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A Hobbit and easily the "cutest" of my friends
and packed with "Winnie the Pooh" stuff. An Accountant,
but Simon would rather be known as a "Bean Counter". Hopes
to set up his own web-hosting company and move to Brisbane, Australia
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Once called Simon "a little Troll" for which
Simon was not at all amused! Chris has a logical brain on him as
well as a good sense of humour. Enjoys a good game of Squash, too. |
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Andrew Maples
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Taxation Lecturer
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One of my best friends. Married Debbie in 1998. Formerly
worked in Tax at Price Waterhouse before obtaining a lecturing position
at the University of Canterbury. Has a heart of gold. |
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Alistair Compton
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Ph.D Student
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Another good friend and problem solver. Currently
doing his Ph.D in Mathematics at Glasgow University in Scotland.
He is currently courting Ruth, and they have been going together
for two years now. |
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Mahlina Dinh
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Nursing Student
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"A friend in need is a friend indeed" as
the saying goes. Good, genuine, and honest people are rare these
days and Mahlina is one of them. Very knowledgeable about life issues
and a very profound person to communicate with. A good friend, very
encouraging, extremely valuable, and supportive. |
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Bruce Donaldson
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B.Com. Student
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Bruce is a friend through chess. He is a former South
Island Champion, and he was selected for the Canterbury State Team
in the same year that I was selected. The only single male friend
of mine who is not a virgin, has two illegitimate children, and
drinks and smokes far too much. |
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John Chang
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High School Teacher
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John has been a good friend of mine since he was in
my Form 6 class (1990) of Christchurch Boys' High School (CBHS).
His family migrated to New Zealand from Taiwan. Has an excellent
sense of humour, has a very caring heart, and is a good Badminton
player. |
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Guy West and Jean
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International Master
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Guy is a good friend from Melbourne, Australia. He
has an Internet business there. His girlfriend Jean also lives in
Melbourne, Australia after having lived and been brought up in South
Africa. They are in their mid-40's and I look forward to the day
when they decide to tie the knot. :-) |
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Gary and Janine Bekker
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International Arbiter
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Gary and Janine are also friends from Melbourne, Australia. They
have not long celebrated the birth of a daughter! Yahoo! :-)
They also have a son, Josh. Gary works in for a Government Department
in the field of Information Technology. He is also Oceanic Zonal
President for FIDE. Janine works as a nurse aid in elementary
education. :-)
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Quentin Johnson
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Accountant
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Nobody can forget Q! Quentin organised and ran tournaments
when I was a teenager. He is happily married, and has been married
for two years now. Yay! |
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Hilton Bennett
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Energy Consultant
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Hilton is NZCF Vice-President and a considerate, friendly
bloke. Very easy to talk to. Happily married. :-) |
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Darren Hale
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Factory Worker
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Darren is a friend of Andrew Maples, and we keep in
contact now and then. A "no frills" type person. His mother
was President of the Embroiderer's Guild, who has commented very
favourably on my design work and has recommended that I set up in
that field if that is what I wanted to do. |
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Tom Murray
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Computer Programmer
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Tom is a good friend from elementary, middle, and
high school. He is now living in Broadway, MA, USA after marrying
an American lady in 2002. Tom and Melina both met in Japan on a
Japanese English Teaching programme. |
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Robert Campbell
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Art Historian
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Robbie is a good friend from High School. We enjoyed
History of Art classes and played Cricket together. He also studied
French and did extremely well in the sport of Fencing. Unfortunately,
I don't know where he or his family is now though. :-( |
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| Friends from Elementary School |
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| Andrew McGuigan, Andrew Shaw, Peter Culpan, Emily Drumm, Stephen Brookside,
Jason Urquhart, Matthew Davis, Tom Murray, Adam Reid, Simon McFadden,
Andrew Gower, Katherine Gunn, Michael Watt, Scott Dickson, Edward Loughnan,
Anna Presley, Rachel Seveir, Kate McAdnerdenay, Sophie Spencer. |
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| Friends from Middle School |
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| Andrew Doherty, Matthew Davis, Tom Murray, Adam Reid, Andrew Gower,
Christian Watts, Dion Field, Michael Greening, Jimmy Burton, Edward Rowe,
Kane Russell, Grantley Judge, Philip Calder, Anna Presley. |
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| Friends From High School |
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| Chris Ward, Jonathan Hardwick, Chris Mills, Jamie Seal, Philip Abrahamson,
Andrew Hartshorn, Hamish Barrell, Edward Yee, John Chang, Davin Pearson,
Richard Morton, Simon Eagle, Robert Campbell, Sean Cooper, Dan Richards,
Bryan le Strange, Robert Dacre, Benjamin Pearce, Dale Pierce, Matthew
Weeks, Christian Watts, Tom Murray, Aaron Taitoko, Nathan Simms, Hadrian
Taylor. |
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| Friends from Church |
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| Darren George, Kane George, Andrew Horton, Mark Harrington, Matthew
Harrington, Anita Cummings, Bradley Wilson, Rick Field, Danella Sutton,
Nathan Frost (died in car accident), Tim Stedman, Neil Smith, Belinda
Radford, Michael Sampson, Andrew Maples, David Maples, Gordon Arthur,
Garth Davies, Alistair Compton, Debbie Blee, Katherine Tonks, Phillipa
Matla, Joss Wood, Darren Hale. |
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| Friends From Sport |
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| Charles Simpson, Tim Cordner, Hamish Anderson, Christian Kennedy, Michael
Burns, Olliver Spinks, David Lean, Bruce Donaldson, Chris Benson, Brendan
Reedy, Daniel Hausrath, Vladimir Dobrov, Gary Bekker, Guy West, Anthony
Dowden, Graeme Spain, Ngawati Heremaia, Leon Muys, Nick Cummings, Alexander
Fominyh, Victor Mikhalevski. |
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| Friends from University |
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| Simon Drain, Chris Green, Gareth Wilson, Susannah Lai, David Bigg, Todd
Airey, Stephen Climo, Brian Bourdot, Graeme Guthrie, Peter Barrer, Brendan
Platt, Antionette Bartkus, Nadine Leonard. |
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