2004-08-25 - 01
Ana Luisa's Farewell Party


Ana Luisa, my co-worker, is leaving for Germany, Hamburg,
to study her Masters Degree and to live near her german boyfriend, Tino

So, we went to eat some Buffalo Wings at "Got Wings",
an eatery at the World Trade Center of San Salvador

Tania de Rucks, working at Microsoft planning events
and Beatriz Imendia, former Microsoft recepcionist and also she went to the same school as me
(Escuela Alemana)


Denise Clausen, from the HR Department at Microsoft and based in Costa Rica,
Teresita and Tania Rucks from the Marketing department,
and the ex-Microsofties Beatriz Imendia, Tania (both currently at TACA, our country's airline)
and Ana Luisa who works with me at DST Consulting...
Rafael Vargas at Microsoft Consulting


Beatriz, Tania, Ana Luisa, Rafa Vargas
You should guess that Tania (with the light blue blouse) is the most talkative
and the center of attention as she relates all her way too fantastic stories


Michelle from HR in Seattle, WA headquarters; Denise Clausen from HR in Costa Rica
commenting: these chicken wings aren't that hot
(there is another level of hot, called Atomico, which we didn't try)
Michelle is also sampling the local beer, Pilsener, and was fresh from coming from Venezuela
at the time of social unrest there (they were voting in Venezuela to see if president
Hugo Chavez should be removed from office...)
They also went shopping for swimwear, as Michelle is going shortly to visit a Costa Rican beach


Teresita, Tania de Rucks, Bea Imendia


Tania, Bea, Ana Luisa - we moved the tables to the lobby after it started raining...


Denise, Michelle and Rafa...
You see a Coke bottle on the table. That was mine, as I don't drink alcohol...
(so I would have been designated driver... which is more important now
that they have passed laws for drunken driving... only the laws are strange:
If you are drunk and drive, but are alone, you don't get jail time;
You'll get in jail only if you are drunk and are driving with another person in the car... Go figure!)