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Helen

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A few years ago, I attended an interview for a job at the Monocle Café . Helen was one of the company’s board members and interviewer at Monocle’s HQ. When leaving the office, I wasn’t sure whether I got this job but had a feeling that we may become friends.
Helen is such character. And her life could be a screenplay for a good movie. (I’m NOT kidding). As Executive Assistant to Monocle’s chairman, to watch her calmly coordinating an international brand and being supportive to the team was a great lesson to learn.

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Helen and myself are no longer working for Monocle, but I have a pleasure of meeting her occasionally and have an epic time together. That’s what meeting friends are for, right?

Karo

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She is one of those exceptional people, whom you cannot pass by without taking a long look.
And I’m not talking about her pretty doll face. It’s all about her allure.
I must admit that since we met that first day in a fashion magazine office 11 years ago, she hasn’t stopped intriguing me. At ALL.
What I also adore about Karo, is that despite living in different countries and our time together in that office brief, we feel compelled to Skype and share our crazy/silly/embarrassing moments of our lives with each other. With a glass of wine in our hands and over a decade of fond memories to share, geography is no boundary to true friendship

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