This is the 4th year we are celebrating her birthday together. This time right from the heart of San Francisco, California.
Some housekeeping for the day: I handled the whole kitchen department as she presumably was enjoying the much needed downtime. Well, honestly I don’t mind when she rests! And, for the dinner we went to The Grove. I remember her saying, “I love the vibe here’.
Looking back the last one year has been blissful and utterly gratifying journey for both of us.
I remember she’d drink ‘Death Wish’ the world’s strongest coffee (they say) just to get through the days and nights of the exam week. Specially, during the two subjects wherein she had to grind her arse a whole freaking lot — Algorithm, and Modern Web Application by Prof. Paul Corazza and Prof. Najeeb Najeeb respectively.
I remember enjoying Grey’s anatomy together with her as we’d eat our lunch and/or dinner until i came to know that my favorite character eventually dies.
I remember her getting creative with countless ramen that were eaten back during the university days alongside F.R.I.E.N.D.S sitcom. She really really wanted me to enjoy the soap, and surprisingly enough, I have started being entertained.
I also remember the thrills of navigating through the preparatory phase of the real-deal interviews. The experience of giving them at par. The delight of landing offers alongside her and our long walks to the local Indian restaurant for a frequent treat to the tongue.
I don’t know about myself but I clearly remember we had just gotten back from our evening walk on the outskirts of Fairfield. And as we were opening her dorm door, the much-awaited call from Jennifer (the Head of Talent at Banyan Infrastructure) rang on her phone. Both our hearts sunk and thumped the same time at that moment. So, both of us quickly jumped on her bed that was by the door and listened Jennifer slowly, delightfully unpack the offer put-forth by her San Francisco based company. The best part of the whole conversation was that she got the offer for Senior Software Engineer position despite having applied for the mere opening role.
It feels heartwarming watching her friendship with Yohannes Kassa Yimam grow with months. Plus, we also made many amazing friends (I’m specially referring to the Nov 2021 MBA entrants at MIU).
I want to forever seal as much memories as I can tank up of our first initial days at San Francisco. As she acclimatizes with her work and the working environment. As she dissolves with the San Francisco way of living from buying groceries to paying rent to paying utilities to savings to adding essential stuffs on her small, beautiful apartment.
To the nutshell, I can’t say it enough :-
In the language of Sung, “You’re a lucky man to have someone like her.”
Solution is 27, today!
Happy Birthday love. As far as the choice of song is concerned, it’s her favorite song these days!
p.s. The other birthday posts I had written previously are:
p.p.s. I’ll forever irritate Solution. I love it that way!
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