Friday ... 511pm ... officially only 49 minutes of work ... yeah right, as if I am really going to do work (that's why I'm blogging from the office).

Ok, so, I need to do something to keep me busy until about 730pm ... then a bunch of us will go to Coconuts for dinner ... one last time ... on the beach .. outdoors (Che, Tasi, Spicey - I'll be thinking of you and our times together there).

Did a "walkaround" at work today to say good-bye.  Several people, including me, struggled with that.  Ofelia in our HR department was crying ... I'm the last of the expats that were here during the war ... the last that understand how hard it really was ... the last that realize just how far the country and company has come in the last few years ... I was there back when we had less than 100 employees and we knew everybody by name ... now we are 600 and hardly know each other.

Today I had lunch with our Country Manager Terry McPhail, and co-workers Drew and Debbie Bishop ... went for ... Chinese food.  It was good ... we laughed a lot ... and avoided in "reason" for the lunch.

Last night, I had dinner with KC and Lydia Yap ... very good Malaysian friends ... there was fish soup .. and I ate the head ... and thought about Decy.  We talked until midnight last night.

I know there will be many tears tonight ... many of the folks coming are folks that I interviewed and hired.  Many folks that are now married and have children because I offered them a job and opportunity ... and they moved from Portugal or Brazil to come here.  It will be very difficult.  But, in the end we will all recognize that we have touched each others hearts.

... Bill