Kids deserve your high expectations! No, no - they thrive following their own paths! The world needs engineers and doctors. The world needs creative thinkers. If you don't get in to the Ivy League your life is over. What’s wrong with a state school? Don’t sacrifice Fine Arts in education! Everyone should learn to code!... Continue Reading →
A New Chapter
Hi rockmom friends, In case you haven't come across any of my shameless self-promoting tweets and posts, I've started writing for a site called Expat Living Hong Kong, sister site to Expat Living Singapore. You can read my first post here. The super coolio thing is I'm getting paid. Crazy, I know! Without mentioning any... Continue Reading →
From Chicago to China and Back Again: Susan Blumberg-Kason
Not long ago I had the pleasure to meet Susan Blumberg-Kason, author of the recently-published memoir Good Chinese Wife. The book is a very honest and brave look at Susan's difficult marriage to a charismatic mainland scholar and musician, Cai. They met in Hong Kong, spent time in China and settled in San Francisco, where... Continue Reading →
Postcard From The Edge
At Jardine House, my family and I walked down the stairs from the elevated walkway and stepped out in to an empty street - Connaught Road. In all his 39 years living in Hong Kong, Hubs said, he had never walked in the middle of this street. Now it was deserted of cars, buses and... Continue Reading →
Lost in Translation, but beautifully so…
Sometimes my blog gets hit by comments that inhabit this netherworld between actual advertising and crazy spam. A Japanese purse retailer called bagmutton.com commented on my Das Fluff piece by merely writing 'Prada Hermes' (the Prada was in Japanese, had to Google Translate that). Must be code for 'Das Fluff rock Tokyo on a regular... Continue Reading →
The Professional Kid – too big to fail?
Q: How many Hong Kong kids does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: Is that with or without a tutor? There’s a sad/funny story going round about the parents at an international school here in Hong Kong. The school in question is considered one of the most well-regarded, expensive and academically rigorous... Continue Reading →
2012: The Year in Random Thoughts & Obsessions
Forget those Best Of / Top 20 / Hot Lists, here's my year's worth of musings: The best music snap of the year (above). Comes from a Berlin disco. Found on the Twitter page of Stana Katic, who's one-half of the TV show, Castle, which my family can tell you I'm senselessly, annoyingly addicted to. It's... Continue Reading →
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