Pap capsuni.
My internship has now ended. This morning I woke up at 5:30, only to realize that I don't have to go for a run before work today, and I didn't even set the alarm! It's funny how systematic I can be sometimes.
Friday, I went around the company and said farewell to everybody that I had any kind of interaction with in the past 6 months. Some people thought that it was my birthday because I was offering chocolates to them (what Romanian people typically do for their birthday). I told them in Romanian that I am thankful for what they have done to help me and it was truly a pleasure to be here. Everyone loved it and the origami crane that I gave them along with chocolates. As soon as I got out of the company building that day I quickly turned nostalgic about the whole experience, and I realized that I didn't take ANY picture of me working or anything in the company!! What kind of Japanese am I!?
After work, I had to get ready to leave in like 30 minutes to go to Bucharest for the weekend...for ICPS 2008 Faci Team Reunion!! The best faci team ever!!! I was truly sorry that Shake and Marius could not be there, because it's simply not the same without them. But the rest of us made it, and I was so happy to see them!
Friday night, we went to this club called Salsa 3 to attend a party called BAHA Party. One critical thing about this party was that the cover charge was 30 lei for female and 50 for male, and inside the party, it was "all you can drink". BAD IDEA. I don't go into details about what happened, but let's say that I had the second worst hangover in my life (the worst being my 21st birthday). For the entire weekend I was trying to analyze scientifically why I had to behave the way I did. And I finally came up with a solution in the train going back to Galati.
Amount of drink I consume = How happy I am / The price of drinks
So for this party, it was simple. I got to see my family of facis again plus I just finished my traineeship, so my happiness level skyrocketed out the ceiling. And because it was "all you can drink", the price was practically zero. And you know what happens, my techy friends, when you divide something by zero. UNDEFINED.
But it was a good party, after all.
For the rest of the weekend, due to the weather (and my) condition, all 9 of us just chilled in Marina's apartment. We cooked, ate, cleaned, watched a movie, and slept, all together in an apartment that normally house only one person. And what I love about being with these people is how natural and comfortable I feel around them. How can a group of an Egyptian, an Ukrainian, a Japanese American, a Spanish, and 5 Romanians make me feel so comfortable? Maybe nationality is not the factor, because there are no borders between us. I'm still looking for a good answer to this question, other than "it's a beauty of @".
After I go back to the US, Zakhida going back to Ukraine, and eventually Sami going back to Egypt, I know it's going to be difficult to have a gathering like this in the future. Shake and Marius just proved to us about the fact that it was almost like a miracle for all of us to spend one whole week together at the conference. But I say we should try holding meetings in the future. Somewhere, Someday. I think the first one to get married out of us has the right to invite everyone to his/her wedding (sorry Zakhida, think of other ways to invite all of us to Ukraine :))
Capsunicas, forever.
Friday, I went around the company and said farewell to everybody that I had any kind of interaction with in the past 6 months. Some people thought that it was my birthday because I was offering chocolates to them (what Romanian people typically do for their birthday). I told them in Romanian that I am thankful for what they have done to help me and it was truly a pleasure to be here. Everyone loved it and the origami crane that I gave them along with chocolates. As soon as I got out of the company building that day I quickly turned nostalgic about the whole experience, and I realized that I didn't take ANY picture of me working or anything in the company!! What kind of Japanese am I!?
After work, I had to get ready to leave in like 30 minutes to go to Bucharest for the weekend...for ICPS 2008 Faci Team Reunion!! The best faci team ever!!! I was truly sorry that Shake and Marius could not be there, because it's simply not the same without them. But the rest of us made it, and I was so happy to see them!
Friday night, we went to this club called Salsa 3 to attend a party called BAHA Party. One critical thing about this party was that the cover charge was 30 lei for female and 50 for male, and inside the party, it was "all you can drink". BAD IDEA. I don't go into details about what happened, but let's say that I had the second worst hangover in my life (the worst being my 21st birthday). For the entire weekend I was trying to analyze scientifically why I had to behave the way I did. And I finally came up with a solution in the train going back to Galati.
Amount of drink I consume = How happy I am / The price of drinks
So for this party, it was simple. I got to see my family of facis again plus I just finished my traineeship, so my happiness level skyrocketed out the ceiling. And because it was "all you can drink", the price was practically zero. And you know what happens, my techy friends, when you divide something by zero. UNDEFINED.
But it was a good party, after all.
For the rest of the weekend, due to the weather (and my) condition, all 9 of us just chilled in Marina's apartment. We cooked, ate, cleaned, watched a movie, and slept, all together in an apartment that normally house only one person. And what I love about being with these people is how natural and comfortable I feel around them. How can a group of an Egyptian, an Ukrainian, a Japanese American, a Spanish, and 5 Romanians make me feel so comfortable? Maybe nationality is not the factor, because there are no borders between us. I'm still looking for a good answer to this question, other than "it's a beauty of @".
After I go back to the US, Zakhida going back to Ukraine, and eventually Sami going back to Egypt, I know it's going to be difficult to have a gathering like this in the future. Shake and Marius just proved to us about the fact that it was almost like a miracle for all of us to spend one whole week together at the conference. But I say we should try holding meetings in the future. Somewhere, Someday. I think the first one to get married out of us has the right to invite everyone to his/her wedding (sorry Zakhida, think of other ways to invite all of us to Ukraine :))
Capsunicas, forever.
posted by Masato at
9:22 PM
1 Comments:
It's not the beauty of @ masato (though that is a nice sound byte we all like to use). The truth of it is that after spending the amount of time (in close quarters) that you do with fellow members of a conference team (be it faci team or OC) you come either to be completely comfortable with or completely abhor those people. Fortunate thing about @ is that you have some level of common ground to start with, so the abhorrence is less likely.
and p.s. I don't think any of us will ever forget your 21st. Truly the way it should be done
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