An email from Joanne Cheah came on April 12 entitled "Exclusive Invitation to Raman's Farewell..." So off I went with Patrick Lee of FST on Friday the 13th. It was an exclusive invitation alright! We were practically the only outsiders there; the rest (50 of them) were EMC Malaysia staff. This party was organised by EMC staff for their longest serving boss in Malaysia. (Ok, at least Freddy won't feel too bad for not being invited.)

 The event started off with a video montage of Raman's years with EMC, a speech by the departing boss and some parting words from everyone present there, including Patrick and I. The finale was in the form of a "cake in face" for Raman.  Raman then finished off the event with the traditional kok and yam seng obligation to appease the crowd.  Yes, there were tears, from the skies, as the event was taking place.

This event deserved a post on our site because; an invitation to EMC internal event showed the close rapport and relationship that has been established between EMC and Formis Systems & Technology.  It also showed how EMC employees' appreciation of the leadership that K Raman has provided EMC over the past three and a half years. It was the employees way to tell their boss that he had done a great job.

Not only will EMC Malaysia miss K Raman; as their partner, we too shall miss him in EMC.

Editor's note: Pixes updated April 23rd, 2007.