MY LIFE'S JOURNEY IN ADB.... FAREWELL

Originally posted on September 15, 2008 via Multiply.com

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My farewell message released 27 August 2008:

My Dear Friends and Colleagues,

A journey of a thousand miles, I was told, starts with a "first step". And I like to add that no matter how long the distance, the journey will end with the "last step".  I made my "first step" in my ADB career 30 years and 6 months ago.  In few more days, I am preparing to do my "last step".  By then, more than half of my life I have spent with ADB.  But now it's time to bid farewell... with the sincerest hope that I have contributed something, no matter how small and insignificant perhaps, to the vision and mission of ADB.

Throughout my ADB career, I have my share of pleasant and frustrating experiences, which are not unusual in an imperfect world we all live in.  I would want to take home with me the happy and enriching experiences and memories.  So I thank ADB for my career of more than three decades, all of them in BPMSD, and the benefits I have enjoyed and, hopefully, continue to be enjoying in my remaining years, as I go on with my journey towards life's sunset.

Most importantly, I am forever grateful for the friendships that enrich my humanity while working in this institution... all you my friends and colleagues who have touched my life as I went through my ADB journey.  I hope I will be leaving my heartprints in all of you as well, as I move on to the next and last phase of my life.

Thank you ADB, and thank you so much Dear Friends.  I will carry a picture of all of you in my heart as I complete my life's journey outside ADB.  I will miss you all.  Farewell and a pleasant day.

Nick