Monday, September 26, 2005

Moving On - A Professional Template for Goodbye

My official farewell at work:

In my first CIS townhall meeting a little over two and a half years ago,
an employee was recognized for his length of service to the
organization. When asked to comment about his tenure, he summed it up
with the following:

"If you can dream it, you can do it and there's no better place to do it
than at CIS, and there's no better time than now."

Since that time, there hasn't been a day that's gone by when I haven't
lived by these words at work. CIS has given me opportunities that I
probably would not have received had I worked elsewhere, and for that I
am very grateful. All I ever wanted to do was make a positive
difference; by getting the chance to work with many of you, I personally
feel like I have accomplished this and so much more.

For some, as I write to let you know that today is my last day working
with you, this isn't so much "goodbye" as it is "see you later." Never
have I been in a working environment that is so tight-knit on both a
professional and personal level, and I have no doubts that I will run
into some of you again somewhere, sometime.

I wish you all the best and thank you for making CIS truly the place to
be.

Sincerely yours,
Erwin


It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday.

Sunday, September 18, 2005

Do You Su Doku?

Harry Potter. The iPod. And now...Su Doku?

This logic number puzzle is the latest thing to hit people who feel they have a few brain cells worth sacrificing in order to pass time on the train to or from work. The goal: to fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. Give it a shot: