Sinha Heendeniya:
CLASS OF 1979
Irvington-Frank H. Morrell High SchoolClass of 1979
Irvington, NJ
Sinha's Story
Life
I joined the USAF shortly after graduation and got stationed overseas in England (at RAF Bentwaters) for two years. Then I was transferred to Holloman AFB, New Mexico and arrived there in May, 1982. I got married in May, 1983 and got orders to go back to RAF Bentwaters. I arrived back at RAF Bentwares in January, 1984. I got divorced in October, 1985 and eventually, I was transferred back to Holloman AFB, NM in January, 1988. I got a part time civilian job as a Radio Announcer later that year and worked at it for several months. I finally got out of the Air Force in Novemeber, 1990 and moved to Naples, FL where I was offered a job as a restaurant manager. That didn't last long because I eventually found out that it was a front for laundering drug money. I headed back to New Mexico in December, 1990 and looked for work. None was available, so on a whim, I decided to head west and ended up in the San Francisco Bay Area in February, 1991. I got married again in March, 1992 but knew things would be difficult because we both got laid off earlier...Expand for more
in the month and she was about six months pregnant at the time. We had a daughter in June, 1992. There was a period of about 3 years of unemployment during which time I decided to go back to college. I got a Computer Science degree. I finally lived up to my potential (about time, huh?) and maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout college and graduated Salutatorian (I missed Valedictorian by 0.25 points). About halfway through school, I got a job. After a while, I didn't think I was getting paid fairly, so looked for work in the computer industry. For about 5 years, I worked as a Software Engineer in Silicon Valley. I got divorced again in September, 2000. I fell on some hard times in February 2001 with the downfall of the High-Tech industry. I lost everything and ended up homeless and broke for about a year. I finally was able to get a management position with a movie theater chain and have been with them ever since. It doesn't pay much, but at least it's a job. I relocated with the company to Orange, CA (near Anaheim) and have been here ever since.
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