tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203894672012-01-21T20:54:59.272-08:00A site to put my views, jottings, travel experience...what not...Akihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17144126420570549657noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389467.post-77205308654016019712010-05-18T22:58:00.000-07:002010-05-18T23:28:24.030-07:00

Well, the title of the article would have given you a hint how frustrated I am with banks calling themselves with any time , any where banking. I had to withdraw cash from a SBI bank yesterday and went to the one on the Greams road , however was advised that they would not be able to give me the cash I wanted as it was not my parent bank and the rules does not permit them !!! However I must admit

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My day typically starts with reading TOI and then go about doing my other work.I was reading a news article about a man killing his wife whom he married a week back !! I read the same article in 3 different news papers during my breaks from training on the same day and I was stunned and started hating the thought of reading news papers!!!The news papers which I read were TOI, Bangalore Mirror and

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Wondering why the town is so dusty ?? Well...just decided to dust the blog off the shelf and put it back on lime lite!!

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I have been noticing for couple of years now....and have been a victim of the same as well on being thrown into the new world of currency!! I have seen this happen at railway stations , office cafeteria , tea stalls , Toll booths ( on Kannur tellicherry road)...and the list is endless. However when you give them back with the same equivalent they refuse to accept it. Absurd!! I had to make a lot

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Never a movie buff ! Not a regular to the movie theaters and not a die hard fan of any in cine field. Was at the Bangalore Aero show 2009 on the 12th of Feb and I thought I saw a familiar face and yes it was Ajith - Tamil movie star . However there was no crowd mobbing him down, guess it is because he was in a lesser known territory - Karnataka. Walked upto him and asked if he was Ajith and he

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Well...I have almost the same answer for this question...irrespective of the age group...an irresistible answer , pride possession outside the boundary walls of ones habitat...all say...why are you parking your car/bike on the side of my boundary walls!!! Absurd! Give me a break.Mid Jan, I had to drop in a parcel for the underprivileged children at the World Vision office (NGO) in Kodambakkam and

Akihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17144126420570549657noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389467.post-45001630117353083332009-01-19T10:26:00.000-08:002009-02-28T00:58:38.568-08:00

Well we moved to a new house over the weekend, Courtesy the new house owner I get a room to myself! As per the wishes of the house owner , we get decided to get a TATA SKY connection.Off we set off (Me and Manish) to book a connection and we finally did take a connection at 17:30 PM on a saturday and was promised that the disk and the connection would be installed with in 4hrs.And indeed true to

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97!! and yes miles to go as well.......keep guessing!!97

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Medha Patkar....has been in the news for a very long time....Narmada Bachao was the first one that I started admiring her work for the people who are affected by the height of the dam.However was not very pleased with the other protest activities that she was involved with...the nandhigram episode..where in she was part of the protest for WB govt giving away farm lands for industrial developments

Akihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17144126420570549657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389467.post-23742792593567537962008-11-16T01:00:00.000-08:002009-03-01T05:28:17.062-08:00

Though have been there couple of times I decided to join in a bunch of couples - here after referred as Oldies. for a trip to Mangalore on the 14th and 15th of November. Arrived at the hotel and after a long complementary B'fast - (A mistake that the hotel did to offer us complementary B'fast : Guess they realised that we have not seen food in ages ) ,we hit the roads. We stopped at a

Akihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17144126420570549657noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389467.post-37482831163211837002008-10-19T09:05:00.000-07:002009-03-01T09:37:47.590-08:00

Had great expectations when advised by my friend Anu and Chells when I had met them late morning @ forum. En route from Times now music festival we dropped in for dinner . Liked the ambiance , however the restaurant did not live up beyond it. The menu had a page dedicated to each state - Tamil Nadu , Kerala , Karnataka and Andra Pradesh , however the choices were limited. There were just 2

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I should be ashamed to tell this as a Malayalee that today was the first time in 27 years that I got to have a Onam Sadhya. Sadhya consists of 21 dishes servered on a plaintain leaf! I guess it is the different style and tradition that is followed in different parts of Kerala, I am from North Kerala - Kannur to be precise. The traditional Sadhya in north Kerala consist of a non-veg lunch..mostly

Akihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17144126420570549657noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389467.post-4420363120273938762008-09-17T12:38:00.000-07:002009-01-04T03:04:06.985-08:00

Butter fingers and being a proud owner of a Nokia E61i dont go hand in hand. Excellent mobile with great features until it slipped from my hand and tested the G shock on the floor. The Screen refused to work...and the mobile was kind enough to let me receive calls - though I had no idea who was calling!!!Took it to the Nokia care center in Bangalore : Koramangala - and after a wait of an hour the

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Heard great reviews about google chrome and a quick search on the net about "open Source" for my friend lead me to google Chrome promotion comic that they had send across. A die hard fan of google had scanned this and uploaded on his blog - http://blogoscoped.com/ This blog contains 80% topics about Google.The comic tells us about how CHROME was engineered and the princples used behind it. Must

Akihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17144126420570549657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389467.post-61506197629881652352008-09-07T08:28:00.000-07:002008-09-09T12:21:57.831-07:00

I have heard many people crib about getting a side lower seat allocated on an over night journey on a train . Reasons are plenty...short space, cann't fit one self flat if you happen to be tall,disturbance when Sleeping- the whole berth having access to the asile, A nuisance as it is the most accessable seat for the hawkers and beggers to pester. However THAT IS MY FAV SEAT. Yes, I have trouble

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It all started thanks to my habit of reading news papers right in the morning....Ad read that Jeffrey Archer was visiting Landmark's first store in chennai on Saturday the 24th May 2008 at 7:00 PM. I had read his books before, however could not remember his best one. Did some phone calls , however it yielded no results (Dumbo friends of mine) . His all time best "Kane and Able" never stuck my

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Cooking is not rocket science...it is a science on its own with many chefs try out different combinations until they zero on a palatable dish which bowls you over. I am not sure how many of you have noticed this program on NDTV Good times . This is a cookery program with Techniques from the west and cusines from East. I am quite impressed with Nathasha and Nikhil (They are Husband and wife and

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Hot Bhajjis and hot tea to go with on a rainy day is the best treat. Bajjis are my favourites for ages and dont miss a chance to grab some, given an opprutunity. I have been in chennai most of my life and have been a regular to few bhajji shops around Virugambakkam - that is the place I live in chennai with my friends Shankar and Sabari. Thought will give those shops due respect for the amazing

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.....finally deciding on which side of the bed to get out of ..I drag myself to the living room, where my room mates (Manish and Ashish) are busy in front of the TV flipping between NDTV Profit and CNBC....buzz word....Asian markets are down/up and So was NASDAQ last night when we were snoring away...Moral of the story...Indian Markets might also crash/gain...eagerly waiting for the opening bell

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After a lot of bargaining with my employers to fund for my ITIL practioners....the day finally arrived in January 2008. I was to attend the training for ITIL Practioners IPSR - Service Restore conducted by HP. This is a 5 day program conducted in Le Meridian - Bangalore , and they have other centers as well. The course fee, which is close to 56k INR consist of the 5 day course , the exam fee and

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Place : Poovar beach - Somatheeram resort-TrivandrumCamera: Canon Power shot S3 ISPlace : Shangumugam beach - TrivandrumCamera: Canon Power shot S3 IS

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My Rating : * * * * *I first heard this song in my friend Jey's Orkut profile, but slipped my mind , however got glued to this song when I heard it once more on his laptop 2 days back...now this song sticks on with me most of the time.The reason I like this song...hmmmm...awesome wordings and deep meaning and to top it all excellent music composition.

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My Rating : * * Air Buddies, the story is about Air Bud who is the father of 5 adorable puppies.Panic sets in when the Air Bud and his wife dog who lives across the street are kidnapped when they hunt for their pups who run away from their home when they come to know that they are going to be split and send to different homes.The pups team up to resuce their parents and their adventures in this

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My Rating : * * * * *Aamir Khan's latest movie, co-produced and directorial debut has created ripples and has spread the knowledge of Dyslexia.The movie narrates a story about a dyslexia child and how Aamir who plays the main lead role as a teacher is able to identify and bring the child out of the shell that he was moving in to due to difficulty in learning which is a symptom of Dyslexia.His

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