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Some Background About Myself
Growing up under the open South African Skies, I had the
opportunity to see the contrasts of wealth and poverty, oppression
and freedom.
determined your status in society, I spent my childhood believing
that this was "normal". Moving into social work in my late
adolescent years, I began to be challenged on the normality of this,
and became actively involved in speaking against the violations that
this legal system had imposed on my fellow human beings. I
participated in, and saw the freedom offered to South Africa with
the 1994 elections when Nelson Mandela was voted the first truly
democratically elected President of South Africa.
School.
leadership principles and people management skills for the past 19
years. During this time I had worked in various management and
supervisory positions in business across various industries, as well
as in non-profit and Christian organisations. I had been awarded
several performance related awards during my career.
school-going youth, in various church and Christian based
organisational roles.
opportunity to see the contrasts of wealth and poverty, oppression
and freedom.
determined your status in society, I spent my childhood believing
that this was "normal". Moving into social work in my late
adolescent years, I began to be challenged on the normality of this,
and became actively involved in speaking against the violations that
this legal system had imposed on my fellow human beings. I
participated in, and saw the freedom offered to South Africa with
the 1994 elections when Nelson Mandela was voted the first truly
democratically elected President of South Africa.
School.
leadership principles and people management skills for the past 19
years. During this time I had worked in various management and
supervisory positions in business across various industries, as well
as in non-profit and Christian organisations. I had been awarded
several performance related awards during my career.
school-going youth, in various church and Christian based
organisational roles.
What am I doing now?
I spend time with my lovely wife, and my two beautiful kids, as well as
with my parents who live just down the path here in China. I have
very limited communication with my mother in law who cannot speak
any English.
I am currently on a part time basis the Strategic Manager of Zoë Life,
a South African Purpose Driven Organisation focused on breathing
abundant life into areas where there is no abundance.
I also a lecture at Tan Kah Keeh College, a division of Xiamen
University, in Fujian Province, Mainland China.
I love out-door activities, such as body-boarding, hiking, and cycling
in my free time. The waves here prohibit body-boarding, so
mountain-biking is my main current form of physical recreation.
I write a weekly Christian Devotional which you can read here.
Just drop me a mail if you want to subscribe to it.
I play guitar, piano, write music (just for myself) and love reading.
Having thrown away all the teenage novels I had written at school, I
have now started a new project, which is my first teenage novel since
having entered adulthood. It is the first in a series about a teenager
who is a Kung Fu master, and who tries to rectify some of the
injustices he sees around him. His name is Robert Byrn, and at night,
he goes by the name of Hei Lao Hu (Chinese for Black Tiger.)
I spend time with my lovely wife, and my two beautiful kids, as well as
with my parents who live just down the path here in China. I have
very limited communication with my mother in law who cannot speak
any English.
I am currently on a part time basis the Strategic Manager of Zoë Life,
a South African Purpose Driven Organisation focused on breathing
abundant life into areas where there is no abundance.
I also a lecture at Tan Kah Keeh College, a division of Xiamen
University, in Fujian Province, Mainland China.
I love out-door activities, such as body-boarding, hiking, and cycling
in my free time. The waves here prohibit body-boarding, so
mountain-biking is my main current form of physical recreation.
I write a weekly Christian Devotional which you can read here.
Just drop me a mail if you want to subscribe to it.
I play guitar, piano, write music (just for myself) and love reading.
Having thrown away all the teenage novels I had written at school, I
have now started a new project, which is my first teenage novel since
having entered adulthood. It is the first in a series about a teenager
who is a Kung Fu master, and who tries to rectify some of the
injustices he sees around him. His name is Robert Byrn, and at night,
he goes by the name of Hei Lao Hu (Chinese for Black Tiger.)
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