Bryan and I went to Kim's graduation commencement. We sit through the whole session. President Gee quoted this really funny yet true statement, "The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese".
After the ceremony we met up with Amrish and his girlfriend Peggy at this vegetarian Indian buffet on Bethel. I had my first mango lassi, although the fact that it is just yogurt and mango juice. Had tosai, which is nice. Forgot about chapati. All that we talked about was how are we going to start the production of Cocobello, and the sales pitch, and whatnot. Bryan made the point that it will be a waste if we would let our first placing nobel product remain a first placing product, rather than selling the real thing to the people out there, since there is such a huge demand for gluten-free snacks/desserts, plus the fact that there are currently not a single item on the market selves that are nearly as close/nobel as our Cocobello.
So yeah, we talked about stuffs, both production and marketing. Really, I sure hope we can really start this thing, like pronto. We have been talking about this for the past 12 months, and all the discussions did not really yield anything. Like Kim said, Bryan has kids, and he's graduating soon. Amrish is graduating with his phd by the end of the year. Kim is in Mexico, and I'm starting grad school. True, everybody has their commitments. But hey, personally I don't really mind giving 2-3 hours a week, just to work on the project, given that we know what we are doing, and we see results.
So anyway, this is probably the last day we would see Kim in person (or at least not in the near future or in the U.S.). I am really glad Bryan talked me into doing Product Development. I am so happy that the Cocobello PD team, at the end turned out to be such good good friends. Too bad Luca wasn't there with us just now.
So yeah, I hope that Kim will survive Mexico City, with her minimal proficiency in Spanish (at least for now). Oh, last but not least, always tie her donkey when she goes to the river to do her laundry. LOL It just doesn't get old.
