End of second Coop, bye bye OPS !

Here it is, December 17th came and my second RIM coop term has ended. It was different that the first one, that's for sure! I have learned many new things, used and improved many of my old skills, said goodbye to Dong who left the team and moved on to Engineering to learn new stuff, and even had our manager fired! (we didn't caused it, promise !)

Turbulent coop term was crowned on Thursday night, night that was absolutely priceless! It started at 9pm with fantastic dinner at Crabby Joe's with my boys Adam, David, Manny and Zeeshan. We ate, drank and summarized the past fall, our relationships and our lives.

From midnight to 3am (eternal) Naythan and I performed the last Networking action together in the most secured RIM building in Waterloo and then in Hollywood manner with crazy slides on snowy roads and parking lots with (summer tires FTW !) we "raided" couple of other places for tea, candy and occasional mini-golf session!
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Now is the time to have a little break until January 10th when my 5th out 6 semesters will start. Great thing is that I will be coming back to RIM and Waterloo in summer, but the sad part is that I will not be working with my old team - I have switched from Corporate Data Network Operations to Blackberry Academic Group. There I hope to be part of the efforts to get Blackberry knowledge in the Curriculum for Colleges and Universities. I am excited and little bit scared about the change and I am sad that I am leaving my team (I love you guys!), but I have changed a bit in these past 6 moths and I felt a subtle whisper in my soul, calling me to continue adventure and exploration of limits and the unknown me. Change becons and I will follow.

Bye Ops !

While I will spending Cristmas with Heather and her family (Thanks H!), I am still debating about the New Years Eve. I can't decide between nice, cozy cabin with fireplace and cooked wine an some unknown (masked) party that must be happening somewhere and I just need to find it and launch my brain into orbit. I do not have much time to plan and organize NYE thing, so that will mostly be a spontaneous action with absolutely unknown outcome. You will find out more in early January... ;)

And the Le Grande News is that my Mom is coming to visit in summer! That is going to be so AWESOME! We will have a blast, she is not even aware how fantastic it will be!
:)

That's it for now, I will try to keep posting as things start happening again - now is time to chillax.
I think I deserved it.

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