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About Mr. du Preez

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Here's the whole family with my mom in Canada this last summer (2015).

I am a Canadian white guy who fancies himself to be a Hong Konger. 

Hong Kong has been my home since late 2002. My early HK experienced was marked by the advent of SARS, right at the time of the birth of my first son, Avi. It was baptism by fire, but I was quick to develop a deep affection for my new home. My first years were lived at South Horizons, and I came to very much enjoy the sounds and smells of the Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter as i took the water taxi with my baby son across to Aberdeen, where we would often go for a bowl of fishball noodle soup. 
A few years later, in 2006, I moved to Lamma Island, and have lived there ever since in Tai Peng Village. I live in a Ground floor flat with my dear wife, Cindy, my daughter, Elisha, and my 2 sons every weekend. Our family also includes 2 dogs and our faithful cat, PingPing. I suppose I should also mention that we have a pretty close nit church community as well, that constitutes a large extended family.

The power-station seems an inescapable backdrop to every Lamma view, but doesn't serve to diminish our appreciation of our island's natural beauty.

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Mr. du Preez' Writing

Being as how I'm teaching you guys writing and asking you to put your own work 'on the line' so to speak, it's only fitting that I should periodically be submitting my own writing to you for your own perusal as well :-)
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      • Enigma Plot
      • Thief Who Stole Nothing
      • Meet the Authors
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      • My Life With the Chimpanzees
      • The Whipping Boy
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      • Find the right Words
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      • Story Elements
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    • Boy in the Tower
    • The Thing About Luck
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    • About Fermentation
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    • Yoghurt
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    • Fermentation in China
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