I have explored many North Island lakes in my trailer yacht, a Noelex 22. Is one day to sail Lake Wanaka and Milford Sound on the South Island. I can imagine the envy of all the tourists looking at this chinaman yachtie. Why him and not me? Tuesday, May 08, 2012. My boat name is Nanook. A 22-footer designed by Noel.

A few fruit trees in our back garden in Hamilton. Sunday, June 22, 2008. It is so strange to see such big fruits on a small tree. Wednesday, May 14, 2008. This is because there are two graftings on the one tree. Here you can see clearly that one branch already has leaves and the other branch was just starting to bloom.

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. 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.

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.

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. The conductor is cut to a convenient height above the grating on the cellar deck or at the moon pool. This is the end of the drilling phase. If this were an exploration well on the open sea, a well tes.

I have played a 竹笛Chinese bamboo flute, since I was 10 years old. It is an excellent way for retired people to pass the time. I often played at the Hamilton Gardens, Waikato river bank or on the lakes as shown here. I created this blog because Jessie Liaw wanted to hear me play my flute. She lives in Melbourne and I am living in Hamilton, New Zealand. It took me a while to figure out how to accomplish this feat. Saturday, December 11, 2010. Thursday, November 11, 2010. Monday, October 11, 2010.

Thursday, August 11, 2005. Wednesday, August 10, 2005. We were married on 13th September 1975 at St. Tuesday, August 09, 2005. Kevin, our first born, arrived on 10th December 1976. We brought him to Kuantan in 1977 to meet all his cousins. That cute little girl in the photo with Kevin is Siaw Ching. Behind her is Yaw Seng. Monday, August 08, 2005. Sunday, August 07, 2005. Saturday, August 06, 2005. Friday, August 05, 2005.

This photo blog shows all the flowers in my garden. They are all planted by my wife, Christine whose hobby. I am her helper photographer; but no gaji. Wednesday, November 28, 2012. We have a lot of flowers in our back garden, some Roses and a mixture of other common New Zealand flowers. My favourites are these Roses which came inside.

24 Black and white Kodak photos. One cold foggy winter in Hamilton New Zealand, I spent a week scanning all my Kodak photos and saving them in my computer. Here are some of these old photos. Thursday, August 04, 2005. Medical staff of the Lutong Clinic.

2002 was the year all my guests decided to come to Hamilton for a visit,. All at the same time. They came from Kuching, Miri, Kuantan,. Brunei, Holland, Melbourne and Canada. Tuesday, July 12, 2005. 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. Ah-jun came all the way from Amsterdam for a sail at Lake Tarawera. Monday, July 11, 2005.