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Tag Archives: rockstar
JD Does Hellraiser
It’s a nice quiet Sunday when your dog has disappeared into the bushes… And then when you look up you find she has done….. <cue scary music> Her own remake of Hellraiser!! Still, a useful conversation with Rockstar about how … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Shots, Talking To Rockstar
Tagged bushes, car door, cue, fate, grass, hellraiser, jd, lt, perfume, perfumery, pet shop, proprietors, rockstar, scary music, weed
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Kings Goes A-Shopping
If you knew enough about my husband, you would know this is news. Getting Kings to shop is like getting Rockstar to dress up nicely and perform Mozart’s Magic Flute in concert <snort> So Kings is flying Mon-Fri for couple … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Shopping, Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged coming home, couple weeks, cufflinks, decency, fri, har, hermes, hugo boss, hugo boss men, limited edition, magic flute, mozart, musical instrument, paul smith, ralph lauren, rockstar, snort, straight friends, stu, whim
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One Day In The Toy Drawer
Me: You finished (Lego hovercraft)! Rockstar: <frowning critically> No Mum. It’s missing the (approximately 1 inch-long piece of plastic) gun. (It actually passes for exhaust apparatus but Rockstar thinks it looks like a gun). We need to find it <makes … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar
Tagged ball toys, border collies, bottom drawers, bowels, collies, entrails, hovercraft, jd, lego kit, little bits, matchbox cars, plastic gun, rockstar, tiny piece, toy chests, toy crane, toy drawer, train track, wooden train, ziploc bags
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Cheap Thrill: Teasing Mimosa
What in the world is the Rockstar doing with his pointer? This one brings back memories of playing in fields all over Malaysia in early childhood… Is he TICKLING something?? JD’s none too fussed… You have your toy, I have … Continue reading
Posted in Talking To Rockstar
Tagged animals and plants, ball toys, bringing home, btw, caterpillars, cheap thrill, defense mechanisms, early childhood, hk, jd, library book, memories, mimosa, nots, pointer, rockstar, southeast asians, thorny stems, trap door spiders, yell
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The Best Neighbors In Sai Wan Ho
Yesterday we lunched with our old neighbors from 3 years ago when we all used to live in Sai Wan Ho. We’d all just moved into the (then) new development – us from Pok Fu Lam, them from Sydney, Australia, … Continue reading
Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Thoughts
Tagged aussie, belchers, cellphones, chinese restaurant, cooking pots, delia school of canada, employment tax, foodcourt, fry cook, hk, house husband, korean friends, mild curiosity, obsession, pocket money, rockstar, rush hours, sai wan, sydney australia, tax rates
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A Few More Of Rockstar’s Favorite Things
Pet unicorn (bought long ago from The Met online, Rockstar recently found it and has adopted it). He had a brief thing for snow globe souvenirs but it seems to have passed. (Mildly strange that he’s never had a thing for plush toys … Continue reading
Posted in Rockstar Shopping
Tagged analogy, art piece, confinement, helmet, hinge, lovey, old art, old picture, penguins, plush toys, recen, rockstar, rundle mall, skier, snow globe, soft toy, souvenirs, tape measure, tether, vicinity
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Parking Rockstar In Local Putonghua Oral Classes
So it’s the school hols and now most of our friends are travelling, while we are Hong Kong-bound. So for want of something to do (and Rockstar’s Putonghua nanny from China being indisposed*, thereby not being able to take him … Continue reading
Posted in School For Rockstar, Talking To Rockstar
Tagged aussie, bloomberg, Cantonese, counterparts, english schools foundation, hk, hundred thousand, hundreds of thousands, ish, locals, mun, nanny, preoccupation, Putonghua, rockstar, sanity, school hols, speaking english, spoken english, wor
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