If there is a name the media loves getting it wrong and gets away with, it’s Wu Chun who also goes by Zhun and Zun. Perhaps this is all part of show biz creative licenses at work or perhaps it [show biz] simply subscribes to the notion of variety being the spice of life!
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My gratitude goes to the folks @ SIMPUR Blogging Nation for featuring SHIMWORLD in their support to help raise awareness and donations for the Desmond Chin Leukaemia Fund.
Original article: SHIMWORLD APPEAL: DESMOND CHIN/LEUKAEMIA PATIENT
Follow-up article: SHIMWORLD IN THE NEWS: BLOGGER RALLIES SUPPORT
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August 7 2007. Precisely two weeks ago, I met Don in Kuala Belait for lunch before he made his way to Kuching via Miri airport. I was somewhat upset that I couldn’t go along as the Vietnam Embassy had my passport for a visa required for the upcoming ASEAN 100 Leadership Forum shoot in Hanoi. So, [...]
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On July 28th when I published the Desmond Chin Leukaemia story I did so with no pre-conceived expectations of any sort except one—that I hoped the article would create a community of conscience among internet users across the globe for their support. Judging from the responses so far, I must say with heart felt gratitude that the efforts [...]
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Posted in Blogroll, Travel on August 1, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Soi Hing Coffee Shop © Jan Shim Photography
There are four districts (daerah) that make up Brunei Darussalam. Of the four, Belait is the largest district where oil was first discovered and deemed commercially viable by then British Malayan Petroleum Company in a town called Seria in 1929. Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. is the present day company that carries [...]
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