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Perhaps it is the fact that I do not like Mr. Chen Shui-Bian. Or maybe after a certain amount of time, people simply grow apart. Whatever the reason, it is becoming more and more difficult to maintain the cohesiveness of group(s) that were once seemingly inseparable. It's quite sad, actually. My schedule makes it almost impossible for me to reach out and when I do, my attempts at correspondence are generally responded to really late or simply not responded to at all. (In my opinion, attempts at correspondence, (whether it be phone calls, voicemails, or e-mail messages), that are not replied to is just like running away when someone tries to say hi. But that's just my opinion and since when did that really matter anyway?)

I go through something like this every year. You would think that I would learn something by now. I guess being forgotten about and/or being rendered insignificant is something that I should get used to in this line of work. There is so little that I could do to stop the cycle. However, there seems to be at least one or two exceptions to this cycle. Of course, I am very happy about this.

Will this be the beginning of a month and a half long goodbye or will this situation get better? God only knows.

No matter. I have decided to retire from this line of work in May. I will pursue other things. Simply put: the investment should be proportional to the return. Don't forget: I'm a business major. My retirement would probably mean the end of a chapter in my life. I will save that topic for a weblog at a later date.

(This is not to say that I will not still work very hard, however).

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I finally mustered enough strength to tell my father about my rejection from Goldman Sachs...