Tag Archives: rockstar

Adelaide Through The Eyes Of A Rockstar – Hahndorf, the German settlement

Posted on October 7, 2011 by admin

A little Germany in Little Germany (isn’t that just the worst caption I’ve come up with to date?) Absolutely looove this small but beautiful Little Germany – just the pretty little shops selling candles, crafts, woolly stuff, tassels (yes really), … Continue reading →

Posted in Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged buckets, candle shop, chalks, coroner, cuckoo clocks, fluffy toy, free aussie, graffiti, grownups, king of thailand, little germany, monarch, morgue, mum and dad, rainy day, rockstar, sidewalks, stuffed animals, tassels, white hair | 4 Comments

Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore…

Posted on October 4, 2011 by admin

Kings had some personal errands to run here, and a local friend of his studied architecture in this town… It’s a 2-day school week for Rockstar so we decided to follow him and hang around…So… where’s here? Hints: “Any … Continue reading →

Posted in Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged baby harness, blessing of pets, boots, dead giveaway, denim blazer, embroidery, funeral director, funeral services, kitten heels, mummy, personal errands, pink shorts, rice krispies, rockstar, scarf, several times, summer camp, whizzes, x ray, yellow stripe | 2 Comments

Book, Music, and Superstar Rockstar

Posted on September 19, 2011 by admin

Waiting to board the ferry to Bintan from Singapore what seems eons ago, I spied this book at the convenience store in the Tanah Merah ferry terminal and out of guilt (Rockstar had ABC Music & Me at school last year … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, Rockstarisms | Tagged 5 year olds, abc music, amp, babies, bedtime reading, buying a book, donkey, good boy, grand total, hairstyle, lt, mummy, music board, music projects, pregnancy, rockstar, schools of music, spy music, straight hair, violin | 2 Comments

His Own Little Man…

Posted on September 18, 2011 by admin

Among the crafts he does at school, Rockstar occasionally brings back paper bag puppets, usually animals… When Kings has been “away” (either traveling or coming home late) for a few days, Rockstar and I sometimes display his efforts on Kings’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged basketball game, bedtime, bottled water, coming home, exasperation, fridays, fruit salad, little man, mr men books, mums, mushroom, offspring, paper bag puppets, pops, rockstar, sandwiches, school uniform, self portrait, starbucks, thursdays | 2 Comments

Epilogue: Part 1 – Capture The iPhone

Posted on September 14, 2011 by admin

It’s morning. The hub gives me a cuddle, then disappears back into his laptop. Rockstar is still asleep, and when he wakes he’s a little prickly: “Mum,” from whence Kings has taken him aside, “I sang Happy Birthday to you … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts | Tagged ace, asian children, cellphone, cuddle, desert, family friends, glare, grandparents, grownup, happy birthday, hoops, hotel room, hub, iphone, mannered children, mid autumn, mooncake, old girl, rockstar, unread messages | 4 Comments

Rockstarism #159: Failure To Conspire

Posted on September 12, 2011 by admin

One day on the beach in Bintan… Kings: Rockstar and I got you something for your birthday (but it’s not yet my birthday), it’s at home. You’ll get it when we get back. Rockstar: <looking suspicious and blinking> Me: You … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms | Tagged beach chair, day on the beach, facial expressions, failure, lt, rockstar, senior citizen | 4 Comments

Stopover at Sentosa

Posted on September 10, 2011 by admin

Driveway of Amara, Sentosa where we stopped over for the night With a long weekend coming up, Rockstar and I followed Kings down on his regular(ish) errands in Singapore where we stopped over in Sentosa for the night, after which … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged aa, club committee, decompression, errands, excitement, guilt, gym membership, lunch hour, new boss, pairs, pressure cooker, recreation club, reminder, rockstar, sentosa, shades, twinges, urge, walking distance, work quality | 2 Comments

Special Friends, Special Gifts

Posted on August 31, 2011 by admin

What? I had nothing else to do waiting to be served – and this was the only pic I could get without anyone in it… You never know ok, catch some guy in the frame at Tif’s the wife somehow … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shopping | Tagged bad experience, cantonese speakers, cat allergy, duck egg, egg blue, engraving, fuzzy feelings, levi, links of london, lunchtime, manglish, out of the blue, peeved, pup, rockstar, silver photo frame, singlish, special friend, true story, white satin | 1 Comment

Rockstarisms #149 & #150 (Move over, Mr Spielberg…)

Posted on August 25, 2011 by admin

#149 Me: Ok gentlemen, ready to go? Kings (on laptop): Wait I haven’t finished (sending an email) Rockstar (on iPad): Wait I haven’t finished (some numbers game) Sigh. #150 Ok, this next one’s just bizarre. It’s here only because after … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged australian museum, babies, birds, carrot, gentlemen, laptop, lt, mr spielberg, mummy, nbsp, nooo, numbers game, olives, orange starfish, pineapple juice, pizza, playing cards, rockstar, shooter, weird one | 3 Comments

UPDATE Rockstar’s Picture Appeared In A Singapore Newspaper Ad Without Our Knowledge

Posted on August 24, 2011 by admin

**This update especially for the readers from both Hong Kong and Singapore who sent emails wanting to know what happened after this post** Following the “You Might Want To Know…” we sent to Mediacorp last Sunday, today Wednesday we received a … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, Rockstar Shots | Tagged apology, changing the subject, duration, email, facebook, fluke, hong kong, interest change, last sunday, Mediacorp, newspaper ad, oversight, photo ops, rockstar, Singapore, well meaning, wor | 2 Comments