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38. Exile in New Zealand: My other blogs
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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. Black and white photos. Cars in my life. First landing in NZ. Fruits in my garden. Guests on my boat. 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. Our 12 yea...
38. Exile in New Zealand: About me
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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. 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, playing 3 or more round...
38. Exile in New Zealand: Physiotherapy/ acupuncture experience
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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. 08 May, 2015. I had a pain in the back near the lumbar region. It became quite severe recently and Christine suggested that I try a wheat pack to relieve the pain. I used it early in the morning and whenever I felt pain. It worked! I was a ca...
38. Exile in New Zealand: Beware of men in white dust coats
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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. 14 May, 2015. Beware of men in white dust coats. On closer look at the invoice at home, I found that the itemized items included labour @ $70 and material used was $5, a brake lamp! Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪. Wed Jan 13, 04:23:00 pm 2016. I was a...
38. Exile in New Zealand: A collapsible multi purpose trailer
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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 May, 2015. A collapsible multi purpose trailer. Jig saw puzzle. that weighed over 200 kg. There are 2 of them. Is there a part for fitting into this bracket for holding up the trailer after the draw bar is removed for safe keeping? The kay...
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2341. Hamilton Golf Club: 4th hole, par 5, 430M
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2341 Hamilton Golf Club. The course is named after that famous golf course in Scotland, St. Andrews. Distances shown are for red tees (in metres). Wednesday, June 3, 2009. 4th hole, par 5, 430M. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to my blog. Please feel free to browse and leave a comment. Thank you for visiting. View my complete profile. My other blog on golf. The game of golf. 1st hole, par 4, 340M. 2nd hole, par 4, 370M. 3rd hole, par 3, 166M. 4th hole, par 5, 430M. 5th hole, par 4, 307M.
39. Cars in my life: December 2004
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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. Wednesday, December 15, 2004. So far, I myself have driven nine second hand cars and not even one new car. She had two second hand cars and three new ones, which was quite a fair deal. I do not think that she can complain very much! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
Sarawakiana: MV Pulau Kijang Tragedy
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CLICK HERE FOR THOUSANDS OF FREE BLOGGER TEMPLATES. Memories are second chances at happiness. Although many places and loved ones have gone, I have loved them all. Saturday, January 26, 2008. MV Pulau Kijang Tragedy. On that fateful December day, hundreds of passengers bought tickets from Kuching and some had return tickets in their hands. Most were travelling as families, parents and their school going age children of different races - Chinese, Malay, Melanau,and Iban. I heard another story that a woman...
26. My Family: My other blogs
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Erica, Eugene, Pearl, Derrick, me, Christine, Kevin. 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. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Welcome to my blog. Please feel free to browse and leave a comment. Thank you for visiting. View my complete profile. Watermark template. Powered by Blogger.
33. Mt. Cook: One for the family album
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The best scenery is found around here. The mountain views are really breathe taking. Monday, July 11, 2005. One for the family album. I needed a flash for my Olympus Trip 35. We wanted the mountains as a background; but the sun was in the wrong position. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to my blog. Please feel free to browse and leave a comment. Thank you for visiting. View my complete profile.
33. Mt. Cook: Part of the Southern Alps
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The best scenery is found around here. The mountain views are really breathe taking. Monday, July 11, 2005. Part of the Southern Alps. If we keep stopping like this for photos, we will never get there. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to my blog. Please feel free to browse and leave a comment. Thank you for visiting. View my complete profile.
36. Emperor of China: Chengdu
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36 Emperor of China. Wednesday, July 13, 2005. It was 6 degree C in the morning, in Chengdu. Some of our Malaysian tour group members did not even bring a jacket because they were told that it was warm in summer, no need lah! I was wearing 4 layers. It was very cold when there was wind at the lake side. I remember every one dancing and jumping just to keep warm when we were waiting for our boat ride by the lake. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to my blog. Thank you for visiting.
234. The game of golf: Square to square method
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234 The game of golf. 08 January, 2014. Square to square method. Utm source=et-dt&utm medium=email&utm content=dt-8myth-50&utm campaign=dt-8myth. Wednesday, January 08, 2014. Square to square swing. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to my blog. Please feel free to browse and leave a comment. Thank you for visiting. Panorama Golf Course, Senica, CZ. Tips To Play A Winning Wood Golf Putters Game. Top 100 golf training aids. Square to square swing. View my complete profile.
333. The Lazy Fish: lazy dog
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333 The Lazy Fish. I have found Shangri-la. It is a backpacker hostel called the Lazy Fish at the Marlborough Sounds. Monday, July 11, 2005. The Lazy Fish has a lazy dog. Who do you call fish? The Lazy Fish" is the name of a backpacker at the Marlborough Sound. It is a very quiet holiday place for relaxing and unwinding. Bring your cucu there. I am sure they will like it. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to my blog. Please feel free to browse and leave a comment. Thank you for visiting.
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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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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.
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...
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...
41. How to make a Malaysian fighting kite
Monday, December 29, 2008. A Malaysian fighting kite is highly manouverable. It has no tail and can be moved sideways or up and down at will. The string used for flying it, has been specially treated. It is an elaborate process using a secret concoction of glue and powdered glass on a line (No: 40 or 60 Anchor). The winner is the kite left flying after an "encounter" with an opponent in the sky. Wednesday, December 17, 2008. Adding the rice paper. List of materials required. 4 scissors or box cutter.
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