Tag is a Meme of fives. have been tagged by pearlie. what i have to do is answer the questions and tag 5 other people. rules are simple as below:
1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves
3. At the end of the post the player than tags 5 people and posts their names, than goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they done got tagged and to ask them to play and read your blog.
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What was I doing 10 years ago? March 1998 -
1. on march 26th 1998, i was teaching NT4 (Exegetical methods) class in the seminary from 8-11am
2. on the same day, attended a STM Souvenier magazine committee meeting at 4pm
3. in march 10 years ago, i would have started teaching for over 2 months in the seminary on a full-time basis
4. on march 19th, had lunch at 1pm with 2 pastoral colleagues, rev paul george, who took over as pastor of wesley methodist church seremban from rev hwa chien (pastor) and myself (associate pastor), and rev hwa chien, who was trac president. 10 years later, both of my colleagues are no longer in the ministry with me as they both passed on to higher glory - hwa chien on 24th november 2001 in a untimely motor accident and paul george on 23rd december 2004 from a massive heart attack. sigh! and here i am still toiling on.
5. on march 27th 1998, my faithful madza car road tax expired. the car, manufactured in 1983 and bought by us second-hand in 1988, continues to be in faithful service to her earthly masters in 2008. she receives a lifetime award for 25 years service tommorow on 27th march 2008 (which reminds me to renew her road tax tommorrow).
5 things on my to-do list today -
1. preparing sermon for sunday service at canaan baptist church bukit jalil
2. preparing pastoral group for mission trip to kuala lipis, raub and bentong churches on 5-6th april
3. teach OT survey in the morning and Elementary Hebrew 1a in the afternoon
4. edit articles for MATS Journal vol.2 (malaysia association of theological schools) for publication
5. finish up my thesis!!!!!
Snacks I enjoy ~
1. groundnuts, peanuts, nuts, any type of nuts!!
2. chocolates and whatever kind they come in!!
3. sour preserved fruits
4. yoghurt drinks/lassi
5. meat floss/dried sweet meat (especially the ones made by my wife!!)
Things I would do if I were a billionaire ~
1. continue to work in the seminary without pay (less obligations to you-know-who)
2. continue to write my books (but with many resources available. maybe even fly over to uk to tyndale house and stay for 6 months to do research for book!!!)
3. employ like-minded people to work in my team to write and produce quality made-in-malaysia christian books and sell them CHEAP!!
4. freely give as freely received. so, invest further and generate more to start more scholarship funds for deserving students irregardless of race, religion and status.
5. get a harley davidson motorbike (or a few!!) and ride cross-country roadhog style!
Five of my bad habits ~
1. too ambitious to start many book projects (too short a life to live to finish my The Old Testament Made Simple Series)
2. movie buff (if i can, watch movies all day!)
3. perfectiontist streak (much less as one grows older and mellowed)
4. too detailed and meticulous in my marking of papers (from students' view point)
5. too computer and internet-addicted (ha!)
Five places I have lived ~
1. working days - petaling jaya (1978) when i first started work in shah alam.
2. studying days - kuala lumpur (1980) when i studied in the seminary
3. church days - parit buntar 1984, butterworth (1985-86), kuala lipis (1987-90), teluk intan (1991-93), kampar (1996), seremban (1997)
4. studying days in trinity theological college (1994-95) - johor jaya in johor baru
5. seminary days - seremban (1998-present)
Five jobs I've had -
1. first job was in august(?) 1978 in a research laboratory as a r&d assistant in nylex shah alam. my task was to do research into plastics.
2. second job was as a pastor in the methodist church in july 1984. first church was parit buntar perak for 6 months.
3. third job is a OT lecturer in seminari theoloji malaysia in january 1998.
4. fourth job? maybe as a missionary somewhere in the world. this is the third phase of my life in the full-time ministry where i would want to end up.
5. fifth job? in heaven of course studying the Bible!
I tagged the following people:
1. chee keat
2. silvester martin
3. daniel ng
4. claude mariottini
5. philip sumpter
1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves
3. At the end of the post the player than tags 5 people and posts their names, than goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they done got tagged and to ask them to play and read your blog.
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What was I doing 10 years ago? March 1998 -
1. on march 26th 1998, i was teaching NT4 (Exegetical methods) class in the seminary from 8-11am
2. on the same day, attended a STM Souvenier magazine committee meeting at 4pm
3. in march 10 years ago, i would have started teaching for over 2 months in the seminary on a full-time basis
4. on march 19th, had lunch at 1pm with 2 pastoral colleagues, rev paul george, who took over as pastor of wesley methodist church seremban from rev hwa chien (pastor) and myself (associate pastor), and rev hwa chien, who was trac president. 10 years later, both of my colleagues are no longer in the ministry with me as they both passed on to higher glory - hwa chien on 24th november 2001 in a untimely motor accident and paul george on 23rd december 2004 from a massive heart attack. sigh! and here i am still toiling on.
5. on march 27th 1998, my faithful madza car road tax expired. the car, manufactured in 1983 and bought by us second-hand in 1988, continues to be in faithful service to her earthly masters in 2008. she receives a lifetime award for 25 years service tommorow on 27th march 2008 (which reminds me to renew her road tax tommorrow).
5 things on my to-do list today -
1. preparing sermon for sunday service at canaan baptist church bukit jalil
2. preparing pastoral group for mission trip to kuala lipis, raub and bentong churches on 5-6th april
3. teach OT survey in the morning and Elementary Hebrew 1a in the afternoon
4. edit articles for MATS Journal vol.2 (malaysia association of theological schools) for publication
5. finish up my thesis!!!!!
Snacks I enjoy ~
1. groundnuts, peanuts, nuts, any type of nuts!!
2. chocolates and whatever kind they come in!!
3. sour preserved fruits
4. yoghurt drinks/lassi
5. meat floss/dried sweet meat (especially the ones made by my wife!!)
Things I would do if I were a billionaire ~
1. continue to work in the seminary without pay (less obligations to you-know-who)
2. continue to write my books (but with many resources available. maybe even fly over to uk to tyndale house and stay for 6 months to do research for book!!!)
3. employ like-minded people to work in my team to write and produce quality made-in-malaysia christian books and sell them CHEAP!!
4. freely give as freely received. so, invest further and generate more to start more scholarship funds for deserving students irregardless of race, religion and status.
5. get a harley davidson motorbike (or a few!!) and ride cross-country roadhog style!
Five of my bad habits ~
1. too ambitious to start many book projects (too short a life to live to finish my The Old Testament Made Simple Series)
2. movie buff (if i can, watch movies all day!)
3. perfectiontist streak (much less as one grows older and mellowed)
4. too detailed and meticulous in my marking of papers (from students' view point)
5. too computer and internet-addicted (ha!)
Five places I have lived ~
1. working days - petaling jaya (1978) when i first started work in shah alam.
2. studying days - kuala lumpur (1980) when i studied in the seminary
3. church days - parit buntar 1984, butterworth (1985-86), kuala lipis (1987-90), teluk intan (1991-93), kampar (1996), seremban (1997)
4. studying days in trinity theological college (1994-95) - johor jaya in johor baru
5. seminary days - seremban (1998-present)
Five jobs I've had -
1. first job was in august(?) 1978 in a research laboratory as a r&d assistant in nylex shah alam. my task was to do research into plastics.
2. second job was as a pastor in the methodist church in july 1984. first church was parit buntar perak for 6 months.
3. third job is a OT lecturer in seminari theoloji malaysia in january 1998.
4. fourth job? maybe as a missionary somewhere in the world. this is the third phase of my life in the full-time ministry where i would want to end up.
5. fifth job? in heaven of course studying the Bible!
I tagged the following people:
1. chee keat
2. silvester martin
3. daniel ng
4. claude mariottini
5. philip sumpter
Comments
I thought you completed your thesis? How long will you be on it you reckon?
Eat more snacks and get rid of bad habits especially that one!
Hmm ... we still have to study the Bible in heaven ... wow, with direct access to all the writers! No need to guess anymore ;)