21 June 1956. The San' hospital in Wahroonga NSW
Family lived in Beaconsfield Pde, E Lindfield...
Donald Hill ---- & June Lorraine (née Smith)
Virginia June (June 1946) and Jennifer Jill (July 1947)
Moved to 12 Welesley Rd, Pymble - approx 1958?
Mrs Buick's kindergarten on Mona Vale Rd, Pymble
East Gordon Public school for a year, then overseas on the Canberra - via Honolulu, to San Francisco and a couple of years living and travelling in the US and Canada.
18 Willingdon Blvd, Etobicoke (Toronto)... Marl Oak Drive in Highland Park (Chicago)...
Eventually departed from NY on Queen Mary to Southampton... then after a week, boarded the Oriana. Travelling via Cherbourg, Naples, the Suez, Port Said and Colombo -- we made it back to Fremantle, Melbourne and finally Sydney.
Rented in Ada Ave, Wahroonga for a year, Returned to Warrawee Public School for 3rd grade, then shifted to Barker College in Waitara.
During this time, my parents moved into, and restored as a beautiful Australian homestead at 30 Hope St, Pymble.
First year of secondary, I was boarding, as the family purchased, moved and operated the Civic Hotel in Lismore NSW. The Hope St house was spoiled by further renovations the later owners -sigh.
Upon returning from Lismore, they bought another house at 12 Cherry St, Turramurra as another renovation project. We stayed there until my mother passed away, and moved about 18 months later when my dad remarried to Joan Hurst a few doors up the street at 2 Laurel Ave, Turramurra.
Started working...
(separate history!)
2 Jan 1982 married Lisa Mary Gleeson (b.17/2/57)
Stayed in Lisa's parents garage! to save money
18 Apr 1983 Kathleen Felicity xxxx
Purchased 51 Warrina St, Berowra Heights.
11 July 1984 Shannon June xxxx
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July? 1987 - travelled to Malaysia to work
Rented in Highland Towers apartments...
Created Asia-Pacific Videolab
Married Fatimah Mat Aruf (b. 3/4/58) Malaysia
Purchased an apartment in Kuala Lumpur
21 Nov 1993 Mat Alin xxxx
12 March 1997 Ariel Eshah xxxx
Freelanced, then joined MEASAT/Astro
Nov 1998 - returned to Melbourne.
Joined Philips - Telstra DVN and Seven Docklands
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Diagnosed with Diabetes in 2000 (Monash Medical Centre)
Created mediaproxy, split / shared with Dragan @ xenon to support my ideas.
Various successes and failures through to 2007/8
Finances up & down as I kept reinvesting in myself when I should have been saving...
Left completely broke after MP was stolen by xenon partner (Dragan).
Health and opportunities collapsed after that...
2010 Tried sales from Techtel in Sydney, my heart not in it...
2012 Bumped over to Dataflex, but company was already imploding...
2013 return to Melbourne defeated.
neuropathy, isolation, unemployed...
... and here I am today.
2013 started my diary blog for anyone that wants to avoid 'being like me'.
