Alright. It wasn’t me that met Thomas Friedman. Rather, it was two of my Michigan friends whom are currently based in Beijing. One of the two friends sent a few photos over to me just to make me jealous.
So, this is Friedman signing a book:
Yes. That’s Friedman. And nope. I’m not jealous.
And this is the two friends in the picture. This is a photo with a friend and Friedman in it. This is just to prove that he and she really met Friedman and the picture was not picked up from somewhere…
If that isn’t enough (still not jealous)…
She got her copy signed. And mine is not!
And also, one of the two friends (as he insists, he’s not in the picture) gave his business card to Friedman!
Alright! Alright! I admit it. I’m seriously jealous!
Also, according to the friend, he paraphrased it I suppose, he had a conversation with Friedman:
“Sir, you wrote about my company, [name withheld], in your book. I am actually here in China to set up the same operation like the one in Bangalore”.
He looked up and say “That’s great”.
“Yeah… I guess I am doing a really good job… So now my colleagues back in Singapore may get fired sooner than scheduled….”
TF: “I am sorry to hear that…. but it’s really interesting…”
