Monday, May 18, 2009

Farewells and Khodahafez...6


Salaam,
Time to say goodbye…It’s never been easy to say goodbye especially to good and closest of friends.
The hardest part of any friendship is when it is time to say goodbye. As much as we might like things to stay the same, change is an inevitable part of our diplomatic life…our life as trailing spouses. The universe may seem huge and the rift between friends on opposite side of the world may seem a great distance. There are many devices available, with which we can communicate, but even without these devices there is a secret that only true friends know, and it is this. All mountains and valleys in the world cannot separate friends whose hearts are as one.
Life is a journey that needs to be travelled. But I know someday we’ll meet and cross each other’s paths once again, InsyaAllah…
Friends come, friends go, but a true friend is always there to watch you grow. A friend like you…makes the world a warmer place…
Four years on here, I have seen many of those good and closest friends of ours have come and go. Images of our togetherness, joy, laughter and sadness captured during their farewell functions, vividly tell it all… These are just some of them…
Agar ruzi be Iran-e umadin, bayad pish e ma biyayin…khodahafez…!!
Wassalaam.

a farewell dinner to remember...for our best of friends...
mdm momtaz and amb. shameem ahsan

the trailing spouses...again

as a remembrance of yr friends in far away places...

will miss you dear sister...

usual pre-dinner speech...dedicated for the brunei-bound guest of honor

a warm and kind words from our guest...in response

we look forward to see you again... in bandar, excellency

a heart-warming speech indeed

a small momento to remember us

sampling home-made brunei satay n condiments...

noodle soups...

and the main course...

coffee, tea n cigar...

reminiscing all the sweet memories together in Iran...

mdm momtaz...the talented vocalist

rendering her favorite bangla song...without the music!!

cuba, malaysia, indonesia, sri lanka, thailand and sudan


best wishes and every success, happiness & health to you and family in Brunei
God bless us all.

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