Tag Archives: rockstar

ESF Kindergarten Trip To Watch We’re Going On A Bear Hunt At The HK Academy Of Performing Arts Drama Theater

Posted on January 26, 2012 by admin

Rockstar also happened to bring this home from the school library months ago On Rockstar’s last day of school before the CNY hols, I brought my parents along on his school trip to watch the theater production of the best-selling … Continue reading →

Posted in School For Rockstar, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged adaptations, adaption, burdens, cny, going on a bear hunt, helen oxenbury, joan gatz, last day of school, little girls, little kids, michael rosen, music instruments, picture books, psyched, rockstar, s tv, school library, school trip, siblings, sound effects, tall grass, tv producer | Leave a comment

Rockstarism #186 – Various Rockstarisms With The Grandparents

Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin

#186 Grandparents: Hello, Mr Lai. Are you Mr Lai? Rockstar: No, that’s my dad. He has a bad memory. He always asks me the difference between turtles and tortoises. I told him many, many times! —————— Rockstar: Grandpop. Your name … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Rockstarisms | Tagged bad memory, bugs, creepy crawlies, dad, difference between turtles and tortoises, grandparents, lt, mr lai, narbles, rockstar, tattoos, tortoises, turtles, turtles and tortoises, weird songs | 3 Comments

Merry Christmas To Me

Posted on January 18, 2012 by admin

My Christmas pressie to myself arrived in the mail several days ago. Horribly late, or ridiculously early? The answer is late. I didn’t want to rush buying myself something for the sake of it being in time as a Xmas … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shopping | Tagged closets, dehumidifiers, gbp, knack, leather shoulder, marc jacobs, net a porter, plastic bottles, power bills, pressie, rockstar, sentimental value, shipping charge, shoulder bag, spree, square feet, tissue boxes, xmas decorations, xmas present, ysl muse bag | 4 Comments

8 Minutes 11 Seconds

Posted on January 9, 2012 by admin

2 mins 35 seconds – call is picked up Conversation completely in Cantonese: (After my cellphone number and home address are verified) Me: Can we have the Hawaiian… The Hawaiian – which one has only ham and pineapple? Pizza Guy: … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml | Tagged cantonese words, cat o nine tales, cellphone number, colleague, dance dance, frustration, ham and pineapple, home address, jeffrey archer, last time, lt, PHD pizza delivery, pine apple, pizza guy, rockstar, wh | 6 Comments

Rockstarism #182 & #183 – The “I Know Not If I Am A Man Dreaming I Am A Butterfly” Rockstarisms

Posted on January 5, 2012 by admin

#182 Rockstar: <waving extendable antenna from radio controlled car at JD> Abracadabraaaa….. Zap! Me: What are you doing to the poor dog now? Rockstar: I turned her into a giraffe. Me: <glancing at formerly asleep dog with long-suffering look on … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged 3rd and bird, air pollution, angel wings, antenna, babies, bird watching, cbeebies, drinking water, giraffe, long suffering, loud noises, lt, mummy, onesies, pollution level, radio controlled car, rockstar, skit, straw boater, thoughtful pause, tolerance level, uterus | 2 Comments

Not A Turkey In Sight…

Posted on December 25, 2011 by admin

When all the restaurants were festive and booked solid and even our regular brunch place was a hive of activity with green and red tablecloths, party hats, confetti, streamers and favors laid out (we were politely kicked out eventually so … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shopping, Rockstar Shots | Tagged blue corn, caviar, chicken curry, chicken satay, christmas eve, christmas eve dinner, corn chips, festive bow, fruit bowl, Great supermarket, hah, hive, orange crab, party hats, rockstar, roe, something blue, streamers, stuffed pasta, tablecloths, tortellini | 2 Comments

So What If It’s About The Money?

Posted on December 23, 2011 by admin

After the recent biannual Nuffnang blog awards, an Aussie mummy blogger I had previously not heard of pretty much vilified the winner of Most Influential Blog and Region’s Best Blog, Xiaxue, and Nuffnang for awarding her. Something about lousy writing … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged bla, cough, critical comments, decolgen, detriment, drivel, guts, hatred, lungs, mummy, nuffnang, pseudonyms, quiet beach, raging hormones, rockstar, sore loser, spca, widget, wifi, xiaxue | 4 Comments

Rockstar has birthday cake in school

Posted on December 13, 2011 by admin

Why do I pull out all the stops with cake and sweets? I just think if you are going to calorie-splurge, it should be with the best. Liqueur, dark chocolate…. ornate gastronomical offerings. Otherwise don’t bother. I’ve never dieted, not even … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shopping, Rockstarisms | Tagged baby weight, birthday cakes, chocolates, classmate, classmates, dark chocolate, detailed descriptions, fire engine, lee simmons, liquor, mandarin oriental, marker, new kid, pink icing, rockstar, shangri la, soft drinks, splurge, strawberry, sweets | 2 Comments

Gearing Up For December

Posted on December 3, 2011 by admin

So Xmas shopping. I haven’t done very much. I know I want to. Like when Rachel’s trying to fly to London to break up Ross and Emily’s wedding and she forgets her passport but can tell the counter airline ticketing … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shopping, Rockstar Thoughts, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged btw, cellphone, christmas trees, clever hints, cough, danielle steel, emily, family obligations, family tradition, fresh flowers, lily, music to my ears, nightstand, passport, rockstar, selfish reason, sheepish, stone steps, supermarket, xmas spirit | 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