Ode to 28
Tomorrow I complete my 29th year on the earth and celebrate one more year of not yet being 30.
This is a major milestone. Though not yet having children has slowed the aging process, it is undeniable that I am no longer a young man. My hair started getting gray flecks about four years ago. My metabolism stopped working properly about three years ago. My hair started thinning noticeably about two years ago (the real reason for the intermittent beards and longer curls – I’ve got to exert some control over my hair somehow). I had reason to communicate with my mother’s brother John this past month, and it was refreshing to have him refer to us as ‘you kids.’ Jennifer made the point however that it probably made him feel younger than it made us feel.
I'm glad, however, to celebrate my birthday in India. Last night my office mates gave me a box of Snickers Candy Bars as a gift. I was grateful.
I have spent the past two months mainly in Chennai with only a few minor expeditions to Andhra Pradesh to visit Jennifer and two trips to Mumbai for meetings. That is all about to change. My project has reached the stage where we are about to start interviewing every credit franchise we can all over the country. This means more trains, planes, and automobiles in the very near future.
The IFMR Small Enterprise Finance Centre (SEFC) crowd at dinner celebrating Rock's birthday. Starting from Rock and Jennifer on the left: Davina, from France, the SEFC coordinator; Professor Schoar, from Germany, the MIT professor in charge of all the centre's projects; Preethi, from Chennai, an SEFC research associate; Souditi, from Kolkata, another SEFC research associate.
Tomorrow I complete my 29th year on the earth and celebrate one more year of not yet being 30.
This is a major milestone. Though not yet having children has slowed the aging process, it is undeniable that I am no longer a young man. My hair started getting gray flecks about four years ago. My metabolism stopped working properly about three years ago. My hair started thinning noticeably about two years ago (the real reason for the intermittent beards and longer curls – I’ve got to exert some control over my hair somehow). I had reason to communicate with my mother’s brother John this past month, and it was refreshing to have him refer to us as ‘you kids.’ Jennifer made the point however that it probably made him feel younger than it made us feel.
I'm glad, however, to celebrate my birthday in India. Last night my office mates gave me a box of Snickers Candy Bars as a gift. I was grateful.
I have spent the past two months mainly in Chennai with only a few minor expeditions to Andhra Pradesh to visit Jennifer and two trips to Mumbai for meetings. That is all about to change. My project has reached the stage where we are about to start interviewing every credit franchise we can all over the country. This means more trains, planes, and automobiles in the very near future.

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