton, half hour, hard candies, hard candy, holidays, india, interaction, lt, playground, remainder, schoolmate, sweets, teeth
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Sydney Through The Eyes Of A Rockstar – Glenbrook and Blue Mountains National Park
Seasoned Travelers (note Rockstar’s expression. Yes, really) Exchanging Small Talk Over Breakfast In Some Cafe In Glenbrook We drive out to Blue Mountains National Park for the day, about an hour out we stop for brunch at Glenbrook before heading … Continue reading
Posted in Traveling With Rockstar
Tagged blue mountains, blue mountains national park, breakfast cafe, brochure, brunch, deep in thought, gas station, glenbrook, hk, locals, mountains national park, national parks in australia, nuts, playground, rest of my life, rockstar, sai kung, strange conversations, three sisters, three times
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