10 years on 10/9/10

I should have been smarter to think through the start of my employment at Sybase . I should have had a vision that maybe, just maybe, I would still be here in 2010 when I would be celebrating my 10-year anniversary. And what would be a better date to celebrate that momentous occasion than 10/10/10. Nope, I wasn't smart enough. And now, I will celebrate my 10 years here the day before.


My 10-year proof.


I got to choose my 10-year anniversary gift from a list of many potential gifts. I settled on this 90-piece flatware set. If I'm still here in 10 more years, I get to choose a park bench. Yay!


This 56K modem is a proof that I have been here a while. It is still sitting on my bookshelf reminding me and others that I am a fixture of this establishment.

Artwork that Alex created when I started here 10 years ago. According to this artwork, Rod still had hair back then. And obviously I wore my hair like Princess Leia.

The whiteboard in my office still shows Alex's artwork from the years past. If you didn't know, our family lives under a perpetual rainbow. I don't dare wipe the board clean.

Cheers to me for being such a valiant employee of Sybase...now SAP (Sybase was purchased by SAP in July). My director congratulated me by saying: "I'm not sure wishing another 10 years is in order since sudden, shameful wealth would be preferable in my way of thinking." I hope his wishes come through in my case.