Synopsis
This is a story of Miguel Chaves, a person who was born in Macau of a Portuguese father and of a mixed race mother. He is categorized as a Native of Macau or Macanese. He received his initial education in Macau at the Seminario de Sao Jose (a high school) and Liceu (a junior college). In 1937, he went to Shanghai to embark in a career and to establish what he believed to be a secure future for himself. He first worked for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. for three years, and then he worked for the Shanghai municipal Council until the outbreak of war in the Pacific. In 1946, he married Marina Cherkov, a white Russian. He and his wife remained in Shanghai during the war years and left for Macau in 1951. In Macau, he worked for the Macau government, (a colonial government) until 1953 when he departed for the USA. His wife went ahead to America in 1952.Miguel Chaves was destined to work for various forms of governments, each at its separate and appropriate time. This time, in America, he joined the California State Government where he remained until 1986, whence he retired. During his tenure with the state government, he attended night classes, for 21 years, at the Golden Gate University majoring in Transportation. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree, in 1974. This book describes Miguel's ups and downs, adventures and relationships with many people during the various stages as an employee of a municipal government, a colonial government and a state government. It also describes a person who aspired to come to America to fulfill his highest dream. This dream has reached its realization. As a government employee he incurred the wrath of a few malcontents, for being a stickler of law and order, whose aims were to amass fortunes regardless of the consequence and sufferings they might inflict on the middle class and underprivileged people.
About the Author
Felipe B. Nery was born in Shanghai, China of Macanese parents. For short time, he attended the Saint Francis Xavier College in Shanghai. In 1932, he went to Macau, lived with his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Eugenia M. Morgado. He attended the Seminario de Sao Jose, a Jesuit Seminary (also for non priesthood students), completed his studies in 1937, returned to Shanghai was then employed by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking corporation. He worked at this bank for three years and left when he went to work for the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC), Public Works Department, Accounts Office. In 1942, he left the SMC as Wang Ching Wei, backed by the Japanese, took over the SMC and converted all records, correspondence, decisions, resolutions and so forth from English to Chinese language, and terminated the services of all foreigners. Immediately after World War II, he married Raisa M. Losseff. He worked as manager of the US Army Officers' Club in Shanghai. When the US Army left and when the communists took over Shanghai, he worked for the French Tramways until his and his wife's departure from Shanghai. In 1950, he and his wife settled temporarily in Macau, awaiting their visas for immigration to the USA. In 1952, Raisa went first, then, in 1953 Felipe followed, to settle in San Francisco. In San Francisco, Felipe first worked for Oceanic Forwarding Company (a freight forwarder) and Raisa worked for the Bank of America. Later, Felipe went to work for C.J. Worth Drayage Company and Raisa went to work for the American President Lines. All the while Felipe attended night school, for 21 years, at the Golden Gate University, San Francisco taking many extraneous courses, especially as many transportation courses he could take, until he was advised by a counselor to set a definite goal. He then achieved a Bachelor of Science Degree in Transportation. Felipe was a licensed practitioner under the Interstate Commerce Commission (now defunct) and is a certified
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