tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144483712024-10-09T15:03:18.086+13:00I 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.David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14448371.post-1121255256254547552005-07-13T23:39:00.023+12:002016-07-20T05:00:22.591+12:00

I was working under a great deal of stress in 1976 as a wireline operator in SSB because I felt that I needed to make JG5, to get enough money, for sending all my three children one day to overseas universities for their further education. So, I changed my job to trainee driller in 1978 in order to have a chance to make tool pusher (JG5). I was unaware that there was no serious intention on the

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no bus drivers In 1995, I decided to give up the struggle. There was re-engineering going on at Sarawak Shell Berhad where I worked in Miri. The company was down sizing. Employees over fifty years old were invited to step forward for a golden handshake. I was among the first to volunteer! At the time, I was working as senior buyer in materials department. It was time to leave and I did

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Trailer yacht sailing Life in New Zealand is not as rosy as I would like to make out in my e-mails to friends back home in Malaysia. It is not all golfing and yachting. It is mostly a very lonely and boring existence here, without friends. The weather is cold in the Waikato, especially in winter when it is also wet and foggy. However, somebody has to make the sacrifice. So, why not the

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