Old friend

   I think i can say that today i am happy. Don't jump to conclusions; i didn't fond a better job, I didn't found a way to overcome all the problems and issues in my life and of course i didn't found the secret to immortality( you would like that published on the open source community so everybody could benefit from it no?). I found a Friend. A friend i thought that was lost into the unknown. But He's back.
    Now you will say : what a big fuss of nothing like this... We constantly finding and loosing friends and we are not making such a fuss of it. Nope this one is different... Think of him just like you would think at your adolescence best friend, because that is what he was for me, the one that impatiently throws himself in front of you to defend you in a fight, the one that gently looks over your shoulder when you are almost close to make a huge mistake, the one that cheers and feels happy with you when your combined efforts finally pays off, the one that with a shallow whisper will guide your attention to a girl he likes but he does not have the courage to speak with, the one that can sleep and dream at the next day spent with you, that kind of friend.
    I thought i lost him some 20 years ago when he and his family fled this country to a better future, leaving me here, without hope, and without even saying goodbye. I constantly tried to make contact with him but first the communism years, after that the day to day struggle to live, prevented me from finding him. Now thanks to a social network so popular these days, i found him (actually he found me). We spoke on the phone for about two hours and honestly it felt like the time was back in the 80's when we were in my back yard conceiving radios and power amplifiers from scavenged parts from old TV sets. It was like the 20 years of silence were gone in a flash, and everything was like it was before. Just two friends sharing a good time. Now everybody has such a friend. So what the fuss about this one to become a post in a blog? well i have to thank this guy for teaching me two things: Value of friendship and electronics.
    I never lost the hope that i will at least hear something about him, the idea of loosing him forever wasn't something i wanted. He was and he still is in my heart my best friend. The words are scarce to describe the countless days we spent together, dreaming of some SF devices we will build, making plans for the jobs we would like to have, the girls we would like to have...These were the basis for our friendship. And despite the fact that we are hundreds of kilometers apart, he is still my friend and  he will always be. I have to thank him now, for the passion he had for electronics. He showed me what it is and made me a part of his joy of building working wonders from electronic components. I know that you will laugh so loud about what am i about to say... Back then when i was a nerd, when we just met, i asked him to build me a light show from LED's. From my point of view what he was doing was pure magic wizardry, but for him it was just plain diode, transistor, resistor, filter,etc, connected in a meaningful way to make a music activated light show. I was so amazed about what he did, and i was so nerd that i actually bought a few resistors and diodes just because i liked their colors not because i needed them in any way. I do not know if he remembers that day but that was the day i submitted myself in learning the electronic wizardry. He showed me the basics and i was like in a constant dream, learning how to connect, solder, calculate to make my first circuits. After almost 20 years i remember those days like they were yesterday.  I, now that i found him have to thank again him, because despite the fact that he left the country he was never lost for me. The passion he fed into me was the link that kept me from forgetting him, and the only thing that pushed me up in my career. So, my friend, Thank you for giving me a job, a reason to be happy, a dream to dream to and a way of life. The only thing i can give back to you is this: You are and will be, whatever reasons will take us apart, My Best Friend. You never left because i was keeping you in my soul every day. So instead of saying to you welcome back i will say, "Salut ma".