work, friends and boss

i just found out after my departure at NB.... my 4th friend is leaving NB. this one is different. (i guess you can say i am close to all 4 of them because they are my "fun and games" buddies at the company) i ate breakfast with him every morning. he bakes and brings me food. we talk about beauty together. he was my Stanford in life(how Charlotte had a Stanford in sex and the city) our business trips together were entertaining and full of girls talk. but now he's leaving because his boss is being crazy. (we are not in the same department but we work very closely together) 

to me, it was a good company. my boss was nice even though he bullies me. i learned a lot. i had a lot of opportunities. but i made myself a promise is that unless i can go back as a higher position, or else i won't be going back because i felt that i absorb a lot when i was there. but i won't be learning too much more. i never admitted to it why i came back early. it was because i felt that i was being stuck inside this whirlwind power struggle between the 2 department heads. i was very tired and annoyed that i was in the middle making peace. that is the main reason why i left nb early than i intended to. 

talking about my boss. haha! like his daughter continuously tells me "he's a dictator." oh he is. But without this man's dictatorship, i won't be who I am today. Due to this dictatorship, I was force to doing a lot of things I never imagined I can do. He gave me the opportunity to "stand firm" and "toughen up" i guess at the same time, he used his most indirect way to tell me that I have a gift of dealing with people. He gives me responsibilities that no grown man should give a 20 year old. He gave me all the possible "educational moment" in our jobs so I can learn how to deal with them. For me, even though he's a dictator. But I learn so much from this man. He had truly influence me. seriously, i have never been so grateful for anyone who's not my family. even though, i am half way across the world- i know he gets his daughter to check up on me regularly. and he will be there for majority of my life because i am good friends with his daughter. (somehow he thinks i am a good influence on her)