These were exchanged in the past couple of days – good snapshot of things, I
think
—–Original Message—–
From: Ian Teh [ ]
Sent: Friday, 13 January 2006 9:59 AM
To: ‘LTS’
Subject: RE: howdy
Good to hear the grind is still on, which means the drinks at the end of the
day taste just a little better.
Also very good to hear about your home front. Hope things work out really
well. I know you have played the role of a father in many ways so far – it
is a role which can be trying and painful but richly rewarding at the same
time. Sort of typifies life experience, I guess. I wish you all the best and
will keep you in my prayers even more.
I was exchanging emails with [ ] now and then and more or less knew what he
was hoping to do. Like fatherhood, the experience he is about to go through
can also be trying and painful but (in my case so far) rewarding. Yeah –
hope it works out for him and [ ]. At least his bloody Chelski would be some
sort of comfort.
Things have been so so for me. My wife and kid are still in Malaysia,
returning this Sunday. It has been difficult without them. I have turned
into an incurable family-man and sentimental-blob over the past couple of
years and I am quite happy about it.
Work is still trying to shape up – suburban practice in Melbourne is a
completely different world from banking and corporate work in KL. I have
probably done 1 or 2 shareholders’ agreement and did 1 small scale share
offering so far. So what used to take up 90% of my work is now probably 5%.
The rest is a motley crew of wills, conveyancing, debt collection, and other
weird stuff like suing a school for a place in Year 7 (equivalent of Form
1)… I don’t know yet is it would all work out for me. I have begun putting
my heart into it more recently and hopefully the results will come. I don’t
know – just wait and see I guess.
Meanwhile we are trying to establish ourselves even more. With my kid
starting Year 7 this year, she would need our support even more and I plan
to help her more than I have ever before. In their absence, I have put in
place the hardware – put together a new decent PC, new printer, new study
desk with extra shelf space, etc. I hope to then provide the software of
encouragement and support when the wheels truly begin to grind.
Also we are still trying to find a property to buy. Property prices in
Melbourne have sort of reached a plateau so there’s no need to do any
chasing. The pressure if off and we can sit back and choose properly now.
Also residential tenancy law in Victoria favours the tenant considerably
after the initial term of the contract expires, so that also is added
incentive to take our time.
The wife is happy with her work in [ ], a giant retailing group in
Australia. It is however, about to be sold by its parent company ([ ]) so if
there’s any worry about her work, that would be the source.
Many more things to write and “chat” with you about but there’s also work to
be done… so that’s it for now.
Cheers
teh
Regards
Ian
—–Original Message—–
From: LTS [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, 12 January 2006 8:07 PM
To: Ian Teh
Subject: RE: howdy
Hey man,
Good to hear from ya. Pretty breathless today – was in court for an
injunction in the morning and then had a trial in the afternoon. Am now
feeling the need for liquid refreshment and convivial company. Too bad
you ain’t around, as this would’ve been a good time to knock back a few
beers and say XXXX it to the rest of the day.
The things that’ve been happening here have got me riled up too – we’ve
got so much good going for this country but it seems people too stupid
to appreciate it are the ones making the waves. Like the ear squat
thing. When people heard that the girl was Malay, they started saying
that everyone shouldn’t have kicked up a fuss in the first place and we
shouldn’t have had an inquiry. What the heck was that? Do the retards
mean that doing it to M’sian kids is somehow OK? It’s this massive
stupidity that gets to me.
On the home front, things have settled down a bit. [ ]and me have
had a rough 2005 over the old issues, …
We’re working things out, and it looks like they’re going good so far.
…. Feels like the pieces of my life are coming back together again. ….
Ya -[ ] is leaving. He says that [ ] cant get a job here, and
France ain’t so good for him job wise, so they’re going to the UK to
start afresh. Hope that goes good.
[ ]’s the same – not much change. Could use some eye candy here though
🙂
How’re things bro?
—–Original Message—–
From: Ian Teh [mailto: ]
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 5:51 AM
To: LTS
Subject: RE: howdy
Bro – how’ve you been keeping and what does this year hold for you?
>From a distance, it feels terrible to read about all the strange stuff
going
on in Malaysia. That part of me tugging away for me to return – simply
because you cant just easily walk away from a place you called home all
your
life – that part aches when I realise I don’t really want to be in a
place
with these events happening and most people cant do a thing about it.
I heard [ ] has resigned and will be leaving for UK soon.
How’s [ ] doing? Send my wishes to AOL and the rest of the people there.
Regards
Ian
—–Original Message—–
From: LTS [mailto: ]
Sent: Wednesday, 11 January 2006 10:10 PM
To: Ian Teh
Subject: howdy
Hey – just saw your blog. Pretty cool. LOL at what you said about the
Moorthy thing. Yup, things here are getting pretty bizarre – heh heh.
How’re things with you?
Ante 