Author: anandnataraj

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O O O Itz Not My Day :(((


After having an exciting night on Social Media promotions I crashed to bed by 5 AM and got up by 1 PM only to realize that an interview was scheduled to me by 1 PM… I called the office only to know no one has come… Then the person turned to interview by 3PM… I preferred an telephonic interview and when I started the interview I realized person has applied for a wrong profile… Since it was an urgent requirement I got little upset…

Then tried to do a online fund transfer from my ICICI Bank to CitiBank… There was some problem with ICICI bank’s online system and I couldn’t do the transfer…

Then I went to BSNL Shoppe near to my house to recharge my 3G Data Plan… But the person in-charge said he hasn’t done a recharge for 3G prepaid Data Plans and he said it can’t be done there… He asked me to call the support or visit Greams Road center on Monday…

From there went to ICICI bank to deposit some cash in hand and again it was real ill-luck that bank shutters were getting closed in front of my eyes… By now I realized it is not going to be my day…

From there went to Samsung Service Center to collect my mobile… Previous day I was told it was a software issue and they said they will reinstall the software and will return the handset the next day… But for my surprise I was told there was problem with the motherboard and it had to be replaced…

Then I called a friend to know when and where to assemble as we planned for a Long Drive or a Short Trip until Sunday… Again it was a bad news as one of the core person backed out owing to official commitments…

By now I’m confused and didn’t know what to do next?? Go home or office or call some other friends??

Without any plan or expectation went to Adambakkam office… Had a short meeting with Ramesh & Karthikeyan… By now Karthi, Sundhar & Kavi assembled… We booked tickets to “Adventures of Tin-Tin”… Then it was fun time with Kavi and Karthi wanted to attend his friends Bachelors party and to my surprise the person happened to be my School Junior… After spending some funny moments there we marched to the movie…

Again our Kaviraj has perfectly booked tickets for all four in 4 different rows… We all sat separately and watched the movie… Then Kavi entertained us in the interval with his non-sense behavior… Then it was followed by his crappy driving…

Finally I must thank KAVI for his funny behavior which really brought down my mood and he helped me to end the day with a happy and enjoyable note…

 

Wanted Pre-sales / Business Analyst


Position: Business Analyst / Presales

Desired Skills:

  • Engineering or Graduates – with min 1year experience in Presales or business analyst roles.
  • Excellent interpersonal relationship building skills & Analytical skills
  • Advanced computer knowledge – PPT, MPP & other Microsoft tools, CRM usage.

Job Description:

  • Ability to understand and capture business and technical requirements
  • Responsible for preparation for meetings and tailoring communications to address business needs of potential clients.
  • Responsible for providing feedback from the customer to the development team on any project related queries.
  • Liaison with Customers and Development team to understand details of project requirement & design and communicate information back to sales organization.
  • Production of responses to Requests for Information and Requests for Pricing.

Location: Chennai

Please Email your resumes / reference to thiru@cogzidel.com….

For all those born in 80’s!


Got this post from a friend and it really made sense… Wanted to share it…

We are the last generation that learnt to play in the street, we are the first who’ve played video games, see cartoons in color and went to amusement parks. We were the last to record songs of the radio on cassettes and we are the pioneers of Walkman’s and chat-rooms… We learned how to program VCR before anyone else, play with the Atari, Nintendo and believed that the Internet would be a free world all on a 56kbit modem… Traveled in cars without seat belts or air-bags & lived without cell phones… Rode our bicycles down the road without brakes… We never had phones but still kept in touch… We did not have Play stations, 99 television stations, flat screens, surround sound, mp3s, iPods, computers and broadband…

but never the less we had a GREAT Time…

My Galaxy S2 got screwed – Wanted HELP


For last three days my Android GingerBREAD Samsung Galaxy S2 got screwed for some reason… I keep getting an error PROCESS SYSTEM NOT RESPONDING and it asks to WAIT or FORCE QUIT… Either way the system restarts…

I tried browsing thru all possible support forums and I see a lot of people posting the problem but couldn’t get a solution online…

Then I thought it is time to know the doors of Samsung support… It was a wonderful call centre support and was happy with the courtesy… Asking for my location they gave me the address of their authorised support centre…

I went there with the hopes of fixing the issue… First of all I was startled to see a Samsung authorised support centre Ian dirty complex… Secondly the place was choatic and it was all irated customers shouting at the support staff… What even shocked me was the support staffs were rude in handling the customers…

I thought for a moment if this was a right place for me to handover my expensive phone and I walked back… For last 3 days I’ve been living with this phone which restarts often and I could use a lot of app… Now I’m struck on deciding a solution…

Should I go back to the service centre and give them a chance?
Should I call back Samsung and tell them the situation?
Should I try to solve the issue myself??

I thought it would be better to blog and see if my readers have any solution in hand… Folks pls let me know if you had come across this issue and solved it… I’d be grateful if you can help me solve the issue…

Cherish the present


It was yet another day out with Kavi and after business talks we started pulling each other down as always… For some reason and as a rare occasion I saw Kavi getting nostalgic… He was sharing about his hard job hunt days… He envied his past days where he had no money but he was happy..

That is when I realised how we cherish the past even it was painful… So the point is we envy those painful days once we successfully overcome them… I’ve my own experience of over coming pain and depression but today those are the days I cherish when I look back…

Last week when I was in Madurai all I could do is to rewind back 3 years where I felt lonely, depressed and more dejected in life…

So the point is we always forget to cherish the present instead of fearing the future or envying the past… Remember present good or bad will me the moment of cherish when it becomes past…

Financial Digest Interviews Cogzidel Consultancy Services CEO


Financial Digest a famous magazine from Sri Lanka interviews Mr.Bala Murugan – CEO, Cogzidel Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd… I’m proud to be working along Bala as he has put our brand Go Global… Here is the scanned copy of his interview…

Diet Water – a new business idea


Went to Subway to have a sub along with Kavi… When he insisted for a different joint I denied it telling him I’m on diet… By the time when we were billing there was a guy who ordered for a diet coke…

By this time we got a call from the friend who was waiting for us at Cafe Coffee Day which was was located on the parallel street… When we asked for his order he said he wanted a green tea as he was in diet…

After our meeting Kavi was thirsty and he got a bottle of water… He offered me if I wanted to drink? And I denied… He was spontaneous telling it was a diet water…

I was startled… We had a big laugh and then we thought there was a great market if we. Considering the DIET market we though DIET WATER for sure will have great market…

We even thought of a name DIET ACQUA… So how do we differentiate from normal water is we are selling H1O instead of H2O…

We know it was a crazy and funny discussion… But who knows in this crazy world with a whole lot of crazy people a DIET WATER can be a reality in future :)…

Golden Sayings of Chanakya


“Learn from the mistakes of others… you can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves!!”

“A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first.

“Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

“There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

” Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

“As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

“The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.”

“Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.”

“The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.”

“God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.”

“A man is great by deeds, not by birth.”

“Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.”

“Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.”

“Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.”

“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.”

A day to Kumily


After a hectic official trip to Madurai it was some time to rejoice… So, decided to goto Kumily at a very Last minute… So, we decided to start by 7 in the morning… Since I had lot of work to be complete I got 2 CD’s and watched Band Baaja Bharat & Last GodFather movie and finished writing 2 blogs… Read some articles and washed my cloths…

By the time I finished all the work it was 6 in the morning and I gave a wake up call to my friend and took my bath… Then we all started by 7.30 AM and we started to drive straight to Kumily with s pit stop for BreakFast…

We stopped at Usilampatti in our favorite shop for breakfast… Then we had a small divine stop near the ayyanar temple en route to Theni… We drove non stop to Kumily and landed at Thekkady at the entrance of Periyar WildLife Sanctuary… On the entrance we were told that boating was full for the day… It was very unfortunate that I’ve been here twice and was unable to go for a boat ride both the occassion…

A guy in the entrance asked if we wanted to go for an elephant safari and we thought it would be better we did something… He took us a place which was a small farm where there were 8 elephants… We were charged Rs.300/- per person… It was a small 20 minute ride inside the farm…

Then we went inside tiger reserve forest until the lake and we took some snaps… Then it was time to watch some pretty girls… Also the climate was very pleasant… It was neither hot nor raining like it was in Tamil Nadu… Then we went to a canteen inside the park… We had some short bite and we proceeded back…

From there we went to Kattapana my favorate spot… Then it was time for some toddy and this time we went to a different toddy shot… Had toddy and then returned proceeded back to Madurai by 3 o clock… We reached madurai by 5 PM…

Then after completing my remaining meetings in office and writing this blog… I packed my bags back to Chennai… Overall it was a heart filling week at work and closing it with some great experience…

Escape Great Escape


After having a good lunch, hill climbing, scenic view & a round around the resort… We thought of taking walk thru the village which connects back entrance to the front…

That is when we saw a villager who was cutting grass from a distance… That is when Krishore said he looked like a man-eater, i responded telling CANNIBAL, Satheesh respondes telling he might hit us using a arrow… We were Laughing Out Loud and the guy gauged we were mocking at him…

He starting shouing at us… We smiled at each other and kept walking… We even said what will happens if he followed us… When we turned back he was following us for real and asked to stop…

We started walking fast and enterted the resort… By the time we started the car he was waiting for us with the sickle… We were scared if he would break the glass… But Krishore drove slowly as if we were going to stop and talk to him and he accilarated the car…

After reaching a distance we took a reverse trasing him… When he followed we went little further until he picked a stone… Then we drove some 2 KM until i provoked others braveness… Kriahore couldnt take it and he took a u-turn…

We parked the car a KM away and walked to yhe village… I knew we were inviting trouble; but offlate my life was moving without any fun… Wanted to try out something like FightClub sorts… Wanted to hit someone or get hit…

On reaching the guy he startes calling names… I’ve seen such things only on movies… Satheesh was aggressive and Krishore was handling it politely… People gathered… The guy said we teased his physic, face, size etc… For sure we teased him but not on sorts what he said… I promised we didnt tell such things… Aggression, Softness & Promise helped us to come out winning and finally we made the guy stand alone amongst his own people…

Though we didnt hit anyone or got hit like i wanted… It was a great feel finally as it was great facing herds of villagers against 3…

Finally it was a great feel… But some time later i wish i achieve my FightClub dream….