| My love for British accent is well known. One of the business planners I work with was from UK and very recently moved here. I made an excuse to meet with her today and wow! I could hear her talk ALL DAY LONG. Seriously!!
We might go to UK this year and I wanted to get some tips on places to visit. She apparently lived in Cotswolds and said there is nothing much to see there! Seriously I wouldn't mind just walking around the cutesy villages taking it all in. I suppose anything new is always exciting. I really want to move to Europe, somewhere, may be Germany, may be England.
I might actually get to visit the place where Enid Blyton wrote her Famous Five books, the books that have played a significant role in who I am and was a major part of my childhood. I wish there were such books and writers for dotter to enjoy. Since we didn't quite understand how life was in England a lot was left to our imagination and how rich it was! Smugglers top and tunnels and Kirrin Islands and Kirrin Castle topped with ginger ale and sandwiches. No wonder I have such fascination for England. I wanted to do this last year but this year it is. Let's hope everything lines up with no hiccups.
Next week is Spring break in most places and offices are going to be empty. My boss and my gm are both out, how nice that they take time off with kids. But somehow things seem to blow up just when they are out of office. I pray hope I won't have to call them while they are on vacation.
My ramp on the job is going fine. Sometimes I feel I am nailing it and other times I am not so sure. Engineering related stuff are a cake walk, I understand better than others. Decision making I struggle. I guess my analytical skills are rusty or I am learning to use them, ask the right questions to make decisions and make the right trade offs. I am making progress. I know that once I get the hang of it i will think it is not a big deal. I am all fired up to work but sometimes I feel there is not enough work! Gah! I was waiting for this, to work during work hours and spend the rest of the time on other things, but somehow I feel like I can fit in more. Especially since I ditched women network stuff. I sleep 9 hours some days ;--D don't kannu pottufy. Patience patience I am sure before I know it I will be swamped. I am taking this time to think, explore, innovate a little. But the rigid structure at work place gives me no room to do anything on my own. Work in progress. I am building relationships, building trust with people, digging deep into issues that don't require so much time.
I finished two courses in Coursera. I am exploring some courses in Berkeley or Stanford. I have some work related travel coming up, I hope it doesn't conflict with dotters birthday or our anniversary. And I get to travel business class! It is always a cheap thrill for this cheapo middle class Chennaiite.
One more day for the weekend. I am not exactly looking forward to it since weekdays are fun learning and not really stressful!
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