Last day at IBM

So I enter the coffee room for that one last cup of latte. The machine reads "Bin full". Scowling, I turn around and express my angst to Karthik, Lisha and Divya, only to face a whole bunch of smiles (Karthik with the customary flash of teeth, Lisha with the usual all round dimple in the cheeks, Divya letting her eyes do the smiling of course and Aditya conspicuous by his absence). A cool greeting card, a pen-in-a-box that I know I'll preserve for as long as I can and a Reebok tee-shirt later, my mouth/tongue decides to take the luxury cruise to Florida already. I blabber something about friends in college telling me to think about higher studies, then with a silly grin say thanks all around and show them how red my ears can get.

Security wont take my ID card, insisting I keep it. Ashwin already starts casting worrisome glances at my querulous looks, extends his hand hesitantly and before more is said, quickly accepts the badge AlongWith the tag. He'll have to give it to the manager tomorrow.

I know I have friends here. Ashwin managed a little smile to seep through the corner of his face having taken my ID. Praveen fixed the latte machine to do its thing. And Divya mentioned how she'd remember whenever she yawned about excel worksheets on friday evenings..

I'll miss you guys! Hope this blog can remedy that. You have made these two years colourful. Thank you!