Paul Ng:  

Life I actually droped out of HS in early '69. Not to worry, I did finish and graduate. I didn't go to college immediately, but went much later using my GI Bill to help pay for part of it. Graduated magna cum laude from U.Maryland. Because my life didn't seem to have any direction, late '72 I decided to join the AF. It provided me with training, the aforementioned GI Bill, some great times, lot's of travel, and a few very good friends. After the AF (Mar 73 - Oct 78), I went back to Germany as a civilian working initially for Burroughs (now Unisys) and a division of Xerox (later Loral). I spent a total of 13 years in Germany. They were some of the best years of my life. I like to tell people I was born in China, grew up in LA, and matured in Europe. But I grew tired of the drab, grey winters so decided to move on. While on holiday in New Zealand I was offered a job so my wife and I took the plunge in Feb '89. Of course, not too difficult a choice for my wife since she is from Christchurch, NZ, where we live! Since then we've had 2 kids and pretty much settled in here, but I still love America. I'll also be an American first. School I have a weird sense of humor(some might say I'm just weird) anyway, but I was a bit of a class clown. It was mainly to hide my shyness. Like most guys of that age, I had a cr...Expand for more