Hamilton Kete - Share your Journey

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Have you got a story that you want to share with us!

It could be of your life in Hamilton or stories of your migration and settling down in Hamilton or some pictures or videos of events you have enjoyed in Hamilton.

Hamilton City Libraries is helping create a digital knowledge basket of Hamilton memories for future generations to enjoy and everyone is invited to join the fun.The project aims to capture the memories of Hamilton and its communities through their stories, photographs, video and audio footage.

http://ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info/

You can read more about Kete and what we are trying to do at:

http://blog.kete.net.nz

Philip Yeung

This is my journey in the past 13 years in Hamilton, New Zealand

My name is Yeung Yu Ming and I am from Hong Kong. In Chinese, surname comes first. In New Zealand and the Western world, surname comes last. In most cases, people put my name down as Yu Yeung and quite a few others format. As for pronunciation, there are many versions, but I like the sound of ‘young'. As I tell people, I don't mind if they call me ‘Young Philip' as my surname should come first.

Fortunately, I have been using the name Philip since I was 11 years old. It makes my daily life a lot easier. I still remember the date I started year 7 (form 1) in a boys' school. The English teacher came into the classroom and gave us each an English name, "you name ‘Simon', you name ‘Paul', you name ‘Peter', and you name ‘Philip'". That's how I got my name ‘Philip'. I have only added the name ‘Philip' in my passport three years ago because I couldn't get on the plane with the ticket issued as Philip Yeung.