Christine was studying nursing in England in 1966. At that time, I was studying mechanical engineering at Swinburne Tech in Melbourne, on the other side of the world. By right, our chances of meeting and getting to know one another was exceedingly small. However, in 1973, we were both working for Brunei Shell Petroleum company in Seria (BSP).
In 1972, she starting her first job working as a staff nurse at Pahang Consolidated tin mines in Sungei Lembing, near Kuantan. I started work with Sarawak Shell Bhd in Lutong. They sent me for in-service training in BSP for 2 years. In 1973, I was staying at the bachelor flats at F12, Seria. Christine was staying at the Panaga nurse's quarters next door at F11. We were close neighbours!
Alice Chee, a mutual friend introduced us! Christine was educated in a Chinese medium school in Malaya. She completed nurses training in England. I went to an English medium mission school in Sarawak. Christine is Shanghai-ghese. I am a Hakka ngin.We communicated mostly in Mandarin, Cantonese and English; some times a mixture of all three!
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