Just talking to another mechanician...

Dear Zhigang,

As of this writing, none of the Twitter (now called `X' or `x', you know best) accounts I follow have gone against me. Or, the Chinese either, for that matter.

Just noting, for the time being,

Just the way, you know, I could've left a PhD program (that one because I already had had an MTech from IIT Madras), and joined American Industry,

or,

just the way, you know, I could've completed my PhD at UAB, and come to join you all guys at Hutchinson's group, or some other suitable. Harvard had a big heart, back then. Also, other places. Evans was big at UCSB ``Materials'' department.

Nothing of the sort happened.

But you kept your promise.

This note, just to remind you of that one.

I will keep mine.

Just in case you have doubts, be willing to not only experience but also suffer through a huge deluge. Purely from my own personal side. [Don't ask for it., Zhigang. Even, say, I mean, even Confucious said so. Or, must've had.]

So, anyway, thank you.

Best,

--Ajit