Well even after writing one blog I have tonnes of time left to spend at the airport. So time to write another one. 2:43 pm it is and I have my flight at 7:50 pm. Yawn.
Well I will take this opportunity to put in words my last day at Austin.

Wake up at 8 am. By now I have mastered the art of getting ready, cooking food and eating it all in a measly 20 minutes. But it does require some serious multi tasking, an art that I mastered during my MBA :D We reach office 10 minutes late for the morning meeting. The reason behind the delay is another long story that we can leave for some other time. It is surely going to be a hectic day. Tie up the loose ends and present all my work to the client during a hour long meeting starting at 4 pm. As is the case with any IT projects, the client gives many suggestion which they suddenly managed to remember on the very last day. I make the changes and I am done by 6:30 pm. And this brings my current assignment to an end. A very interesting assignment it has been and one that has taught me a whole lot of things. As I head back to my hotel one final time in our Nissan Centra I really cant make out if I am happy going back to India. Till one day back I desperately wanted to go back to India and now I wish this could continue for a few more days. I reach my hotel and Prabhakar tells me that it will be dinner at his place. Now it would be grave injustice to his abilities if I didnt take atleast couple of lines letting you people know what a great cook he is. And his “Aloo Kurma” is really out of the world. He promised to make me Aloo Kurma. We went to our respective rooms and decided to meet by 9 pm for the final supper :D

At around 8:40 I got a call from Kannan (my manager for the assignment). He was in my hotel with his family and waiting for me in Prabhakar's room. As I reached Prabakar's room, I found all my friends had gathered in Prabahkar's room to give me a final see off. And they also had a really unexpected set of gifts for me. A Texas Longhorn jacket, a Longhorn cap, a big box of chocolates and a greeting card. It was a really touching gestur. There was Kavyaa(Kannan's three year old daughter) waiting to bid adeau to me and for one final time tell me the stories about Elomo, pink hair bands, hair clips, among many other things that we used to talk so much about. Must say she has to be the cutest kid I have even come across. We get talking once again and time flies. As a parting memory I get a pic clicked with her – Lucky PP sharing spotlight with a true superstar. And by now its late in the night and time for all to depart. How I wish they could stay back for that bit longer. As Kavyaa goes back to her house with her parents she keeps on waving her hand to her PP uncle and soon Kannan's car disappears. Me and Prabhakar head back to Prabhakar's room where we have our dinner. And probably for one last time I get to have Aloo Kurma made by Prabahkar. I come back to my room and go off to sleep – A sleep that brings to an end a truely remarkable day :) I am done with my 2nd blog of the day and its still 3:10 pm. A much larger Yaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.