@amazon.com

Joined Amazon, and now trying to go to bed by 11 and wake up by 7 - both tasks seem to be Herculian. The environment here is very different. People are so very involved in what they do - I think most of them are really passionate about what they do and this makes it very different from what I have seen around me in the service industry. Well, I do not how I will fare here, hoping for the best.

And as about this blog, I found a widget from Amazon Associates programme which we can integrate with our blogs to download and play songs from Amazon, and as you can very well guess I have done that to my blog with a rapid selection among a few Bryan Adam MP3s. Do check it out!
Meanwhile, All the Best to myself :-)

A decision made is a decision made!!!

I have(had ?) been thinking that am too good at decision making and recently discovered to my utter dismay that am not! I had 42 days of utter chaos in my life playing "aar ya paar" - not knowing whether I should move along this comfort/safe zone at IBM or move to 'amazon.com' which everyone around me says is great and I have no idea about. However, I have cleared 7 rounds of interviews there, and I have made my decision(after troubling myself and others, ofcourse) - am not looking back. There a lot of things about IBM that I will definitely miss, including walking up to the floor at 12:00 pm remarking that am quite early today, fights for cakes and chocolates, and fights for misc reasons. But more than these stuff and flexibility, its people whom am definitely gonna miss.
Rohan - ever-ready to help - be it keeping my MBA books safely locked in his cupboard or saving sweets for me on the days am late - he is the one I look up to for almost everything here
Sandeep ettan, who fights with me more than talking with me - but changes very serious and very attentive once he senses tension or fear in me
Raj - with his silliest of comments and fear - one of the very few whom I get to counsel (usually, am on the patients chair!)
Sree - The one who had only smiled at me earlier but became quite close when she was across the oceans, the one with whom I lovve to pose for photographs and shrieks "kollum njan athine.. " ;)
Prasanna - The "Damager" who can embarrass anybody with his comments and ofcourse, "The Paa Effect" is patented under his name.
Siba - the food-lover who will believe any cock-and-bull story if you say it with a straight face (me n Prasanna once even told him that Prasanna is gonna get married to Trisha and this fellow believed it ;)
Gayathri - the person with a Scooty, currently on diet, and whom I can never forgive for digging onto the center of my choco-lava cake and scooping out all the chocolate in one go! And yeah, I think she tops the list in the number of lifts anyone has ever given me
Abhishek - who is now pooling info from 'Manoja' about her guy, too very good at taking treats and my competitor in number of hours spent on phone
Siva - whom I can never thank enough for the wonderful collage he sent me for my birthday last year, and whose excitement in sharing Krishna songs and movies always inspire me
Ilay - who for some reason hides his mouth while speaking. You know, the typical "shy-type" :-)
Soumil chettan - who goes thinner day-by-day
Neeraj - The ever-so-demanding fellow. If only Microsoft knew how much he made other people use their products, they would have made him Marketing Division head for sure
Pradeep - who doesnt forget to wish anyone on all occasions and the official secretary for CTP
Karpagam - Our "chechi" whose fish fries are sooo very yummy
Radha - with her kiddish looks and serious talks
Suresh - who fell down from the bike on hearing a dog barking elsewhere
Apurba - Bengali sweeeeeetssssss

And this list is still not complete. There are still so many people left!!!

God, aint I gonna miss everyone? Thanks all, for making my stay here worthwhile and happy and am sure gonna miss you guys. Do miss me and my "ee" smile in all the photograps you take from today...