Monday, September 22, 2008

Poetic Adieu....

Friday was my last working day in the company I was working for. I got a really sweet farewell from my friends.
The farewell gift was thoughtful - I got a dinner set - from the entire team...
It was really personal because my friends thought it out and gifted what I really needed and most importantly loved.
What stood out was the personal gifts I received from 2 of my friends - they were new to the corporate world and the project and both of them faced really tough times with the same guy I was working with.
I helped them out with their work and more importantly I made sure their dignity and self-esteem didn't get trampled all over.
They needed all the help and support one can give and one of them - she is still working with that goober (It's not a real word, but it actually describes him best!)
I didn't realize how much they meant to me till they gave me "thank-you" gifts.
I have a new table clock, which I will keep on my desk at my new work place and the other is poem SA wrote, saying "thank-you. Here's the poem he wrote:

When life gives you a raw deal,
When you've just lost the zeal,
When wounds do an over-time to heal,
And you're lookin' for someone who can steal
the trauma away that you feel
There arises a noble soul
Shining brightly out of a tunnel dark as coal
who can pick up your pieces
And put you back again whole

Thank you Pixie for standin' up for me,
when there was more than I could take...
For getting me past the rough,
more importantly A!!(LOL!)
But we owe an ode to him,
and a toast to Hobbes and Calvin,
Else we wouldn't have bonded,
And seen each other through the thick and thin!

You rock!!


As, you can see, the poem left me speechless and also let me realise that I DID actually help these guys and this satisfied feeling makes up for all the crap I saw and went through in these 2 years... This humbled me beyond words...

I want to thank my friends - Sha, Shr, Shali, Che, M and Ne for being such great friends and for the awesome tea-breaks and conversations!!
I want to thank the poet - SA and Shee for letting me help them and in turn letting me help myself by strengthening
my belief in honesty and hard work and friendship...

It's my turn to say - you guys rock!



I am now jobless, sitting at home, taking a break for now, so You guys can expect at least 2 posts in a day!! :-)
(It's more of being in-between jobs)

8 comments:

Swati said...

All the best ! Hope you are fine now :)

Ramya Ramadurai said...

:)
good luck at the new place..

rayshma said...

oh awesome! see u over at mine frequently now! :D

Pixie said...

@ Vicky: :) to u too!

@Swati: Thank you... yea, I'm fine now.

@ Galadriel: Thanks babe

@ Rayshma: Yup! :D

Mizohican said...

Saying goodbye to an old life is never easy. Cherish those farewell gifts dearly and you will enjoy walking down memory lane later in life.

So which path are you going to take from here on? Which stepping stone are you going to... urrmm... step on?
:)

Swati said...

Awarded!

Pixie said...

@illusionaire: New company ?I guess :-)

@Swati: YaY! Thank you.. will put it up and pass it on as well. Can I give it back to u too??

Anonymous said...

enjoy ur free time... once u move to the new job, its gonna b work,work and more work!
mandira