tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143541592024-10-08T19:03:18.086-07:00<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>2002 was the year all my guests decided to come to Hamilton for a visit, <br> all at the same time. They came from Kuching, Miri, Kuantan, <br>Brunei, Holland, Melbourne and Canada.David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14354159.post-1121151233480550832005-07-12T23:42:00.000-07:002014-06-13T20:01:18.418-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/mahjong.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/200/mahjong.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br /> <div align="justify"> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/Mahjong%20kaki.jpg"></a><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Quite often I have guests from Auckland, Kati-kati and Hamilton. They were friends from Miri who had migrated to NZ. We played golf during the day and mahjong at night.</span></div> David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14354159.post-1121153431736030762005-07-12T00:18:00.000-07:002008-04-23T02:41:19.471-07:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/Jun%20at%20Tarawera.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/200/Jun%20at%20Tarawera.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Ah-jun came all the way from Amsterdam for a sail at Lake Tarawera.</span></div>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14354159.post-1121152634965809442005-07-12T00:11:00.000-07:002008-04-23T02:41:51.104-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/poh%20ching.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/200/poh%20ching.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Tai-ko, Poh Ching and er-chey in Wellington</span>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14354159.post-1121146085581526732005-07-11T22:23:00.000-07:002010-10-30T22:47:39.122-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/Rose2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/200/Rose1.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br /> <div align="justify"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Rose, my elder sister came from Kuching in 2002.</span> </div>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14354159.post-1121145540073648332005-07-11T21:55:00.000-07:002011-05-02T19:37:51.625-07:00Bob, Priscilla and David Ingleby came from Melbourne for a short visit. I made a kite and let David junior fly it.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/Inglebys%203.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/200/Inglebys%203.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/kite%20flying%201.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="151" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/200/kite%20flying%201.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 131px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" width="200" /></a><br /> <div align="justify"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><br /> </span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><br /> </span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><br /> </span></div>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14354159.post-1121141879211928132005-07-11T21:12:00.000-07:002008-04-23T02:43:45.509-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/Kuantan%20guests.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/200/Kuantan%20guests.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/Auckland%20arrival%202.jpg"></a><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Ah Pei, er-chey, Mei Shan and Shou Shan from Kuantan came for a visit.</span></div>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14354159.post-1120997769551980362005-07-10T04:52:00.000-07:002008-04-23T02:44:42.873-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/105-0576_IMG.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/200/105-0576_IMG.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">My sister Cecilia and Jeffrey Chow came for a week's stay. George's family were the first to arrive, then my in-laws from Kuantan followed shortly by my sister from Brunei. I asked Kevin to pick up Ai Hua from Auckland where she was staying with George. It was a big reunion at my house in Hamilton. yakity-yak!</span></div>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14354159.post-1120996287432034832005-07-10T04:45:00.000-07:002008-04-23T02:45:29.552-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/George1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/200/George.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/George%202.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/200/George%202.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I hired a 12 seater van to go to the airport to pick up George's family and Ai Hua. Please take note of the 5 airport trolleys he used for moving his 18 pcs of luggage to the van! Looks like they planned to stay in NZ for a while.</span></div>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14354159.post-1120985064583365222005-07-10T01:33:00.000-07:002008-04-23T02:54:56.208-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/John%20Liaw1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/200/John%20Liaw.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">My neighbour John and Alice came for a one week holiday in NZ. They have been very kind to me looking after my old house in Pujut for all these years. I rolled out the red carpet for them.</span> </div>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14354159.post-1120972067511230772005-07-09T22:00:00.000-07:002008-05-21T05:04:16.532-07:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/Canadians41.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/200/Canadians4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/Canadians%203.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/200/Canadians%203.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:times new roman;">I have not seen Cosmas Wong for more than 20 years. He was acting as a tour guide for 10 people. They arrived in two combi vans, on their way to Rotorua. We had only 20 minutes to catch up! </span></div>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0