somewhereintime

Dear Elissa, Thanks for being my love for one and half years. When you receive this letter, I believe you might have selected a new boyfriend and started enjoying your dating. Every lovers needs to st ...
tequila 發表於 2009-6-15 18:22

LOL, recycling love letters m photos and gifts, very frugal
4 Kilo of letters in 1 1/2 years, they must be deeply in love back then.

somewhereintime

4# Nam
I was known as the  mass production Ghost Writer for "Love Letters" when I was in High School. Penned letters for both genders and made good spending money
just made believe, nothing serious.
P.S. I was repeat winner  at  Hong Kong Youth Literature Award in early 70's

somewhereintime

US$500 for internet chatting? they had internet in 1944-1946?
The letter must come from Time Wrap.

somewhereintime

16# mcjohnjohn
I used to have  over 10,000 books before I moved to Canada,
I loaned 5,000 books to a friends for display, then his hotel caught fire
and all  books got water damage in 84. I haven't been reading Chinese
books much for 30 years. I was member of the Vancouver Cloud Poet Society
back then.

somewhereintime

It is true that I never finish high school, F2 in HK to be exact, but I manage to pen articles  for HKU students and won literature awards in HK.
I did not attend formal school in Canada, but I managed to teach in colleges and institutes for 28 years

somewhereintime

I started teaching Professional Chef Training Program at BCIT  in 1981,
Certified Chef de Cuisine from Canadian Culinary Institute with Honour in 1990
Credentialed Foodservce Executive 2009, scored 1,450 points vs 200  base points.
I teach Master classes for visiting chef from China @ $48,500 RMB per head.
Why France? Team Canada out-performs France for past 20 years, I personally
won 15 medals in International Competitions in 80's.
Everything is archived, they are history.

somewhereintime

27# playingtoy
I wish I were, but it was very difficult to make a living by writing back in 69,
I did wrote a lot in HK

somewhereintime

22# mcjohnjohn
Yes, I spent most of my income in Hong Kong on books( I made HK$5,000 monthly in
1976). It took me great effort to collect so many valuable books that were out of print.
My collection rivaled  library.
They worth more than anything to me in term of material. Any simply unreplaceable.
Most of my books were history, philosophy, literature, and political science.

somewhereintime

I'm Chef instructor, not working chef, I was with La Cote D'Azur, Jacques Sprattes,  Le Millieu, Beach House at Stanley Park, Wedgewood Hotel, Heidelburg,  Mozart, stint at William Tell,
Burnaby Mountain Golf Course.
Michelin is overrated, self-respected chef i.e. Ramon Blanc , Gordon Ramsay  etc have refused to take part in Michelin Star, and it is not available in N. America.
I do not teach Master Class everyday,  I teach HACCP in BC and Calgary, VSB is for amateur, I teach Szechuan, Asian Fusian, Thai, Vietnamese,  Sushi, Pastry Arts, 12-14 courses every semester, mostly in English.

somewhereintime

當年搵$5000蚊一個月, 應該係算高收入人士了~
仲要屋企有番咁上下大, 先至有位擺咁多書啦!
mcjohnjohn 發表於 2009-6-16 01:03

I lived at Choi Hung Estate, HK$90 a month rent.
My uncle Yeung Koon Yat was my neighbour before he opened the Forum in 1972.
BTW, even he orchestrated many state banquet, and became the most famous
Chinese Chef in the world, his restaurant was never rated in Michelin yet, and he never get any culinary training or finish high school. He was in FOH management until 1979 when he invented his unique way to cook abalone that took the world by storm.
Sorry for OT, I started out talking about writing Love letters, that I  had written thousands, mostly for someone I never get to meet; a different way to earn good spending money, the rich classmates just copied and mailed out (I studied at New Method College, my cousin used to teach there before he became prof at HKU).
Hey, we're here to blow water, don't be too serious.