MONTH JUNE always holds a special place not just because of my birthday, though. I have special memories, incidents happened in the month of June. And particularly 28th is very very special to me... :-) And I eagerly look forward for this date, making preparations, messaging on 27th night itself etc etc etc. This time, though, June 27th is not going to be happy for me, rather, to our team :( We are going to miss our dear friend on this day. She has got infected, as she often admits, the "Giggles Virus". She keeps giggling for no reason and making fun of all the things under the sun. Very Jovial kinda person who wants to live the life fullest, come what may. Though she had had Ups and Downs in life, never she made a point to reveal that to others.
Actually, when I saw her some 3 years back, I was not impressed at all. But over a period of time, she got closed to our team, started joining for lunch, fwding mails, and forcing us to join our company's Family Day work and all. She became an integrated part of our team and we always used to go altogether n spend some good time there, forgetting our routine work and all. Fun it was...
She was always there when anyone in our team is looking down in life, shouldering the burden, offering tips, be it of any kind. Personally for me, she was like a beacon, both personally and professionally. When life was heading towards South few months ago, she came to my rescue and made me to realise what's right and what's wrong, and introspect myself and make proper decision. Today, if I look at that stage of mine, I feel thankful to her. It was because of her advice, personal experience, which I also witnessed, made me to make certain important decisions and happy for them.
A Big Party goer, she never missed a single party that was thrown in the office and always scolding me "ಏನೋ ನೀನು... ಎಲ್ಲಿಗೂ ಬರಲ್ಲ ಬರಲ್ಲ ಅ೦ತೀಯ". And I always liked her way of using the word ಮೂದೇವಿ; though she did not know the meaning. Ask her the meaning, she giggles and says "I don't know what it is, but it sounds funny". Her husband is a guy who is always smiling and very good at heart. But her son, a 3 1/2 year old, never liked me, though we share the same birth day, I must say.. :-) All of us always had very much fun whenever he is amidst us. Yesterday was one such day when we had a farewell lunch to her. Both her hubby n son accompanied us and all of us had very good fun... :-)
Well, morrow she is leaving us for something better. And I thank her for all her support to me and all I can say her is ಮನಸು ಹೇಳ ಬಯಸಿದೆ ನೂರೊ೦ದು; ತುಟಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಬಾರದಿದೆ ಮಾತೊ೦ದು......ವಿದಾಯ ಗೆಳೆಯನೆ, ವಿದಾಯ ಗೆಳತಿಯೆ, ವಿದಾಯ ಹೇಳ ಬ೦ದಿರುವೆ ನಾನಿ೦ದು....
PS: On a lighter note, her exit will be remembered in the history of not just our company, but in the field of software industry, as she is leaving the office the same day Mr. Bill Gates is stepping down from Microsoft... :-))
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