reality bites (and then there was one)

so ram picked me up from work today and brought me home. he is a sweet guy & asked very politely if he could have friday off. he also asked if i could give my recommendation to majid & hospitality director at the end of the summer. of course i told him that we would help him out. ram is from nepal, he is married and has 3 kids. he has been working here in dubai for 4 years and gets to go home for 30 days each year. although he doesn't go home, because his family now lives in india. we talked some more about his family. his oldest daughter is in 9th grade and she hopes to study at a university in the US.
he asked me to talk to her and talk to her about direction, future studies, and university in the states. so ... he texted me her email and i sent her a note. i told her a bit about mac plus i told her about the UWC schools. i don't really know what sort of help i can offer her, but i am willing to try ... and curious to see what she has to say.
the reason ram picked only me up is because head office told us that haider had to go home to get his visa for japan. so - they rushed him back to pakistan to take care of that. majid has been out for the last 2 days on a dental absence. so i spend the afternoon alone at Gulf Market Research, getting ready to be a **sEcRet** shopper!!!!1!!! which is my activity for the day tomorrow (and majid's, if he comes). on one hand i am kind of excited for time at GMR because it will probably be the stop that comes the closest to the work i did at mac, on the other hand, it's mostly about car sales....
just got word from haider, he is safe in pakistan. hopefully he will be back soon.