So much for being prompt about writing. Tor, my apologies. I can only give you an usual scientist excuse - a deadline. Better late than never, they say.

I have never thanked you. I realize that you would think I don’t really have to thank you, but I feel I should.

Thank you for being. You certainly opened my mind about a lot of things. Good experiences for me.

Anyway, you left in 2002, if I am not mistaken or was it 2003. I remember vaguely that you had finished your studies at OSU and were headed to W country. I was somewhat preoccupied with my own things to notice life around me. I was most certainly stressed about a lot of things.

2003 was a very difficult year for me. A time for getting my priorities right. Questions I had to answer for myself. ‘Did I really love science?’ ‘Was it love or was it the idea of being in love (apologies to Pink Floyd)?’ ‘Was I cut out to be a scientist?’ ‘Did I really believe in myself or was it I was reassured constantly by the confidence people has me?’

By the end of the year, I had answered all these questions.