06 December 2008

 

My friends at work know me well

While my cancer treatment means I haven't been able to work for my employer, Navarik, for close to two years, I still make time to attend a few company events, including the Christmas party last night in downtown Vancouver:

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This year my colleague Nathan and his wife had an excellent idea for our traditional employee gift exchange: instead of getting each other trinkets, we were to imagine what our assigned recipients would have liked when they were children. They would get to open the wrapping in front of everyone at the party, then say whether the choice would have worked for their childhood selves. Now that the unwrapping is over, Navarik will donate all the presents to a children's charity for Christmas. Perfect!

Even more perfect? Whoever was matched with me gave my childhood self a matching set of a toy camera with a toy microphone. How about that?

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Comments:

I think you have been on sick leave for about 99% of my time here at Navarik. There was that fantastic stretch of about oh, a month or so while I was learning the ropes, but other than that, yeah - we see you about as often as a board member.
 
There are numerous people who've come and gone as Navarik employees since I've been on medical leave. That feels weird.