Photo - Lunch @ Raaga

Singapore - a FINE city

Some of our colleagues have come from Singapore and we had a chance to have lunch with them at Raaga, CMH Road. We just met before lunch and exchanged many things.
The said Signapore is a fine city and we thought we all knew that. And when they stressed on the word FINE , only the we came to know what they were trying to say. They were talking about the high penalty for any mistake. Even not flushing in toilets would be fined.

The two guys from Singapore were talking about Singapore and Malysia where bribing for an offence will cause double penalty.
I wish such rules are also enforced in India. Shankar, in the film Anniyan has showed this, but our people as usual do not take the message from the film.
My colleagues were talking about the bribing practices in India and I really felt awkward. Though it is the truth, We have so many good values also that could be putforth.

The food in Raaga was good. I had Tomato Soup, A starter and Veg Biryani.
We completed the luch with Gajar ka Halwa ad Rabadi. The desserts were good.

Quote

Acceptance of others, their looks, their behaviors, their beliefs, bring you an inner peace and tranquility -- instead of anger and resentment.


How TRUE !!!

Thiruvannamalai

Karthkai Deepam was celebrated last week and the deepam that was lit on that day would be lit for 12 days. So this is the first time I saw the thiruvannamali deepam.
I was actually not really ready to go to thiruvannamali when my friend called me.But later I decided to go.
We took a TN Govt. bus from Koramangala, St. John's Hospital Bustop at 4.30 PM on 12/17. It was via Hosur- Krishnagiri and we reached TVM at 9.30 PM. I had a short and sweet nap in teh bus for an hour or so which helped me. We started for the Giri valam after visiting the temple.We werent fortunate enough to see the deity as it was already the closing time.So I decided to do the Giri Valam with my sandals on.We started at 10 PM.It was cloudy so we werent able to see the moon. The mountain or the hill would have been more beautiful with the moonliht or the sun light falling on it. We had darshan at the various lingams around.To name a few we saw agni lingam,vayu lingam,varuna lingam, yama lingam, kubera lingam, esanya lingam,etc..

We covered approx. 16 Kms which is the path around the mountain. During the last one km there was a peculiar temple where we have to enter bending our body full and the exit was very small that one will not be able to come out without contracting his body. But I did not know that when I enetered so I bent myself and entered and camout sideways i.e.by lying on one hand.
My friend told me the significance of that later.
After walking around the mountain for nearly 15 kms it was to relax our body muscles. But I broke the total purpose of it. Anyway I'll try that next time.
We completed on full round around the mountain (16 Kms) in ablout 3 Hrs.
Then at 2.20 AM (12/20) we went to the Bus Stop to take a bus back to B'lore. The 3 buses which we saw was very crowded and as sw engrs we did not have patience and took an auto to reach the terminus from where the buses would start, hoping to get a seat from there. We got screwed up as the auto driver took us to a differen bus stop and the buses to b'lore would not stat from that terminus aso we paid Rs.55/- for taking us to the terminus and dropping us in the same place back.
Lesson learnt : Patience is the virtue.
We got a seat in the bus at 3.30 AM and reached b'lore at around 8.30 AM.

Jayendra Saraswati..Anticipatory Bail

These days our Religious Guru Sri Jayendra Sarawati is spending most of his time with his counsel,police officers and in the court.
Yesterday (12/15) he has filed a petition seeking anticipatory bail for allegedly removing the jewels and the sivalingam from a temple in Thiruvarur district in TN..

Kali muthi pochu...that's what our elders would say.

Spice n Curry

Spice n Curry
Michael Palya
Above Philips Drivng School, C V R,Bangalore

Team Lunch this afternoon..not lucky enough to be sponsored by the company..it was a Dutch.
Started with a Tomato Soup..the service wasnt great..The tomato soup was not hot as it has to be, it was jus lukewarm. Ordered for a Golden fried Babycorn (one of my favourites) and a chiily paneer.The golden fried baby corn was good..hot..

This was followed by Veg. Meals with a roti/Naan ..but I would say it is expensive.It costed Rs.55/- for the veg meals.

I did not feel full until I ordered for an Apple juice which is was very heavy..and I am blogging about that now as I am feeling very sleepy.

Spice n curry serves Andhra,Chettinad,Tandoori and Chinese..
A one time try restaurant..may we can have a beer and Biryani which costs Rs.100/-

Bengaluru Vs Chennai

If IT rocks Bengaluru...IT and Automobile industry is making Chennai Shining!!!

Last week it was BMW the great German Automobile manufacturers signed an MOU with the TN government for setting up a planing in the Mahindra City and on 12/13 it's VolsWagon whose executives are holding talks with the Government as well as the opposition in the TN.

Many IT companies are also looking southwards from bangalore.Chennai is becoming a hot destination for Foreign investments.

With the strnger textile Industry base in TN (Tiruppur) which exports almos to all developed country and now with IT and Automobile (already chennai boasts of having Hyundai and Ford the two majors) and if this climate sustains...(I mainly stress here about the present Govt.) then TN will surely attain the the NUMERO UNO position which is the dream of our CM.

Bengaluru Habba

Yes..went to Banglaore Habba. Got a free PASS from my friend.
My couin, Mahesh and I reached the Palace grounds on Mekhri circle at around

7.00 PM. It was the last day of the Habba. We werent fortunate enough to listen to the entire veena concert by Kannan Balakrishnan.Anyway atleast we were able to listen to the last 2/3 songs.

After this classical music it was the time for Bollywood music.

Llit Pandit (Jatin-Lalit Fame) sang few of his compositions.Shaan was the next star on the diaz with peppy nos. and the famous 'Tanha Dil'.Yaana Gupta enthralled the audience with her dance for the song "Bapuji zara " which was followed by a fashion show of beautiful banglore/Mumbai models showcasing the latest designs by Pantaloons. It was altogether a memorable evening.

Software Testing conference

Represented my company for the software testing conference hosted by the Bangalore Management Association.
It was held in the Taj West End for two days 9th and 10 th of December 2005.
Many people represented their company and it was mainly about the testing processes and the effective testing guide lines.

Did not get much on that because the way the product companies carry out testing is in a unique way and the processes and practices would only be applicable to that product company and tailor made to suit the product's complexity.

Also on the second day, the vendors of different testing tools demonstrated/explained about their products.All these products are suitable for testing an application that is made out of the software available. This does not help anyway for the telecom product companies.
The reason I said for the processes holds good here too. The tools would be specific to their product and each company's (telecom) core product is unique.

Iyengaaru Veetu Azhagae....

Yet to see an Iyengaaru Veetu Azhagi....(waiting...)..the song from the movie Anniyan , a good clssical nmber..I am not aware of who played the veena piece in that song..it compliements the voice of Harini very well. Hariharan's superb voice also needs a mention here...the song starts with Jagadaranandakaraka...
this is one of my favourites which I would like to hear anytime...

Something about the picturization of this song..the background with all artificial flowers are ok but it would have been really good if it is with natural flowers or a natural place symbolising heaven...Sada (very pretty and heartthrob..) is very cute but the chreography I feel could have been better in some scenes..the costumes of Vikram and Sada go along with the song...

Laptop..

Got a new Laptop DELL.
Planning to get an internet connection at home.Waiting for this event to happen for a long time.

Weekend!!!

I came to office to do some personal work on staurday..but when I called my friend to know about some information I was really very sad to learn that his VISA got rejected..
Went to my aunt's place and had Hot Bajji's (plantain and onion) it was really nice and I really miss my home for all these delicacies.

I taught Hindi (Don't ask me I knew hindi very well but I can read and write) to my cousin...
Watched Devadas ...the colours in movie was gorgeous and Aishwarya and Madhuri were really stunnign and I was astounded by the magnificient palace Shahrukh and Aish lived in..
Songs in teh movie were too good..

On sunday got up at 7.30 ..took my team laptop for the weekend adn so did some work and then Pradeep,his cousin and I had lunch at the great Krishn Kafe..

I hope I'll be finishing teh Da Vinci Code by atleast Monday or tuesday sparing some 50 to 60 pages to go..

Rain Rain Go Away!!!

I was half asleep @ 8.30 AM this morning..my mobile suddenly started to shout....I got a call from my mom. It has been raining like cats and dogs in chennai this yer and for the past 2 days due to a low pressure in Bay of Bengal it was rainig heavily and last night water entered our house.The Hall and teh first bedroom in our hoem is bout 2 ft above the entrance level.So my mom and bro went to the last bedroom which is still higher than the ground level....I have seen/heardthis type of incidents only in a news paper or TV but this is the first time it has happened in my home. My mom was very much worried , of all the other problems one more problem is added for her to think about...

After staying here alone (with my friends) I feel homesick only the first two days after I return from chennai..after that I feel it is better to be alone..all this enjoyment can be enjoyed only for the next two or two and a half years..after which we would be forced to stay with family..

Planning to go for a movie either today or tomorrow....
Miles to go (do) before I sleep....

Sivakasi....

Ingu Ippozhudhu Naan Ivalo Naal Blog Pannandhadharku Migavum Varundhugiraen...(I am feeling very sorry for not blogging all these days)..
I watched Sivakasi (Vijay's Movie) in Pondicherry..a month before.. I jus saw the comedy clipping few minutes before ..athoda impact thaan idhu..
The movie was a good enterainment in the first half and a loooooooot of centiments in the second half...
Listening to Dolayam..in musicIndia online...

Koothanur Sarawathi Temple

We (My mom,bro , ganesh and I ) went to this temple on 10/14/2005.
We started from Vaitheeswaran koil at around 12.30 PM and on the way we had our lunch in Mayiladudurai also known as Mayvaram. On the way we visited one of our relative in Peralam. It was really a anubu thollai. He pestered us to stay in his home that night. My bro did not like it and would prefer a hotel. So we kind of convinced him by putting the blame on our astrolger (actually, the astrologer has advised us to visit all these temples).

We started at around 5.15 PM from his home and visited the koothanur Saraswathi temple which is about 15-20 minutes from Peralam.
The temple was good.there were a lot of petty shops which sol pens near the temple. I did not notice the significance then. The priests were preparing for a oorvalam (taking the god aroubd the village during some special occassion). Sarawathi pooja was just 2 days before so the celebrations were still on.

Goddess saraswathi is the Goddess of knowledge. Also they had kep a white board (I did not notice any marker there) fo rthe students to write their name and roll # so that the Goddess blesses them to score high.

It was for my brother the astrologer has advised us to visit this place. The temple was not very big and we just spent some 15-20 minutes there.
Ganesh bought some pens and got it blessed from the Goddess' feet.
I managed to read the 108 namhas which was carved in the temple.

Pooja Holidays...

I cam back this mornign after a 5 days of Holidays and spending time withfamily. As any other guy I felt really bored to work in office today after enjoying the holidays.
I left to chennai by Chennai mail with my colleague on Tuesday.
Reached chennai on Wedanesday early in the morning @ 4.40 AM. Took a sub urban train from Chennai Park to St. Thomas Mount where my house is.
Met my school Pal and we had a nice time talking and enjoying the sub urban train journey. Reached home at , I think, 5 30 in the morning. One thing that I envy B'lore is that the State Govt is able to control teh Auto rickshaw rates and force the Auto drivers to stick to the proce shown in teh meter. 'Amma' has to do thi sone in Chennai. I paid Rs.35/- for a trip that is not even 2 kms for which it would jus cost Rs.10 in Bangalore.
Reached home and mom was really very happy for the hand bag that I got her.
There was a display of teh bags and other articles made by the physically challenged for sale in our office. I bought a hand bag made of a shiny cloth with zari).
I also got a Mysore raw silk saree for my mom and an Add on Manhattan Credit card.
She was really very happy. It was her birthday on teh 24th of Sep and I got these gifts after baout 15 days of her birthday.
I went to Uthandi with my uncle, bro and my cousin. My uncle is contructing a house jus near the Sea. I really liked teh place very much but was upset due to my inablity to purchase one.
Then from there we went to Srinar colony near Raj Bhavan to see a site. it was damn costly. A site of about 3000 Sq.ft is costing about 55-60 lacs. The area was good and my bro really liked that area.
Then we drove to our house in Zen ( my uncle's car). I had tasty coconut rice,lemon rice and curd rice wth pappad.
The next day we started at about 3 PM . We had planned to visit Vaitheeswaran koil, Koothanoor Sarawathy temple and thirunallar.
We took out Ford Ikon and I drove from Chennai uptil Thindivanam.
We had a good dharshan in all the temples.
The way back home on Stuarday was really good. We drove in teh ECR road.
I'ld publish a spearte blog on the temples we visited.
Yesterday after happily spending the holidays I had to come back to Bangalore.
I am eagerly waiting the next long holidays for 9 days the week after the next.

Weekend!!!

This weekend also I was working but didnt have a lot of work.Worked for jus about an hour or so on Saturday dn for 3 hrs on Sunday. My mom and Krishna have come down here to Bangalore.
I wen to receive them for the Airport on Saturday morning. As my usual jogging I changed my path on Staurday and went to the Airport.
My mom along with my aunt and kids left on a Qualis for a sight seeing trip. I would have joined if too many kids werent there also I had some work in the office which was quite a good excuse to avoid going with them.
My mom would have enjoyed a lot if I would have been with her.Anyway on Monday/Tuesday I'ld take them to teh Ulsoor lake.ISKCON temple.

Had a good Pizza @ the Piza Hut Indira Nagar after a long time.
I have to study a lot and mOnday mornign I am feeling very sleepy and bored to work.

Workign over teh weekend

I am working over this weekend. A lot work to be completed.
Hope I have to work over next weekend too to meet the schedule. The schdule includes weekends also because of a deadline. In the software industry one team/set of of people suffer because of other teams' misatkes. Now I can take my case as an example where the Manager has not planned properly right from the initial satges which has now resulted in me working over the weekends.
Anyway I think the software guys deserve this. The work in Software industry (as far as I have seen ) is like spikes..work at peak at one time and no work sometimes. The manager has to be blamed for the high loads of work for his inefficient planning.
It is the team member who finishes it by working over the weekend but the appreciation mail from teh BIG BOSSES goes to the manager for efficiently managin the team and allocating resources.

Ok during the weekdays.. I took off for twodays. I was in chennai from last saturday to this tuesday.Had a great time there. Watched 3 movies..Arinthum Ariyamalum,SARKAR and Anniya again.
I celebrated my B'day this year with my family..my mom especially who wanted me to be in Chennai for my B'day. Last year I didnt celebarte it with her inspite of her pleadings. So this time eevn when I had some work here I went to chennai.
My mom got me a lovely Gold Chain and a ADIDAS Tee-Shirt as my B'dy gift.

Yesterday was my mom's b'day and I forgot to wish her in the morning but then I called her in the evening to wish her.My bro took her to the Residency Towers in Chennai and I missed this occassion by being here in B'lore and that too at work.

I got an e-mail forward from my college friend.It was really good so I am posting it here.

The world is full of sons and daughters like you and me I had a marvellous mother, who loved me,Sacrificed for me and helped me in every way possible. In all of my growing up from childhood throughSchool and eventually marriage, My mother was always at my side.And when I needed help with my little ones, She was there for me. A few years ago, we buried this wonderful woman. Can you imagine how I felt when I returned home and Found poem in her drawer written by my mom?The time is nowIf you are ever going to loveLove me now while I can knowThe sweet and tender feelingsWhich from true affection flowLove me now while I am livingDo not wait until I am goneAnd then have it chiselled in marbleSweet words on ice-cold stoneIf you have tender thoughts of mePlease let me know nowIf you wait until I am sleepingThere will be death between usAnd I will not hear you thenSo if you love me, even a little bitLet me know while I am livingSo that I can treasure itNow she is gone and I am sick with guilt Because I never told her what she meant to me. Worse yet, I did not treat her, as she deserved to be treated.I found time for everyone and everything else But I never made time for her. It would have been easy to drop in for a cup of teaAnd a hug but my friends came first. Would any of them have done for me what my mother did, I know the answer. When I called mom on the phone, I was always in a hurry.I feel ashamed when I think of the times I cut her off. I remember too, the times I could have included her and did not.Our children loved Grandma from the times they were babies. They often turn to her for comfort and advice. She understood them. I realise now that I was too critical, Too short-tempered, too stingy with praise.Grandma gave them unconditional love. The world is filled with sons, daughters and a child like me.I hope they see themselves in this letter and realise from it.If this has touched you, please pass it on to all the sons andDaughters who have to praise their mom for everything they are today.


It was in a poem format..but seems to be a big image file..anyway it is worth reading.
Hope to blog regularly from tomorrow.

Support for Bush continues to Drop....

The headlines in NY times.
Becaus eof teh hurrican Katrina now people of teh US of A have started analysing the mistakes done by the Bush government.
I say the ppl. of US are a bit late in doing that.They should have done it before the 2001 Presidential election infact before the 1997 election.Of course they had done it in 1997 where Al Gore was what I would say "won".
Apart from polling and the analysis , I think the media gives a big hype of everything.

Now everybody including Mr.Bush,Mr.Brown (FEMA Chief) are apologising for the mistakes.
Now America is in a dounbful position if it can handle another terrorist attack or a natural calamity..this is what every newspaper says.

US being a superpower had thought all these days that it would be able to handle any kind of adverse situation. But with the lack of coordination things have gone bad duirng Katrina.
And also the media plays an important role.The media should cite out the flaws in the govt. as when it occurs rather than doing a root cause analysis.

I would say even in India theNDTV news channel gives extra importance to small piece of news that would be telecast a 100 time on that day and would be altogether forgotten the very next day and wouldnt even be talked after that.

So I feel and it's rathe true that the media/press is such a powerful mode of communication which can influence many people.So they should always be neutral and report the news to the public as such and without any exaggeration.

ITP Inauguartion in Chennai

TN Chief Minister J.Jayalaithaa would be opening the International Tech park in Chennai.
Many MNCs and other software companies are opening a centre in chennai.
This is a very happy news not only for chennaiities but also for the ppl. of TN.



The works for the desalination plant that is coming up near chennai is to be started within six months and after its completion it would be able to provide 100MLD(Million litres a Day).
So we dont have to beg for cauvery or krishna for our water supply.

As stated by one of teh TN ministers Karnataka sees TN as a drainage and opens the water for TN only when there is a surplus rains or floods in karnataka.

Also now the Karnataka Govt. seems to be irritated by the IT companies asking teh Govt. to improve the city's infrastructure.In a meeting in Bangalore teh deputy CM Mr.Prakash has questioed the IT giants to "ponder what they have done to the govt.?"

But still Bangalore has teh advantage of the whether.Being in a higher altitude Bangalore enjoys this benefit. But other problems seem to be increasing day by day which makes us to forget this advantage and think about the night mares of traffic,poor raods,the rents going northward and also the real estate prices.

Iqbal Movie Review...

On sunday the 11th of September, me and my friend Mahesh went to PVR cinemas in The Forum Mall Bangalore to watch the Movie IQBAL.
Written and Directed by : Nagesh Kukoonur
The forum mall was busy with guyz and gals yapping off..
The movie started with the scenes of old village in Northern part of India.
With all the village people watching a India-Pak cricket match in a TV that was placed on tree, the director hinted that this film is something about cricket or about cricket fans ..cricket which is considered the only sport in India by many people.
Of course now with Sania moving ahead in WTA rankings ppl. seem to watch tennis and also F1.
Coming back to the review, the hero Iqbal is deaf and Dumb and aspires to join the cricket team as a fast bowler.
He tends cattle grazes it near a pond/lake and practices his bowling.
He also names his cattle with the famous Indian fast bowlers' names.
He interprets the words with the lip movement,if talked slowly, or by actions.
Iqbal's sister, who is about 12-13 years old has performed her role very well in the movie in showing emotions.
Iqbal spends the evening with the cattle near cricket coaching class conducted by Girish Karnad.
He waits for his sister to return from school to show him by action of how Girish coaches his students.
With his sisters effort Iqbal manages to get coaching from Girish until one day when a fellow student teases him.Iqbal while bowling for him,does it with full pace aiming at his forehead.
And as in any other story the hero Iqbal is thrown out of the coaching school.
Then he approaches an old student of Girish - Naseeruddin..the story then is weaved about how Iqbal gets coaching from him and joins the cricket team.
Initially Iqbal's father oppposes him and is not interested in his son playing cricket.
As his father is the sole bread winner of the family he forces Iqbal to help him in farming.
This movie shows the determination of Iqbal,the emotions between Mother-Iqbal and his sister and the hardwork that helped Iqbal realise his dreams.
Apart form the lot of emotions and the background scores by Sukhwinder the story is very simple.
The direction is good and could be watched once.

Party Time...

Shivana Samudar falls. ~90 kms from Banglore.
Picture was taken using MOTOROLA E398 mobile phone.
Been to this place last month with my ex-colleague(college senior) and his friends.

The work culture and peer-peer relationship is one of the most important factor in a software industry. The employees should not take too much of an advantage of the flexibility given to them.As a professional they are expected to know the limits of their freedom.

I have mentioned all these becos...I went to a party hosted by my previous organisation celebrating their listing in NSE adn BSE.
Though I went in late, missed many programs, I enjoyed meeting my old pals and talking to them.Some of my friends also envied me of my ability to make good friends very easily wherever I go. One main thing that I want to stress here is that, if I move with some people and if their qualities impress me or mainly do not make me think twice before I talk the I soon feel them as my good friend and will also not forget to keep in touch with them regularly.
I think many guys dont keep in touch with their school/college mates and dont even know their whereabouts. But if I have moved closely with ppl. I would definitely be in regular contact.

Ok now about the party..hmm I missed the LASER show..had dinner there and went to my friend's place in koramangala.

Also I had bought some shares of my previous company during the IPO and had even sold them within few hours of the listing.The percentage increase in the price of each share is about 89-90%.Planning to watch "Iqbal" movie on Sunday- a desi english film.
Will post a review of that film after i watch it.

Yeah..I got a cool MOTO RAZR V3..jus amazingly sleek and elegant...the keypad is so fancy ..made everybody envy my mobile...

Sania in 4th Round of US Open

3 days before ..never before in my life I woke up at midnight to see a sport..but I did it last Sunday rather Monday morning to see the US open match between Inida's Sania Mirza and the World No. 1 Maria Sharapova..The match was pretty interesting in the beginning with Sania's powerful ground strokes and forehand to retain her points.But soon Sania's defeat was evident because of her powerless second serve and she lost to Maria with 2-6 ,1-6.
It was a cake walk for Maria after first two games who serve was powerful and perfect.

I have passion to play Tennis right from my childhood.Whaen I was in chennai I used to go to club to learn tennis.But I did that only for a few months.In Bangalore it is difficult to find a place where they coach you and moreover it is very expensive.

Bought some DVDs last week - Kannathil Muthamittal(A Mani Ratnam film),Anniyan(the latest hit) and Tom Hanks 4 movie DVD..yet to see all these..

From my next blog I'ld try to take a current event or news and try to analyse..let me try how ppl. do taht..
I think for doing that I must read a lot of reviews and editorials..yeah have to read a lot..

Cook!!

We are 3 bachelors stying in an apt in B'lore.
We decided to appoint a cook for us to prepare food in morning and evening.
The services of a cook are very expensive in bangalore. Occassionally me and my roomie would venture in preparing our dinner.
Yesterday I prepared Dhal with onion and tomato and snake gaurd subji.
I came out well.
When I was in Hyderabad last weekend I bought some sweets for home and gave to my roomie's bro who reached chennai yesterday. It is a special paper sweet call "PUTHAREKU" (telegu name,I suppose) - PAPER Sweet.
The outer layers of the sweet are like butter paper and inbetween those layers are the powdered sugar with ghee. My mom and my aunt at home thought it was paper and peeled it to find the sweet.

Happenings!!

A normal day @ work with lots of planning for the coming month.
Met my old pal. We dined together @ Annaporani Restaurant in Cambridge Layout Bangalore.
He is getting engaged next week so I thought I would see a happy guy..but..learnt the series of mistakes and happenings in his life in the past 5/6 months..was a bit sad..but thought everything is for good.
I want learn more about Shares/Finance/Economics..so trying to watch CNBC and learn things..
My first step in this venture is I have applied for some shares of my preious company..
Let me see if I lose or gain.

Ctrl+Alt+Del - Restart

Restarting my blogging after about 3 months.
There is a reason behind starting this again.
Anyway been to Hyderabad last weekend (longweekend- Holiday for Janmashtami). The weather was pleasant and we(my roomie and his collegemate) visited almost all the places that we planned except for Charminar.
Day 1:
1.Reached Hyderabad.
2.Had Balaji Dharshan at Chilkur Balaji Temple (we then came to know that it is famous for VISAs..no not what u think..ppl. who are waiting to go abroad esp US if the pray in this temple they will get VISA ..that's what The Times of India - Hyderabad Edition on 27 Aug 2005 says)
3. Oceans Park
4. Gocaonda Fort.

Day2:

1. Birla Mandir
2. Imax - Polar Express Movie
3. Hussain Sagar - did Para Sailing there
4. Ubini park (hope the name of the park is right)
5. Bought some sweets and visited Hyderabad Central - mall

Day 3:
1. Hyderabad Zoo
2. Back to Bangalore...

After a long time...

Blogging after a long time..a couple of days before when I tried to blog ..I got this message

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I wasnt able to anything...
wnet for a trek to ooty (uthagamandalam)..ooty is a short form of it..I liked the ooty Botanical garden,boating in the dirty lake and doddabetta the highest point was awesome..Doddabetta..the highest point is 8Kms upslope from Ooty..we took an Auto from ooty and the driver was too good and showed some private tea estates...we had hot masala tea..(famous nilgiris tea) on the way back from Doddabetta to ooty..

Trekkeing- reached coonoor on 2/4/05 saturday morning..tooka train..wellington,aravangadu..got down at aravangadu..started trekking..(on the railway track)..ketti,lovedale..(~10kms) took a train @ lovedale and reached ooty...
will give the photos link in snapfish soon..

Arvi

Weekend

Firday..Harish had called me and I think he got bored of asking me about my trip to US.I am unable to answer him as my Manager has put that on hold..I dont know the reason...that evening I wanted to deposit cash in ABN Amro and had to give my NOKIA 2300 for Servicing..The mobile did not get powered on..only a light in LCD glows but nothing is seen in the display...I had to go to Richmond road..but my God..B'lore was like hell..all those roads have become ONE way and the Traffic was terrific.I was really uninterested to take a long way or explore the way to the Bank and was really frustrated with the one ways and traffic in bangalore.
I say chennai is faaaaaaaaar more better when compared to banglore in this regard.All the roads are very wide and the traffic jams are not an usual scene there..and also there aren't many ONE ways' there..Day by day I getting better and mre realistic reasons to love chennai...
My mom had called me in the afternoon and she really feels bore without me during the weekend..but I dont know ..I have to change her..She shouldnt love me sooo much...I thought for a while..and some ugly thoughts came to my mind...what will happen if I die.. and she would bw missing me like anything....Let me pray that her mind be diverted to other activities instead of always thinking about me...I dont know if I am wrong ..but I am trying to strengthen her mind..When I said that I had moved to a new apts she was very much ineterested in coming down here to see me and the apt.. but I dont know if this happens with my friends' parents..but my roomie stays away from his home ever soce his college days.. is it because of this...I really feeling bad to explain her all this..
On Sturday..my roomie prakash and me whent to Tippasandra gas Agancy to book the gas..I observed that still there are a lot of private office and govt. office that rely of the paper work written ..that consumes a lot of time..not having seen it for a long time..i felt this was really tasking..the manager over there was busy with the paper works and when our turn came he started writing down the address for billing..then without saying anything striked out everything on the bill book..and we were informed that the place were we reside is not covered by that agency..then we went to the Indira nagar agency and got our Gas cylinder and a new stove.
We cooked our dinner - Cauliflower curry and onion sambar..
Sunday I went to ABN Amro,cooked our lunch-potato cauliflower curry,carrot sambar,boiled egg..planned to go for jogging with vinodh from the next day...so bought a pair of power shoes..a chear one for jogging...
~Arvi

Nothing Spl.

Was an usual day..without any hectic trainings/meetings..I was killing time by reading articles in various websites...2 days before ,I dont know why..I startd searching about all post graduate courses offered by various universities..but still I am ina confusion to whether continue my higher studies in technical are or management area.. but one thing is for sure..as long as I am in this state I wouldn't do my PG..so I am deciding to join the MS course offered as distance learning program by BITS pilani...let's hope if I blog a msg taht I have joined BITS program.
We had a very good walk in the night.. me,my roomies vino and praky went to a punjabi restaurant..I used to go to a dhaba in koramangala fro dinner where the phulkas would be very thin and hot.. but the phulkas that I had yesterday wasnt too good..it was like chapathi..my mom makes good phulkas...missing the delicious home food.Praky was ordering whatever menu item came across his eyes or whatever the waiter served the next table..anyway it was good..there is nothing interesting in the cable channels these days and I m getting bored to listen to the usual tamil songs.What I usually do is if I feel a song is very melodious I download it and listen to it for 5-8 times in a day for a week or so..then I I feel bored listening to that song..I think I have to start some research in othe types of music like carnatic,westen,fusion and instrumental...
I wen through the TN official webste...http://www.tn.gov.in/ it's a very good source of information..a very good food for general awareness..
Some info which I got from taht site is :
Communication Switches in Chennai Telecom:
AXE - ERICSSON
E10B - ALCATEL
OCB - ALCATEL DIGITAL SWITCH
EWSD - SIEMENS
5ESS - LUCENT.

The switch in which I was working in Alcatel was S12..which is much more advanced PSTN switch,ready for NGN (wordings taht appeared in ALCATEL website).
~Arvi

Shifted....

Shifted to the new house in Tippasandra.The house is really full of suitcases and cartons of things that needs to be arranged.I hope we'll have a tough time this weekend setting up things and cleaning the house.
The Laloo's rule in Bihar is still not over.The congress is now supporting RJD (Laloo's Party) to form the govt..So the 15 years Laloo's rule has not come to an end in Bihar..it continues..I wish this happens in TamilNadu also..Jayalalithaa should form the govt the forthcoming election too with absolute majority..too much of politics..
Tamilnadu state govt budget was presented in the state assembly.. two days after the central budget and it has all free dhoti,sari..home for the poor schemes..the comment from JJ was that "the budget presented by finace minister C.Ponnaiyan is Superb".. as an ardent fan of Jayalalithaa's language,politics,etc..I disd not expect this simple comment "Superb" from JJ..Her command over the language is too good..one should watch her interview with Simi garewal ..which was telecast about 5/6 yrs before..
My aunt was also a fan of JJ adn I dont know if I become JJ's fan becos of my aunt's influence.. anyway leaving taht aside...these days every day I go to Suswaad for Lunch..I dont have my lunch in the office Cafe..the Chennai Thali in Suswaad is too good.. which takes like my home food..sambar,rasam,curry,kootu,appalam,payasam and curd..what else do I want....
~Arvi

Shifting in Progress .....

I am moving from the place where I am living in Koramangala to an apartment in Thippasandra.
So went to my new house jus to meet my new roomies (my schoolmate and his collegemate).Had a good dinner - potato curry and carrot & raddish sambar (which I made).
I satrted packing.. and I know that I have a looot of dresses to pack..The trousers and Shirts which I had bought during my college days are still fitting me and they could be worn to office(they dont look old).I should thank my mom for this.She has taken utmost crae for my dresses.She wouldn't dry it in the hot sun..dry my clothes in the shady place..I have a learnt a lot from her.. I have borrowed my old roomie's suitcase to pack my things..
I am really feeling very bad for not doing my higher studies..during my college days I had discussed with my friends about the higher studies after working for 2/3 years..now I know that it is out of scope now!!! After leading a life independently infact lavishly spending on pizzas and jeans I dont want to again ask money from my dad...I know the situation @ home..I have made a mistake..sorry blunder..God please help me...
~Arvi

Usual Day!!!

I reached bangalore in morning.Now that I have joined the US based MNC,the training goes on and on..it goes at a snail's pace and I really feel bored to read documents for the whole day.The Central budget for the financial year 2005-2006 was announced.One policy that I was really upset was to pay 0.1% tax for every Rs.10000/- you withdraw cash from the bank.The finance Minister P.Chidambaram has intorduced this to curb Black Money.But this mainly affects middle class and also upper middle class.As stated aptly in the letters to the editor column of THE HINDU,all the IT companies credit the employees' salary in the banks and when we need to withdraw for the house hold expenses.everytime we would end up paying 0.01% of the amount exceeding 10k.I would have to think harder to transfer my money to other bank a/c without withdrawing the money..Lemme think the better way of doing it.Otherwise I would say the budget is ok with what understood from the budget.

I'ld be moving to a new house (rented apartment) in New Thippasandra which is about 2 kms from my office.I would be staying with my schoolmate and his collgemate.Hope to stay in that apts for atleast an year.Got to service my Nokia 2300 mobile.I dont know what the heck is happening with the software.I think this would be the second time I would be rewriting the software.BTW the mobile is 8 month sold..planning to buy a Motorola Mobile next month...
~Arvi

Weekend in Chennai

Been to chennai last weekend..watched 'Ji' Ajith's movie with family in Prarthana on Staurday night..Attended vikram's wedding on 27/02..met A.Sujatha.(Alcatel Colleague)..and spoke to SP after a long time..must meet him when I go to chennai next time.The weekend was very fast..that too in chennai I feel the earth moves a bit fast during the weekend.
I enjoyed the food @ home dans la weekend.the potato chips deep fried was awesome..me ,krish,ash and maha would fight for our share..I had given my bike (Splendor) to my roomie and today mornining he told me that he fell down from the bike to avoid colliding with a child and the result was some scratches in my bike(too bad na)..I was planning for a lot of activities but did nothing except for having a good food and great sleep.
ciao,
Arvi

Change...

Hey,
I was posting with my name in the link...but I donno I wish to camoufalge.
Will blog in detail soon.
Might be there is a slightest thought in the corner of my heart that no one should know my identity..Let me see ..how long I do that...
~Arvi