We all have a story about 羅時 Raji דוד
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How we met & the broken TV
How we met: I met Raji for the first time at a small hole in the wall Japanese pub back around 2015-16. At the time, I was living in a residential suburb of Tokyo. This pub was the only place open past 10pm in this quiet neighborhood. The onwer, a Chinese lady, told me there…
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The other side of the fence. . . so many adventures awaited
The other side of the fence. . . so many adventures awaited Oh gosh where to begin what story to tell. I have many vivid memories growing up with Raji. We did everything kids do. Like many of you who knew him and spent any amount of time with him, you could easily turn a…
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He loves the Yakult Swallows in Tokyo
Dear all Still, I cannot believe that. Really hard for me to understand correctly. I love this picture. He really loves the Yakult Swallows at Tokyo Japan. Anytime he wants to go to the Swallows game in Jingu. Unfortunately, this year the Swallows lost the Japan Series game. Absolutely that is really shocking new…
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A true friend: smart, wise, colorful and fun!
Very sad to hear!! Raji was a true friend, I first met him at the newsroom at Reuters, we become pals and we played tennis a few times (a few avenue blocks from Reuters at Raji’s old apt building on 42nd street), went for drinks often and stayed in touch since. I enjoyed his stories…
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That time he kidnapped me
When I got engaged to Julie, Raji went all out on a planning a bachelor party. Along with Hari and a couple other friends I was kidnapped and flown down to Miami to go to a few spring training games and hang out. I’ll never forget him heckling former Met Jason Insringhausen at one of…
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The Tunnel
I wrote this poem after what I will always remember to be one of the best nights of my life, and it was all because of Raj… (A kick-boxing Johnny Rotten slipped it into my pocket during a warm embrace. It didn’t stay there long.) On a Saturday night, green country hills, seven hours away,…
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A photo
Raj and Rav after all you can eat sushi, Tokyo, 2000 ,