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Anderson Lim
Anderson Lim Chee Wei (; born 27 September 1995) is a Bruneian former competitive swimmer. He was the first Bruneian swimmer to compete at the Olympics, representing his country in the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Lim is also the founder of Nimanja.com, which is the first pet supply e-retailer in Brunei. Lim's early years of education were spent at Jerudong International School in Brunei. He left for the United States in 2011 after securing an Olympic Scholarship from the Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council. From 2011 to 2013, Lim was based in Jacksonville, Florida where he was enrolled at swimming powerhouse Bolles School. Lim is currently studying at the University of Rochester in Upstate New York. Prior to his final year at University, Lim started Nimanja.com with the goal of "bring[ing] convenience to pet lovers in Brunei by offering a wide selection of quality pet supplies through an online platform". Today, Nimanja.com has become one of the Sultanate's largest onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin (surname)
Lin (; ) is the Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin romanization of the Chinese surname written wikt:林, 林, which has many variations depending on the language and is also used in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (as Im (surname), Im), Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia. Among Taiwanese and Chinese families from abroad, it is sometimes pronounced and spelled as Lim because many Chinese descendants are part of the Southern Min diaspora that speak Hokkien or Teochew dialect, Teochew. In Cantonese-speaking regions such as Hong Kong and Macau it is spelled as Lam or Lum. It is listed 147th on the ''Hundred Family Surnames''. Within mainland China, it is currently the 18th most common List of common Chinese surnames, surname. In Japan, the character 林 is also used but goes by the pronunciation Hayashi, which is the 19th most common surname in Japan. Name origin King Zhou of Shang (reigned 1154 to 1122 BC), the last king of the Shang dynasty, had three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |