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2009 in Review
2009 is slowly coming to an end, and what a year this was. Looking back, here are some of my personal highlights.
January 2009 – Completion of Consulting
I completed my consulting assignment for dot ME, which was a fantastic experience. Seeing a TLD with so much creativity grow was amazing. It was also beneficial to actually have had the opportunity to see the views of a registry and not just a registrar.
February 2009 – Founding of HEXONET Services Inc.
HEXONET Services Inc. was formed and officially inaugurated in February. I am now back on track of what I always wanted to do. I have a great partner on board here in North America, and I have someone in Germany whom I trust and with whom I have worked together with before very successfully – Jens Wagner. In addition to this, I’m extremely happy to be once again working with Dennis, Chris and Sven in Germany with whom I’ve also worked very successfully with at Key-Systems, and have come to respect. It is amazing how things sometimes turn out.March 2009
HEXONET Services Inc. launched product offerings for North and South America in joint collaboration with our colleagues in Germany and we have started to sign up customers on our new control panel.
April 2009 – Pre-wedding Reception in China
Leona and I had our pre-wedding Chinese reception in China with my parents and Leona’s family. It was a wonderful and moving experience. This was my parents’ first trip to China, they had a great time touring in Beijing, Shanghai, then finally in Guangzhou, for the reception.
May 2009 – Nesting
Enough with moving from country to country, it was time to settle down. With help from friends, Leona and I moved into our new house and spent the next two months spending money and more money on furniture and accessories. The terrace is looking good, I got my BBQ on one side and patio furniture on the other, add couple Coronas, a dash of sun – voila, life is great!
June 2009 – New Office
HEXONET Services Inc. moved office – Hello White-Rock! A huge and exciting step for HEXONET Canada.
July 2009 – Wedding
My brother and his family came to visit for 2 weeks prior to the wedding. All of a sudden Leona and I had a full house and had to get used to 2 kids. Having a brand new house with two kids can be very tiring. Nonetheless, you get used to them so quickly and once they left Leona and I started to miss the two terribly. July was just a very busy but happy month. We had to take care of family and ensure that they enjoyed Vancouver. Both Leona and I were so thankful to having our parents come over, my brother and sister with family as well as family and relatives from Leona. And just like that, July 16, 2009 was upon us and what a day this was. Truly a day to remember, with perfect weather for our wedding at the Brockhouse. Shortly after the wedding it was already time to say farewell to friends and family as they traveled back home.
October & November 2009
These two months were spent traveling the world again. Thankfully Leona and I work in the same industry which allowed us to sometimes travel together. October was spent entirely in Germany visiting clients and potential clients, as well as spending time at HEXONET HeadQuarters. Towards the end of October we left for Seoul to attend the next ICANN Meeting. From there we went on to HongKong to attend a fantastic event hosted by .ASIA. It was good to be back in HongKong, the city held many memories for both Leona and I. Later in the month of November we were then off to Hawaii to attend a different fantastic industry event. Luckily for us, we were able to spend a few additional days on Maui and just sat back, relaxed and enjoyed life with a good book and even better cocktails.
That basically concludes a very exciting and significant 2009. I am happily married, have a wonderful wife, have a roof over my head, am working once again with people I trust and HEXONET is doing great and definitely heading in the right direction.
I am now already looking forward to 2010 and what this coming year has in store for me.
I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. In the event that you are traveling over Christmas, remain calm and travel safe! See you in the New Year.