Goodbye and Good Luck

The week after I came back from Singapore, I was busy overcoming jet lag and meeting friends for dinners. Firstly was K's birthday dinner, followed by a farewell dinner for a close colleague Cyrus, then dinner with K's friends and an engagement drinks for Janine and Louis, all in the same week. It was good in a way because I had to force myself to stay awake during the dinners and got over jet lag quite fast.

Cyrus was the first colleague I knew when I was new in our London office. I was a complete newbie and my manager introduced us saying we both had just joined the team and perhaps thought it's good for us to interact since we both knew no one else. Turned out that we became really good buddies and in fact our whole team got along so well together with Askar and Kathryn that we were dubbed the "dream team" by other colleagues haha well I guess there is some truth in there. I would safely say that Cyrus is probably the most helpful colleague I've met. He never hesitated to help whenever I asked for some. He was like the guru in the team and became quite indispensable. Even though we have all now moved on to new roles within the bank, we all kept in touch and somehow always end up having dinners at his fav (now the team's fav) curry and kebab house in a certain dodgy part of London.

Last Friday we said farewell to Cyrus who was going back to India for good. After 7 years he has decided to say goodbye to London and move home (much to the delight of his family).

Kathryn and I arranged for a farewell dinner after I came back from Singapore and we went to Wahaca the Mexican restaurant not too far from office. We reminisced about our days in the "dream team" and spoke of our lives now and what we think we would be doing in the next few years. T'was a good catch up with endless flowing conversation. Sad to see a good colleague leave but I guess at some point in time, we all need to move on and embrace changes :)

Cyrus and me

Kat and Cyrus

We didn't know our waiter made himself quite part of the picture until we checked our camera

Goodbye and Good Luck buddy! x

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