10 years. Many memorable moments and phases. Here are mine:
- Meeting my wife-to-be, Chrissie, whilst working on a project at Malaysian National Insurance (2000)
- Climbing Mount Kinabalu and walking like a crab for days after that (2000)
- Getting a job in Singapore and living half a year in a hotel (2001), something repeated the following year in Jakarta
- Seeing the North - the first - Tower collapse and not believing it (2001)
- Doing a Bachelor of Divinity part-time and (finally!) putting all those books to use (2001-2004)
- Starting a part-time stint at Malaysian Care (2002)
- Staying in Jakarta for 5-6 months on a banking project (2002) and resigning by accident(!)
- Holding my grandmother's hand as she breathed her last (2002); my maternal grand-mum would also leave us 2 months later
- Preaching my first ever sermon, something on Jesus, the paralytic and his mission-impossible-minded pals (2003)
- Getting married and going through the whole 'wedding planning' project cum headache cum joyride cum celebration (2003); I guessed I'm still amazed how Chrissie can 'stand' me after about 7 years (smile)
- Beginning my journey into "post-modernism" via Leonard Sweet's Soul Tsunami (2003); I've never looked back since (though I have stopped reading Sweet)
- Becoming an 'official' teacher at Fairview International School in what would be, I suppose, a vocation-defining half-decade (2003-2008)
- Visiting San José and San Francisco and sharing an unforgetable 3-4 days with Derek, my cousin (2003), my first trip to the States (there may be another one in about 3 months' time, but I'm not holding my breath...)
- Beginning a blog (2003-2010)
- Seeing my firstborn child, Nicholas Lau, emerge from the hospital's Operating Theater after 1.5 hours of waiting (2004)
- Being part of the Emergent Christian Movement / Church / Network conversation in Malaysia and globally (2005-ish and beyond - in true emergent fashion it's kinda fuzzy, *grin*)
- Visiting Australia (2005), Thailand (2006), The Philippines (2007) for the first time
- Doing an MBA (2006-2009)
- Giving my first ever conference presentation at the International Thinking Conference in Sweden (2007)
- Seeing Tottenham Hotspur win their first trophy in 9 years! (2008)
- Joining KDU College (2008) and being introduced to a whole new world of learning (which I'm still exploring, btw)
- Holding newborn Melody Lau in my arms (2009)
It's been an adventure with God cheering and lighting the way. What comes next - I can't wait. This blog, though, has run its course. I hope it's helped some - even as I pray it hasn't angered too many! - who've visited.
Do share your best moments between 2000 and 2010 and leave the link in the Comments area if you will.
Goodbye (for now).
Alwyn
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