WYSIWYG Dreamz: Jayanth.Krupanidhi@Sun.COM

Okay, it isn't as much fun as it sounds from the title, especially when you're losing a manager whom you'd felt so comfortable working under for about a year. As they say, all good things must come to an end. So, why get sullen, thinking about things you cannot change?

We decided to do it big and unanimously decided to have some fun before wishing Ram, our manager, a warm farewell. Our team, being a small one, didn't have much difficulty in deciding the farewell gift: a 2.5 gm gold coin.

St.Mark's Hotel was walkable from our office & I'd already been there once to attend a workshop a couple of months before. After a sumptuous lunch there, we had a cake cut for him and presented him the memento that we'd bought for him.

Post lunch, we proceeded to "Amoeba" @ Church Street, a bowling & games court, where we played a game of bowling. I'd never imagined bowling could be a game as beguiling as it actually turned out to be, probably becoz I hadn't tried my hands at it before. The first round was enough for me to get a hang of the game, and much to my own surprise, I was soon bowling like a pro. In 10 rounds, I'd wiped the board clean 5 times, one of them, clearing the board in a single attempt!

And this is how the final score looked like after Ram, myself, Rajkumar, Kaarthik & Swapna had finished 10 rounds

At the end of it all, even that slight tinge of sadness, which is usually present when parting with someone who'd been close to you, was alleviated by all the fun we had that day!

Farewell, Ram! Hope you continue to be the same approachable, empathizing & friendly manager that you've been, in the future too! Thanks for all the good things that you've done to us. You'll be missed a lot!