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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.
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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...
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3718. How to drill an oil well
3718 How to drill an oil well. I have worked on off shore oil rigs for more than 12 years as roughneck,. Derrick man, crew chief and assistant driller. Thursday, July 14, 2005. Chapter 8. Drilling an oil well. The conductor is cut to a convenient height above the grating on the cellar deck or at the moon pool. Perforations allow the oil and gas to enter the 9 5/8” production casing and flow up each tubing. This is the end of the drilling phase. If this were an exploration well on the open sea, a well tes...
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3735. Why New Zealand?
3735 Why New Zealand? I brought my family to New Zealand because of the cheap university education for permanent residents. Basically I exchanged one Harvard lawyer and 2 bus drivers, for 3 NZ trained engineers. Wednesday, July 13, 2005. Chapter 5. Why NZ? I knew that it was unfair to Pearl and Eugene; but there seemed to be no other way out at the time. We needed to have another 400K! I thought that he was an idiot! How could I possibly become rich by resigning from Shell? I was making very good money t...
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3736. First landing in New Zealand, 1995
3736 First landing in New Zealand, 1995. After approval of our applications for Permanent Residents in 1994, it was a NZ. Immigration requirement to land in the country within a year. Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Kevin with mum at Garden Place. Sunday, July 26, 2009. Kevin, Eugene and mum at Rotorua. Friday, July 24, 2009. Christine, Eugene and I landed at Christchurch in the evening. By the time we checked into a hotel it was getting dark. It was still a little too cold for the new arrivals from the ...From ...
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377. Trainee Drillers
Wednesday, July 13, 2005. Joseph Ngieng, Eric Wong, Awang Junaidi, Adenan Ali, David Chin,. Michael Ting,Gandu Giiang, Macmilan Bau,. Rasnan Arbi, Jeff Holbrook. Lean Tai Lee and James Nguren). After working 5 years as a wireline operator with production department, I had enough and I applied for a transfer to drilling department to become a trainee driller. In 1978, eight trainee drillers were recruited from outside Shell:. 8220;David, why do you want to work as a driller? Michael Ting has to pay back S...
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38. Exile in New Zealand
38 Exile in New Zealand. I am special. Only one in the whole wide world. Here is a general description of my life, my family, my interests, hobbies and the reason why I decided to migrate to NZ and how I spend my time now. I have retired from full time work in 2002. 17 February, 2018. This week, I came across a very inspirational vlog (video blog):. Https:/ www.youtube.com/watch? This vblog is uploaded by an English couple living on a 43.5 foot, sail boat, the Esper. Links to this post. 14 October, 2017.
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39. Cars in my life
39 Cars in my life. During my life time I have owned quite a few cars; but never a brand new one. Most of them were second hand cars over 10 years old. This Mitsubishi Challenger was 4 years old when I bought it. I use it to tow my 22-foot yacht. Friday, July 15, 2005. It cost only 2000 dollars. The special thing about this car was its twin Weber carburetor which was the fore runner of the turbo charger. The car had very good pick-up in spite of its age, was therefore very fast off the mark! The oral tes...
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40. Houses
Apparently some people in New Zealand collect houses just like they do postage stamps. There was this hype about buying rental properties as an investment. The Tofu shop towkay in Auckland was reputed to have collected not less than 27 houses. Saturday, July 23, 2005. There is a communal swimming pool just behind the back fence. It looked really inviting in the humid tropical heat of the Gold Coast. Posted by David Chin. Posted by David Chin. Friday, July 22, 2005. Posted by David Chin. My first house in...
