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Goodbye

The time is fast approaching for goodbyes. The first set of goodbyes at work has started. On the 29th of September, most of our development organisation in Vancouver closed shop and left. They did release a fairly major application update as well, with 'Rock Solid' as part of the title. We also lost our beloved manager to Amsterdam. You may recall his lame goodbye party from a couple of weeks back. And he forgot to play foosball with me like he promised. That rascal.

I will miss these folks. They have been part of my work world for the past 2 years or so. I have learned a lot from them and have a lot of respect for them. I am sad to see them leave. But I guess all good things do have to come to an end. Au revoir folks.

Lisa models the wafflesBut before they left, in true fashion, we had a celebration. Well, the whole week was one big celebration. Waffles on Wednesday, a film on Thursday, beer every day etc. Its the geek equivalent of Woodstock.

Now, beer is a rather interesting thing. I have inherited a fridge. It's primary aim in life is to supply the folks at work with a good ale or lager or porter or whatever. It brings joy to these folks. Or maybe its the other way around... they can forget easier when beer is around. At any rate, the beer fairies have been good to us and the fridge has been filled with good drinking material. We even have stuff The beer fridgefrom Belgian Trappist Monks.

On the 29th, we had a full day of activities that some of us could not take part in. They involved drinking on a massive scale and things of that nature. It culminated for most at Chivana on 4th Avenue. Allegedly people paid $10 for food each and got stiffed. We arrived far too late for all the fun activities. But Support did make its presence felt. We even took along a 4Cs plaque and ended up giving it to the waitress there. There were cigars and shots of alcohol all around us.the Four Cs of Support I even saw some good uisce beatha making the rounds.

I was entertained. It was a little surreal to see folks from way back in the day there. These people are partly the reason this little dream became a reality and that too a fairly decent sized one. I took a few more of pictures of the crowd to give an idea of who was there. The organisation went through 2 mergers to get here and has changed the way education works. I should know; I was there in the early days and I am there now, in the midst of it all.


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It has been a good ride so far. And for those of us going to DC and the remote corners of god's green earth to continue on with the new entity, we will take with us what we have learned here and will make our presence felt. If there is anything we are good at, it is doing well and making sure we get noticed. Goodbye good folks. And may good luck follow you in your pursuits!

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