Wed 6 Dec 2006
Having not updated AutoZine for one and a half month, my mailbox is full of reader’s emails asking what happened to me…
“I’m worrying if you are ill or any accident happened to you…”"Monsieur, are you dead ?” (this is probably the silliest question in the world !!)
“Are you maybe tired of maintaining this highly respected but non-commercial site, or you have too much of your regular work ?”
Well, I am fine and living well. In fact, in the past month or so I have been working busily on another project. It is probably the most important project to me since establishing AutoZine… and now I think it is time to announce it to my readers: I am going to get married next Saturday !!!
Surprise? unbelievable that I got time to date with girl? you might remember in 15 Steps to create something like AutoZine, I wrote that in order to run a high-quality web site, you have to work days and nights, cut all other hobbies and split with your girl friend ! that was what I did many years ago… but you know, when the time comes, when the right person arrives, there is no way to escape… (oh, poor Mark !)
So, the only solution is to marry with my girl, turning her into my wife. That should save me enormous time for dating and watching those silly Hollywood movies ! besides, someone will take over the cleaning job in my house ! Suddenly I found the investment in the past few years is worthwhile, haha !
Well, back to reality. If you are interested to hear my true feeling and know about my love story, you may visit our wedding homepage and drop me some words there. But warn you, our story is 100 percent unrelated to cars, so don’t complain for boring you !
Regarding AutoZine, I expect there will be few updates in the following month or so as we will move into a new home and take some time to settle down. I hope my kind readers will understand.
Despite of my marriage, the long term development of AutoZine is guaranteed. By next September, it will be 10 years old (how many 10-year-old automotive web sites are still running today?). There could be some big changes to my job next year as various opportunities are emerging and it’s time to think whether to continue or to take other opportunities… On the other hand, commercializing AutoZine will be on the agenda, most likely through donation or advertisement. Hopefully that will generate extra income to allow me spending more time on AutoZine. There are plenty of opportunities lying ahead, but right now only one thing matters: get well prepared to be a handsome groom !
2006-12-06
Mark Wan