Bob is a very very nice guy which I like to hang with very much.
I had a dinner with his family today. They compared me to Idan who ate with them last week. They said we have a somewhat opposite behavior. They said Idan is quiet and a bit shy, while I’m very energetic. I’m not sure if that wasn’t partly the good strong coffee I drank in the afternoon. I do know we are opposites regarding the food. While I eat almost anything, but seafood, Idan eats Kosher. So he’s very limited. Plus I know Idan can be very dull when regarding choice of food he eats. Whenever we would order anything together in Israel, say Italian, I’ll try one of the dishes I don’t know, while Idan would always eat “Pasta Napolitana” which is the simplest, basic, only tomato based pasta sauce. The dinner was very nice, There were a lot of Dim-Sum dishes. It was delicious. I kinda feel guilty when I eat food here that I really like, and that I know is Lee’s favorite. She likes both Sushi and Dim-sum a lot. I even think she likes it more then me. Bob’s family is very kind, I learned a few new words in Chinese, and they even invited me to join them again. I was very honored. I had a great time in this dinner.
A little about Bob
Bob used to be the CEO of Sanctum. Now he’s the Janitor. Or that’s how the guys here joke about him. He still comes to the office, even in weekends. He has a most beautiful fish here which is his hobby. We talked a little about the fish tank and I learned a lot about Corals, Fish, Symbiosis, and Marine biology. Each and every thing in his Aquarium has its purpose. Each fish, algae, coral, seaweed, octopus and the rest of the sea creatures have some job. Cleaning, feeding some other creating, feeding off some other creating, eating some other creature. Everyone has a job.
From what I understood, Bob was born in Taiwan and at the age of 12 after the influence on an American exchange student who stayed at their house, he went to the US, and lived there for 15 years. I don’t understand, and I told that to Bob, how can a child get separated willingly from his parents and go live in a foreign country. Even if it the US. I can’t also truly understand parent that would let his kid go away from his house at such a young age. He told me his mom used to travel a lot back and forth, and I can also understand it if it were at a somewhat older age. Don’t get me wrong. I’m thinking he probably had a great time, and made his parent real proud, and he still kept in very close touch with his family a lot, and obviously loves them and cares for them very much… It’s just a bit odd.