Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

A Spider in the Wind: My World, My Time, My Life, My Thoughts
A Spider in the Wind: My World, My Time, My Life, My Thoughts
A Spider in the Wind: My World, My Time, My Life, My Thoughts
Ebook486 pages6 hours

A Spider in the Wind: My World, My Time, My Life, My Thoughts

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

The life story of a celebrity may be entertaining or even newsworthy to many, but that of an ordinary man or woman offers a much closer parallel to that of most readers. This is such a story: the story of my life from birth to my “golden” years.
I left my native southern China for Vietnam at the age of three, running away from the invading Japanese. I grew up in a small, conservative and closed Chinese community in this under-developed country through some of its furious internal strife, not knowing much about the outside world until I had a chance to go to Taiwan for a free college education, when my mind was cracked open to the immense opportunity in the world. After graduation I smuggled myself into Hong Kong and worked several jobs there to save enough money to go to the United States. After struggled through a top-grade graduate school of journalism, I managed to build a career and a family.
Along the way, I’ve learned to speak English and met many interesting people. I’ve also witnessed the debut of the computer in the business world, the dawning of the telecommunication age, and the awakening of that “sleeping giant” that is China.
Now comfortably in retirement with three accomplished children and six grand children (and counting), I reflect on life’s vagaries and how I faced the many fork roads during my journey.
For the many young people facing the prospect of an independent life ahead, and also immigrants who face an uncertain future in their new homes, I hope I could offer, if not a realistic case study on how to navigate their future, at least a cautionary tale of what not to do.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherAlbert L. Chu
Release dateJun 16, 2016
ISBN9780997723700
A Spider in the Wind: My World, My Time, My Life, My Thoughts
Author

Albert L. Chu

Born in Guangzhou, China, I left for Vietnam with my family at age 3 ahead of the Japanese invaders. I grew up in Saigon and received a mixture of Chinese and French education there. After graduating from the Chinese and French equivalent of junior high, I worked at a local Chinese newspaper as an English and French translator for two years before I went to Taiwan to attend the National Taiwan University, majoring in English literature. Upon graduation, I went to Hong Kong and worked for two years at an English language magazine, an English language newspaper and an advertising agency before coming to the United States to pursue a master's degree in journalism at Northwestern University. Since graduation, I worked as writer and editor at several trade publications in the computer, aluminum and telecommunications industries for 12 years before joining AT&T. I worked at various capacities at AT&T, including three years as deputy country manager in Beijing, for a total of 18 years before I retired from the company.

Related to A Spider in the Wind

Related ebooks

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for A Spider in the Wind

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    A Spider in the Wind - Albert L. Chu

    jcbook_preview_excerpt.html}ےǵTI@IYGe$%YEY#ÑPBe. BO{%; ԙ#6P̝?~iH᫿Wߥ!PWWuWoXBW.ݴautN !1 J˪oS]8p mj05ݡTܿ1G/M6aHg^6UT6ovtfط۰;)b,d: kk^llP|{>8n8nɡcu>6m》7f;Rp04i!zۦݨ+^4nn'<Ҟ9xH 7 +q$В7]3zޅIfnS) 1F?',ގc&>NNؽKŦ85C<z#_*!3׊C[ڀc< FZBQ\PP7GI6q̃mLˣn $ 쓴+b suEZS2D$hv%q Pu`63AiRz'0 iP#S ?"TM:_\Tygw9i<1)QE¤TG+lSSxy#2eW̬K, \;PS6 k$@ ".q;jԓXJ.)j|yShd97x'L4xNgxNw,Ι83 G;sZOE79X#mnX1Mw 膛8ěgrE*`X\G^P OdQfSʩ1r [䳇z*zՙC;%j/yNbQaջW8pYP}jM0q -^u?,{?jxԯid_v7p/h y5M22 j}M*%.q:D&ۊ>ZG(I}ţJ)Dhj _ UkImHfw@a&t7`(, [ Tu`Vf ߽s(G5ٺȊ +A-H6((gNv:[Hd[q Ҷ,*铧8T. RQv]!poIdaQ,6!c53h!c#&Waa@xG^Ύ,am#$^8O0ceǝ#z d.%8R!˴)q8eKAT?}_.ڎ:y+K?5 XZ\<77il*iu,GYFӊ ؟d3-P08q $'1B{~F:An_3mЧ[ֈ#Y:(j5 -_ѡBd}#lX˳,ޙ"u+^Cp:zeaOw%üiTBЍT R#̣c3!C}K+y'ڹSwѽW<,<8ض}ao#Ոc7>} oQnhvd$CSBiF;޸:qcɭX)O0Q|^^mp9ηZKzxIJPWps\oMK.|39Uń-y`O[ '8q$0@_V`3_@]!Uϣ$J~7R_3x7 U?CC(G!obPR;r*M2C7Qgk,_po(ԡzH ,éٵ17FyJ\7%v?))3jʁ3bYQb6B;[_I+-OӦq -/C W`JRb31eiPkFZNqsH⌿Tpx8cL!`y4l|(ndBi.v)LDǃ'.Jp8|D6"kj=Hh)opKF TKqukĎb iՏ uoBR7O?l򇯠0>dpe>>+Y)%An~ 4?A_;QZ6ٸU!ydc [,Lc<7c #8nZxgT ދ$p^<럿JrK:SRȄ>=S4+lS0kwfoV@ȟY{9wGyPI zZZ)}þ#aK/Ce{tlD8b߁/&_7 V= MvR눎ɿ?`I%T9 ~P,}p: Ofk_ ܕ1>L<ݨJ~ H2ޤ2tcnY& h__rTT_)n沯 mrz枘I JgE~B0%|cxL/)H9sj7mSA:$OE8lcRA) ÁQ1?r\%3]8w\x@MwZ.%>@yB58A"E6Qvl !09҆ ocpbRbCDeK&_+{stjp:W.gu/X$~f4]m+>6dltPxΏO(KT|W̢0\bI;֕w~< kgԬU0Τ|J۰S~NDØ3J=/Znׂ <ܺYjŤjħp^ɀ#`Ǖ*ظfU8z. ?_ @?*kd'kխVeE:\?fRW=7{^]cmk_?wWsPBgiӚsmxPuM#wrβJtk7+-]x%Qod/Y졉/8ѷ NV"A "lgox8p 7ԛ>˧y wSnfؼڀ1IzZVW)cNxL 75~O>Q)+.ANf?en2[N%oxzi]$bʮNv/*_AΔZQW>Ƴۘb Bw; S6w \t 貄\"-pWW8^Q^qhuXәaGYTL?vX1[P/b܀+ ]5̘VT{=>AKVWLHeWτEozi U]["jec腫!*;6=k(1,RHD"Wa- `3kb̅`-TxXV4ٵRM,E<U=.b0h]RX)ګVISA,@x\8zk~7Ѭ{cn2}H,4>9D4{8x;xp|Pbm%s*5>Y(U.X{ P*tb`j(yn?Q+ɕ)ń5Cī P&A`!h,VnU S6cv/0Uxtu,ݠF|i11T1SO[yqXxZ 2Q_)p>}\+7¥qb0ͷ0qfɽ*a S*=NEV_W m(*z-87V'?I,|)Eہ7VL+1קOԥ*Ӥ9|aa^!NGPAˡBkU 0ke(5j>N[f&w*0{BvjW\6|UOxc/hcNlEO`wy]58USr-gvӢ(_&j / \`wSG\lޜWg{U/U5WN-즮rnRAt1%[S#VbaݐF~UM/87{3/̵_lVzƤ+]5F+e d]5^"1PH(2*p>ڔYi);B)vd||hj jުbxbBCǿByުNr"oPݑ4Jd~` fevyv=`&_nƞIEɧm=2fh`-waO2LNއb7);k ??yy@>am,\ԪtZ%/|mWtiU(r Ck@,HatJWv '.5eةɳ뼏`G _yNFY:aum2zۻXݸZ۷1^囬|+WfuYFN:S͆C嘿e [Ϝj6; 8't\{*TMMMV[n3ס9@ V{Yo1П\e`>PT4난?4i(x] $^]3&ַ bALZNG.2^.>i$M?lq_ċVpND0;sw0oHob;Q`a.ʋGfa0ݲB~.;nMS/E,+90Uϊ΋cͳ/,Ov`^ KM*PɊhOVf[\AʚLjGDp !eafTOa}AʾfRQ TM)C=îbIetN7aC]fR/7U7O0C}ߦĘesTYFF\&6泉ؤfRc>K]*\%8|Sk[ dѝf2s:y]l%%JZ8+n(~K%ާOTT,39~R/ BI45$'_O0~NM^sM,{.g*o{wOxJtf=}!Ϡ9J7tE9ø([Ic٠􋒽?1avgSVlWT1 ΣFhtshnTґnC1kd&@p}s?# mJe^%ϰ9%iڑ{akA dJsdc9"<6CCނhrI S?] .%:#-Zg\;e إoY8#f!Żvaz_Kdyjh/; -Ds'>o蛒&LVl*,|1JT3OTQ> +zkwJ&./zpX&r(EBiv"GIe}hɴ1 pZ~PYr`- 7Zt{I5ڡ.v00^v5#Ã^ ̉LIf>ߣ,e&09-bf0L!",ѴmE%l g@DsSYՈofέg井U2a'`l4L~*)5vq]>#[ ̟U4d~xIp-n-Ѣrb#U7_g!i`ʝ].s~ 9K7r9YSbR縝h?ЍV9Jk#j1CElhWq!\Ii`B*D+vNڽғ̪t)2Lq  @󛵗aF'E+KlzM%!ѫ|,f V؈kA(_ԵNf4^"Y/pw,j=!]%Qx jCPj GuҽM 5Jo?sf;XF@P: ]l%?T}޸5pPiNV52MH}+\&?*mPEV[VJ?0tu^NA iKtmsMtŸJpޜRY 9Ö@5(tc 0gyt e&6P<.5b=Cq2X.zfigV>Z/OMjkޤ#郆(W-4Ӻ#Zexf -jeQ| *iJqT \`o>9JN[أUF?{ϐ+`{fs/riXaNU^bO` Lh/\8eXPy`,ژH6ϒ8¬3X`EUO`!|n1iVƌ]v9B>Rq5Ja(}l'e;tO ٩sgU l\ nJz GuX.nZ_TInQIZ$,/W@蟋جSubƫe)IOU92g@!Z6K9*y|S4sXC0[}SfnrHDu8?#Fץ>x׎8[,OX!6ƌ&g3Kt!hxhr8N#Tuz(zׄđDܬnifuP}h>\2X.w3b`ؑi@DiNBGyHһ2B uy=qy~'e'B#(HYy>$4O*3&6kO?@2aMȄ3Iy 4L]K2KdU큮Qӥ%&%Rϸ(6 vjy'z]Ao;۳%vIjj|IDz)ݣy9OZ!2ǫx 16W{3LJ8s֚f[_7sjQYlmohcio*k-:0nr\d?l&öч~Ԟl@A0q6 {^WhՅ"liÕh<>7zhu T.MDZ.Uyc{?GkVH*ϡLzMK>ۼD5te!ۋjgcѓyƑua3Cfĵ엹vīW^y59f3gZq4+V8D9n?70|7 =₶WLF~w6 HfQVfqqXι]ҸTSدty<'ɆɝnmЫM(h%sr"ZM*,2TwrN_V*]MR Vmx=Ξ e|.K,7ָ1$r\0>?]hW5S&Cș79PǸfYtݼoA3-[,Wroc/jQs)ͱ4ӻf{ͥ'4EԽϿ˿Hg@5Ƿ+O'O.%(ipF'38m r%vSoYh>gݟ9H%ʗ9O:X*^NLN H& XF~,MMdIwذR8M_ íFEy}F̑|eo_WTy*Gyn{Mg)tbtnCwwz1"Tw5וQs~V+-FTnO/4x5$fC`(}
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1