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	Poon Lim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Poon Lim (born 1917, died 1991) is a Chinese sailor who survived 133 days alone in the South Atlantic.
		Poon Lim was born on Hainan Island in 1917.
		Poon Lim initially kept himself alive by drinking the water and eating the food on the raft, but later resorted to catching rainwater in a canvas tarp and fishing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Poon_Lim (577 words)

	Poon Lim
		Poon Lim had a life jacket on (and nothing else) and swam as fast as he could away from the sinking vessel.
		By the end of the second month, Poon Lim was determined to catch one of the seagulls that he had noticed flying overhead.
		When Poon Lim was in Miami right after his rescue, it was pointed out to him that he was the holder of the world's record as a sea survivor on a life raft.
	members.tripod.com /~earthdude1/poon_lim/poonlim.html (1603 words)

	Miracle Survival - Poon Lim
		Poon Lim, a Chinese seaman, held the world’s record as a sea survivor after floating alone on a life raft in the South Atlantic for 133 days.
		Poon Lim paddled in the water, holding his head as high as he could above each wave in hope of spotting a life raft.
		Poon Lim counted the days with notches on the side of the raft, and he counted the nights with X’s.
	judkins.customer.netspace.net.au /survival.htm (1125 words)

	Poon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hotel Poon Hill is situated in a quiet part of Thamel, Kathmandu and is the perfect place for your base camp for tours and treks into the himalayan mountains and the jungles of the Terai.
		Poon Lim held the world record as a sea survivor after floating alone on a life raft in the South Atlantic for 133 days the south coast of China, Poon Lim shipped out as a second.
		A poon - scientific articles matching the query: a poon of a input representation correspond to words a poon of the input may be relaed ctly to a Associated To Quaternionic Manifolds - Pedersen, Poon, Swann (1998) (Correct).
	www.99hosted.com /names14336.html (489 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Magazine :: Armed and Dangerous: Harvard's Deadliest Assassins
		Once, when he was on the track of a female athlete, he had stationed himself between some buildings to wait for her and he saw her pass by.
		Poon has no qualms about being underhanded if it means he'll hit his target.
		Lim distinguishes himself from other assassins because of his dedication to teamwork and winning.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=97880 (730 words)

	Poon_Lim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The raft had couple of tins of biscuits, a ten gallon jug of water, some chocolate, a bag of sugar lumps, some flares, two smoke pots and an electric torch.
		Poon Lim kept himself alive by drinking the water and eating the food on the raft but later resorted to catching rainwater in a canvas tarp and fishing.
		When he captured a fish, he cut it open with a knife he fashioned out of a biscuit tin and would dry the fish on a hemp line over the raft.
	goc.subdomain.de /Poon_Lim (546 words)

	Canings as court sentence Singapore, July 1996 - CORPUN ARCHIVE sgju9607
		The Lims were first dealt with last year and the CJ heard their appeal in March this year.
		Lim then paged for his son and, when he arrived, stood outside the coffeeshop while the son and three other men kicked, punched and hit Mr Chew on the head.
		Lim had pleaded guilty to an amended charge of raping the 16-year-old girl at an electrical and plumbing office at Geylang Square between 3 am and 4 am on Jan 30 this year.
	www.corpun.com /sgju9607.htm (3765 words)

	SimpleBits \| Life of Pi
		About Poon: He was born on Hainan Island which is located off the southern coast of China.
		Poon Lim and many others jumped overboard into the water.
		Poon Lim found a raft and managed to suvive… read the true story ….
	www.simplebits.com /notebook/2003/02/17/life_of_pi.html (561 words)

	Sole Survivor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Poon Lim’s story is an amazing one, and one that McCunn captures quite well.
		To this day, Poon Lim’s is the longest recorded survival at sea after a shipwreck.
		McCunn’s novel is also of interest for her vivid descriptions of the difficult lives endured by Chinese merchant mariners serving aboard Western ships and of the routine racism they endured at the hands of their employers and fellow non-Asian shipmates.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /~dkrummes/cruel/summaries/mccunn.html (205 words)

	{fray} storyblog - Quick Cure for Monday Blues
		Well consider the story of Poon Lim, a sailor who survived alone on a raft for 133 days.
		Lim should have been doomed, but he never gave up, despite battling the scorching sun, dehydration, hunger, and missing two opportunities for rescue.
		If after reading Lim's remarkable story you aren't inspired to take on the world, you will at least have a greater appreciation for sushi.
	www.fray.com /storyblog/2003/03/17/000041.shtml (153 words)

	Lim - Evelyn Lim - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
		Lim was a member of the performance group "Unbound Feet." According to the Reference
		LIM - The College for the Business of Fashion - is a private, accredited 4-year fashion college located in Manhattan, New York City.
		Guay Lim is the lecturer in charge of Financial Econometrics in the Department of Economics.
	newinfoage.com /nwia/lim.html (351 words)

	Lifesaving Equipment on Ships - PortCities Southampton
		Nevertheless, there were many epic voyages made in such boats, particularly in wartime when ships had been sunk by enemy submarines far from land.
		Perhaps the most extraordinary story is that of Poon Lim, a Chinese steward on the British ship Benlomond, which was torpedoed in the South Atlantic in November 1942.
		Poon Lim survived for an incredible 133 days on a liferaft, using a hook he found to catch fish.
	www.plimsoll.org /WrecksAndAccidents/ImprovingSafety/Saving/default.asp (732 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In 1942, Chinese sailor Poon Lim survived 130 days drifting alone in the South Atlantic.
		Lim stayed alive by catching rainwater in a canvas tarp and fishing with a bent nail.
		At first he counted the days by tying knots in a rope, but then simply began counting full moons.
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	Poon Lim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		One after a large storm had spoiled his fish and fouled his water Lim, barely alive, caught and drank the blood of a bird (unknown type).
		Produktion af lim, fugemasse, spartelmasse, trælim, gulvlim, monteringslim og kontaktlim til byggeri og industri.
		Narrations and photos of Kathmandu, Patan, Pohkara, the Annapurna Base Camp and Poon Hill, taken in April 2001 by the author.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Poon_Lim (1220 words)

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		A steward called Poon Lim was the sole survivor from a crew of forty-seven, four Dems Gunners were lost also.
		Benlomond was sailing light and the theory was that the torpedo blew a massive hole in her sending her to the bottom in minutes.
		Poon Lim was finally rescued after 133 days at sea by a Brazilian Negro fisherman off the coast of the State of Para East of Salinas, the World’s Champion Survivor.
	www.merchantnavyofficers.com /benline.html (11105 words)

	1943 - Simple English Wikipedia
		March 26 - World War II: Battle of Komandorski Islands - In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
		April 3 - Shipwrecked steward Poon Lim is rescued by Brazilian fishermen after he has been adrift for 130 days
		April 22 - Albert Hofmann writes his first report about the hallucinogenic properties of LSD, which he first synthesized in 1938.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/1943 (2127 words)

	Blackstone Audiobooks - Unabridged Audiobooks on Tape CD and MP3-CD for Purchase and Rental (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The sole survivor was a second steward named Poon Lim, who, with no knowledge of the sea, managed to stay alive for 133 days on a small wooden raft.
		When he was finally rescued at the mouth of the Amazon River, Poon was hailed as the "World's Champion Survivor." He still holds the Guinness world record for survival at sea.
		His story is an amazing tale of a young man's fortitude in the face of overwhelming odds.
	www.blackstoneaudio.com /audiobook.cfm?ID=2998&AFF=1092 (214 words)

	The Astronomical Society of Singapore
		TASOS held its 2006 AGM on the afternoon of 25th March 2006and here are photos from the event for those who missed it.
		At the request of NAP's Astro club, TASOS president Albert Lim conducted a talk on Astrophotography for NAPoly's Astro clubmembers on 31st Mar 06 at one of their Lecture Theatre.
		Hubble may have been to the observable region of the universe what the Herschels were to the Milky Way system, and what Galileo was to the solar system.
	www.tasos.org.sg (919 words)

	Planet Scott Megamall Tour - Sole Survivor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		While this book is not exactly written to college level reading standards, the story is incredibly fascinating.
		Poor Poon Lim is the only survivor of a U-Boat attack in WWII.
		He floats naked on a raft for 132 days with very little food and water.
	www.planetscott.com /store/disastertour1.asp (55 words)

	Obituaries - pcgazette.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Meng-Wee Lim, a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student from Singapore, died Sunday afternoon, Sept. 12, as a result of injuries sustained from a bicycle-truck collision at the intersection of Main and Division streets on Wednesday, Sept. 8.
		Visitation, with prayers, was held Monday, Sept. 13, at the Boston Funeral Home.
		Lim was born July 10, 1975, a son of Mr.
	www.pcgazette.com /obits/sept99/lim9-12.htm (132 words)

	Sole Survivor
		"This is a fictionalized account of the true story of Poon Lim, a second steward and the only survivor of the British ship Benlomond, which was torpedoed on November 23, 1942 off the coast of South America.
		McCunn beautifully recounts Lim's 133 days of survival on a wooden raft--the longest recorded survival story in modern history....
		Fictional or not, this book should become a classic in sea survival.
	www.mccunn.com /SS.html (244 words)

	BRAVADOS OF THE WORLD
		Was found in April 1943 by fishermen outside the Brazilian coast.
		Sole survivor about Poon Lim and his raft.
		Adventurer on sea that was killed with his entire crew during an attempt to find the northeast passage 1845.
	www.jerberyd.com /bravados (1289 words)

	Bruins benefit from Web’s social networks - THE DAILY BRUIN ONLINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Such online networking directories are attractive to UCLA students because they provide a way for students to meet others, said Kaitlyn Lim, a second-year political science and geography student.
		By connecting with others of varying backgrounds, students are able to create new bonds with others who they normally wouldn't have spoken to.
		Each of the online networking services is not only a system for meeting people to socialize, but also serve a scholarly function for finding other students in one's courses.
	www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/articles.asp?id=29320 (644 words)

	Booktalks Quick and Simple
		IL YA This book is about a boy named Poon Lim.
		He was traveling on a boat called the Benlomond which was later sunk.
		Permission is granted for the noncommercial duplication and use of this resource, provided it is substantially unchanged from its present form and appropriate credit is given.
	nancykeane.com /booktalks/mccunn_sole.htm (99 words)

	Sample Briefs and Memoranda
		However, there was only one subcontractor for the xylene splitter bottom pumps-Poon Lim, which is a Caribbean outfit.
		Poon Lim was also gone by late February or early March.
		He further testified that Poon Lim, the subcontractor assigned to the xylene splitter bottom pumps, would not have performed any work without detailed isometric drawings.
	www.criminalappeals.com /SheekBrief.html (11838 words)

	Photograph - Queenie Lim Kee, her husband Benjamin Poon and their two children - Chinese-Australian Historical Images ...
		Queenie Lim Kee, her husband Benjamin Poon and their two children, in China, circa 1930s, courtesy of Chinese Museum.
		Queenie Lim Kee (middle), her husband Benjamin Poon (left) and their two children.
		Queenie Lim Kee (middle), her husband Benjamin Poon (left) and their two children, in China, circa 1930s.
	www.chia.chinesemuseum.com.au /objects/D000717.htm (147 words)

	Ruthanne Lum McCunn, author
		Her children's picture book, PIE-BITER, won the Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award in 1984, and her account of the world's champion survivor Poon Lim, published as SOLE SURVIVOR, was a Dolphin Book Club Alternate and selected as 1985 Best Book, Nonfiction Adventure by the Southwest Booksellers Association.
		Although it spread to the neighboring districts of Poon Yu and Nam Hoi, it wasn't ever as prevalent.
		Similarly, when the silk industry went into decline in the early part of the twentieth century and independent spinsters in Sun Duk left to work in Singapore and Hong Kong, girls in these cities emulated them, but their numbers never became significant.
	www.mccunn.com /McCunn.html (2278 words)

	A Tale of a Tub
		A few skeptics may have gone on lurking in the glory holes of the Merchant Marine, but their enlightenment merely awaited the first torpedo.
		Poon Lim, a Chinese steward, who existed for one hundred and thirty-three days alone on a raft in the South Atlantic, stated, on being rescued, that nothing in the experience had led him to believe in a merciful Providence, even though he too had had a seagull.
		For Poon Lim, see the New York Times, May 25, 1943, p.
	www.christianitymeme.org /tub.html (4619 words)

	Katong Convent Bowling Team (Public web)
		Joseph Lim, who is currently the teacher-in-charge,in late July 2001.
		In the year 2000, Lim Ming Yi did our school proud by winning a silver medal for the individual event in the 7th National Schools' C'Div Championships 2000.
		She also became part of the National Youth Training Squad and represented our nation in the Asian Youth FIQ Championship 2001, in Dubai (UAE).
	www.kcbowling.blogspot.com (1050 words)

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