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I have finished writing 2 books and I am now working on book 3. I have post only a few chapters from each book depending on readers' interests. Some more chapters will be published on Blogger after further editing to remove sensitive information or comments. Please watch this space. Tuesday, July 12, 2005. Chapter 1 Sailing boats. Chapter 3 New Zealand fruits and veges. Chapter 4 A letter to the mayor. Chapter 5 The Chin family’s PR story. Chapter 6 To retire or not to retire? Chapter 13 Network Marketing.
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I have finished writing 2 books and I am now working on book 3. I have post only a few chapters from each book depending on readers' interests. Some more chapters will be published on Blogger after further editing to remove sensitive information or comments. Please watch this space. Black and white photos. Cars in my life. First landing in NZ. Fruits in my garden. How to drill an oil well. Launching a trailer yacht. Moving house in NZ. Oil wells and rigs. Student list, TLS. The game of golf.
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I have finished writing 2 books and I am now working on book 3. I have post only a few chapters from each book depending on readers' interests. Some more chapters will be published on Blogger after further editing to remove sensitive information or comments. Please watch this space. Wednesday, July 13, 2005. Chapter 1 Malaysians in NZ. Chapter 2 My friend Simon. Chapter 3 Compulsive gambling. Chapter 4 The Sellimans. Chapter 5 Why NZ? Chapter 6 A letter to the Waikato Times. Chapter 7 The Huangs.
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I have finished writing 2 books and I am now working on book 3. I have post only a few chapters from each book depending on readers' interests. Some more chapters will be published on Blogger after further editing to remove sensitive information or comments. Please watch this space. I retired from full time work at age 58 in Hamilton (2002). After a few months, the prospects of looking at 20 years of annual leave got to me (I became bored with doing nothing). I enrolled as an English tutor. Again, playin...
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I have finished writing 2 books and I am now working on book 3. I have post only a few chapters from each book depending on readers' interests. Some more chapters will be published on Blogger after further editing to remove sensitive information or comments. Please watch this space. Tuesday, July 12, 2005. Chapter 2 The Chows in Brunei. Chapter 3 The Thiens. Chapter 4 Tanjong Lobang School. Chapter 5 My Australian Sojourn. Chapter 6 Sarawak Shell Berhad. Chapter 7 Trainee Drillers. Welcome to my blog.
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35. Chapter 2. Sailing boats
35 Chapter 2. Sailing boats. Saturday, July 01, 2017. A hole in the ocean. Some one once said that a boat is like a hole in the ocean; into it you throw all your spare cash. . I am trying to keep track of all the new stuff I buy for this old boat. The cost of all new items added to an old boat is not recoverable when you sell the boat later. Hole in the ocean. Why yachties stop sailing. Friday, June 30, 2017. Thursday, June 29, 2017. My first submission for Warrant of Fitness failed for 2 reasons:.
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370,000 of these catamarans have been sold world wide, mostly to 5-stars hotels in fleets of 10 or 15 for the use of hotel guests. The unique characteristics of this yacht is the fact that it has no centre boards and can be sailed at speed up the sandy beach. Its rudders trip on impact because they are not rigid like other catamarans. Sunday, 5 June 2016. I laid the masts side by side at my back garden to check whether they are in fact identical. Friday, 4 March 2016. I have checked, repaired or replaced...
36. Emperor of China
36 Emperor of China. Wednesday, July 13, 2005. We joined this tour group in KL in April 2001. Tian Ann-men was The Forbidden City where the emperor of China once lived. On the first day, our tour leader advised us not to mention two subjects: the demonstration by the students at the square or the Fa-lun Gong cult. These were very sensitive topics with the authorities. The temple built especially for the emperor of China for his private worship of Shang-Ti. The mu-tan is a unique flower found only in Chin...
361. Shanghai trip 2010
361 Shanghai trip 2010. Christine and I made our second visit to China in April 2010. This time to find her roots in Jejiang, Shanghai. Sunday, April 11, 2010. Electric scooters for going to work. I saw very few private cars during our 4-hr bus ride from the airport to Wuxi. The main roads outside the city limits were not congested at all; mostly trucks, lorries and buses. I remember seeing a 3-storey bus full of beds! Friday, April 9, 2010. 36 km long Hangzhou Bay Bridge, 杭州灣大橋. This bridge, 杭州灣大橋.
37. my eBooks
I have finished writing 2 books and I am now working on book 3. I have post only a few chapters from each book depending on readers' interests. Some more chapters will be published on Blogger after further editing to remove sensitive information or comments. Please watch this space. Wednesday, July 13, 2005. Chapter 1 Malaysians in NZ. Chapter 2 My friend Simon. Chapter 3 Compulsive gambling. Chapter 4 The Sellimans. Chapter 5 Why NZ? Chapter 6 A letter to the Waikato Times. Chapter 7 The Huangs. Please ...
371. Oil wells and rigs
371 Oil wells and rigs. Oil platforms are piled and anchored permanently to the seabed. They are not movable objects. Rigs are completely self contained and mobile units. A drill ship even has its own motor and propeller; whereas jack-ups and semi-subs need to be towed to location (fixed by GPS) by powerful tugs (Smit Lloyd). In Nigeria swamp barges and land rigs are more common. Saturday, July 23, 2005. Wednesday, July 20, 2005. Monday, July 18, 2005. Saturday, July 16, 2005. The Jumbo is a barge or ten...
3711. Memoir
A short description of my early childhood in Borneo, my roots, life experiences, political views, the happy times and some disappointments. Tuesday, April 11, 2006. In 1905 my grandfather, Chin Yu, left Kwangtung province in South China because he wanted to make his fortunes in South East Asia. He heard from his Hakka friends in British North Borneo (now Sabah) that all the new immigrants from China, on arrival in Kudat, were given 25 acres of free land by the colonial government. Saturday, March 11, 2006.
3713. Students registerTanjong Lobang School
Tanjong Lobang School' itemprop='name'/. By kind courtesy of Christopher Sawan copied from his blog at http:/ noblesavage.blogspot.com/. Saturday, October 23, 2010. Students register 1957 to 1960. 1957 to 1960 students list. Abdul Wahab bin Moktar. Labels: 1957 to 1960 students list. Friday, October 22, 2010. 1961 to 1966 students list. Labels: 1961 students list. Thursday, October 21, 2010. 1967 name list part 1 of 5. Albert Chai Sin Fatt. Labels: 1967 students list. Wednesday, October 20, 2010. 5 Mr G&...
3714. Tanjong Lobang School
3714 Tanjong Lobang School. Situated on top of a hill in Miri, near the beach, Tanjong has been our home during our formative years. The boarders especially have become life long friends. We separated to pursue our careers and future, meeting again 40 years later on the internet on a Google group forum. We "talk" about old times, our life experiences, achievements, grand children and even politics and religion. Tuesday, March 28, 2006. 8220;What about your brother and sister? Tuesday, February 28, 2006.
3715. My Australian sojourn
3715 My Australian sojourn. I spent more than six years studying for a diploma at Swinburne Technical College in Melbourne. Saturday, April 08, 2006. 10 young men from Sarawak, flew to Singapore in early February 1966, stayed a night at the Raffles hotel and caught a Qantas Boeing 707 flight for Sydney the next day. My sister, Rose was right. I did need a suit! Posted by David Chin. Labels: colombo plan scholarship. Thursday, April 06, 2006. Raffles hotel, Singapore. There, was Bondi Beach just a few yar...
