My New Tripod for SmartPhones


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Got this new Toy from Amazon & it has it’s own utility…

From now we can Video Shoot all our business meetings… Since we mostly do it in hotels & coffee shops, this toy can be kept on the table and get the work done…

Our (Swami & me) desire to do something using Vine can be started… Yes from now you can expect a lot of 6 sec videos from us…

Can’t resist to goto Madurai and explore things with Swami…

Treat!!! Swami buying an iPhone 5S


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Our CTO Mr.Swaminathan buying a new iPhone 5S Gold & the entire day expense is in him… Lucky ME!!!

Lunch & PhotoShoot @ The Gateway Hotel Pasumalai


It was a wonderful lunch with Swami & Deepak… The occasion can’t be better as we had a productive business chat, delicious lunch at my favourite Hotel & a nice opportunity to make some clicks;

My favourite iPhone unplugged clicks…

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A big big thanks to him for this pose…

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Dropped my mobile :(((


Was attending a phone call while walking my way home… After finishing the call my iPhone slipped from my hand :(… Yep I’m known for my sloppy hand and a lot of times I’ve been a victim of that;

  • Dropped my Nokia 6600 a 100 times… But I always admired Nokia for their rugged mobile which
  • 2005 my Nokia communicator slipped from my hand and crashed in front of my eye…
  • 3 months back my Galexy S2 slipped from my hand and crashed
  • Today it’s the turn of my iPhone :(… Fortunately it escaped with some scratches…

From evening I’m disturbed and couldn’t bring back my mood… Still struggling to concentrating on work and working ways on how to transform. Y sloppy hands to safe hands…

Walking down the memory lane


How many samosas can a person eat?

During my college days I use to eat between 8-10 samosas… Yesterday passed through this shop where I use to eat samosas with my friends… But I stayed away from eating samosa this time :)…
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How many ice-cream can a person eat?

I use to eat 15-20 scoops… I went to this joint opposite to t-nagar bus stop , which use to be the point where we have ice-creams after college and disperse for the day…

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These days I couldn’t eat more than one scoop… For the sake of memory I just had a single scoop of chocolate ice-cream…

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Cogzidel Day + Time with Better half + Meeting Friends + Commanders Meeting = Successful Madurai Trip


It was a pleasant drive to Madurai carrying Cogzidel Day gifts… Once reaching Madurai it was nice to relax at my new home, listening to the humming of peacock and watching the lust green view of western ghats :)…

Then had a nice 1 hour drive and discussion with Swami… Continued by Commanders meeting & dinner at Hotel Heritage, Kochadai… Then again back to home and had a nice four hour sleep…

Got up early the next day to receive my wife and bang she called from the entrance of my Apartment… Picked her up and went out for tea on a road side hotel… Thrilled that my wife liked something I got her :)…

Then it was time to get ready and went straight down to Hotel Fortune Pandian for Cogzidel Day… Man what a day it was and am going to carry the hangover for couple of more days… Thanks to all Cogzians for making my day… The day went till 10.30 PM with some time for meeting friends, some business discussions and some official meeting after the event…

The day Next also started early… Had to full fill an obligation to god which was long pending since my marriage… So, it was a 60 KM drive from Madurai to a temple called Thirukoshtiyur

Came back home by noon and spent some time with my wife… It was a gifted opportunity which we never got since our marriage ;)… This visit to Madurai has surpassed all my previous ones… Over all it was a Heart Filled trip which will live in my memory forever…

Fight for your Right


Was driving back from Bangalore to Chennai and it was a midnight drive… Drive was soo please t from Bangalore till Ranipet toll… From Ranipet to SriPerambudur it was a pathetic road full of pits… Literally had to snail on this stretch and even if I accelerated I would have ended up on a pit…

I was very frustrated and angry for the quality of service we receive in spite of taxed in the name of TOLL… Upon reaching SriPrambudur toll I asked should I pay the toll for the quality of road and I was asked to talk to the Toll Manager… So, here goes the conversation;

Me: Who is responsible for the stretch between Ranipet and SriPerambudur?
Toll Manager: We are responsible..
Me: Do you know the condition of the stretch???
Toll Manager: We have taken photos and we will be fixing the patches soon…
Me: Ok… Does it make justice to pay toll for the service??
Toll Manager: No Sir!! Old contractor has been sacked and we just took charge fromYesterday…
Me: Why can’t you collect the toll after fixing the patches??
Toll Manager: Sir!!! You need not pay Toll… You can leave…

Thought the gentleman was gentle in allowing me…I was still not hot convinces because a lot of innocent people were taxed for using this bad stretch…

Looking for a Lawyer specialised on Insurance Claims


My dad’s insurance claim for a Heart Bypass was rejected stating that he was hypertensive… Not sure if my dad would have studied that before taking the policy and also not sure if the agent would have told this to my dad…

Our second claim for a Hemerage surgery which is related to Neuro also got rejected… The reason because the Hemerage was cause because of a anti-coagulant used for treating heart…

I’ve read that the insurance companies always try to reject a claim… But being a good customer who paid the premiums on time… Since we have spent 10 times more than the insured amount for hospitalisation, I’m not bothered for the small money we will be getting…

Second the communication process is very slow and for every query I post I get a reply after a month… In some cases I didn’t get a reply and it was a problem with the postal department…

I’m not happy at the working ethics of insurance companies and I think someone should take make these people work… I’m composing a letter to ombudsmen on our case, but am yet to receive a reply for some of the queries I made…

Also I’ve lots of doubts and thought it would be better to work with a professional… So, I’m looking for a Chennai based lawyer who is specialised on insurance claims… Will be more obliged if someone cane be of help or can refer a good lawyer specialised on insurance claims…

You can send me an email to anand@anandnataraj.com

Rejuvenating Bangalore Drive


It was a challenging week to start and last three days have been disastrous when it comes to work…

Almost every professional and personal tasks got collapsed… Even started the day without much enthusiasms and excitement…

Got an appointment with doctor to check about dad’s health… To my surprise doctor reached early and there was no waiting time…

After three days of paralysis, there was a day which was happening… Immediately thought of driving to Bangalore to meet my wife…

Drove all alone to Bangalore and it was good 5 hours where I could come out of stress and think about strategies…

  • Drove against heavy rains
  • Had delicious variety rice for lunch… Unfortunately forgot the name of the Hotel
  • Took a coffee break at CCD
  • A 10 minute traffic halt by road workers… But got a call from office which didn’t make me frustrated
  • Finally reached Bangalore and surprised my wife

My First Entrepreneurship Venture


20130908-184814.jpgI always had flair for entrepreneurship from my childhood days… My first entrepreneurship ride started when I was 12… I use to breed fish during my school days and sell them during summer vacation…

I brought 3 big paint barrels and bread fish… Mostly I bread White Molly, Red Molly and Black Molly… Total investment came to less than Rs.30…

By the time my exams were over there were 100’s of fish on each breed… I sold a pair for Re.2 and fish plants for Re1 and ended up making around 1500 bucks which was a big money for a the investment…

The next year I started breeding Fighter(A breed known for fighting)which breeds by laying eggs Rs.10… I experimented by cross breeding fishes…

  • White Molly + Black Molly gave me Chocolate Molly & White Molly with black dots…
  • Red Molly + Black Molly gave me Red Molly with Black Tail…

This time with lot of variety and by starting the breeding process a bit early, my revenue increased to Rs.6000/- the next year…

Finally I had to abandon this venture owing to my mothers pressure… But this was the foundation to my entrepreneurship and this experience helped me to perceive as an entrepreneur at a later stage…