Rajesh's Last Day

Rajesh, Me, Dave, and Naresh at Manuel's

Rajesh leaves tomorrow at 7:15AM. It was his last day today... I never thought I'd get to know and be so fond of one of our coworkers from India. His three month stint has come to an end. Quite sad I only got to know him his last month here. But at least, I got to know him as much as I did... Perhaps I'm mainly to blame for the initial distance between me and our guests from India. I had some resentment to deal with because in my mind, they were still the guys that replaced my friends, Nezha and Vidya! I know it wasn't their fault, but still... I guess I can't help the stubbornness kicking in. But once I got over that and decided to give it a chance, everything went great.

We just got along! It was really great gaining a friend who empathizes in that they are not necessarily entirely assimilated into the local culture here, and in more ways than one, shares the same cultural background as I. Perhaps it also helped we were in the same age group :D I also owe him the fact that I got to know my city AND my colleagues on the other side of the building a little better. We all had a blast. I suppose Scorpios and Taureans really do get along well. Generally, anyway ;)

I almost got all emotional when it was time to say goodbye after a fab dinner at Manuel's with Dave and Naresh (too bad Marco couldn't make it :(). He said I became his best friend here :'( Aw, I'll miss him!

Rajesh, this entry is dedicated to you, man. May you and Shushti end up together ;) May you visit real soon. And I wish you great success in life. I'm so glad we got to know each other. Don't ever forget... you are a special soul... you are AWESOME! :D

Love,

Jenny