Category: Personal

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….

KadambaVanam an Exotic Ethinic Resort


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Must thank my friends Satheesh & Krishore for taking me to this exotic resort Kadambavanam which is located 25 KM from Madurai on natham road…

First of all kudos to the wonderful climate where in tiny hills were covered by mist which otherwise would be hot during summer…

It was wonderful scenic view of hills and villages… Resort has an ayyanar temple with lot other goda and navagraha… It was like a garden temple surrounded by lawns..

It had a auditorium which could accomidate some 100 + people… Also rooms were neat and economical….

Then went to the restaurent which had local villagers who didnt have an hotel management degree to cater… But their hospitality was far superior… Also the food was good and also was the bill… I’ve shelled out 4 times of what i paid in Chennai resorts…

Since we went on a weekday there was no buffet and cultural events… But i was told weekends has events like folk dance, parrot astrology, bharadanatiyam and many more traditional events…

After our lunch we climbed a tiny hill right on the restaurent… We were told food would be  served on the hills too…

For those of you in Madurai or visiting madurai please dont miss the spot…

Who is really SETTLED???


I got a call from my class mate and a good buddy… But we couldn’t interact frequently owing to career path… What started to be like a courtesy call ended up as an argument as who is settled in our own terms…

At some point in our conversation my friend stated that he is not frequenting me and for school get togehters because he is no settled in life unlike me… I got startled when I heard that from him as my MOM use to compare me with him claiming my friend is settled unlike me…

According to my mom my friend is having a decent job, a decent pay, got married & has got a kid… My mom always screams that I’m not settled like my school buddy…

But when my friend claimed he is not settled like me… I get really shocked… I for sure understood he means monetary status as settled… He feels a person should get married until he is financially independent… He said I’m right in delaying my marriage to get financially independent… My friend strongly feels attaining financial independence is real SETTLED…

Many times my mom use to ask me what am I going to do with all these money without a family… Number of times she advised me to wind my business and take up a job… My parents use to say they were not rich or financially stable when my and my sister was born… For them a person with a family even if he is not financially stable is real SETTLED…

This is a story of true perceptions… I’m seeing a person who is not happy because he is not financially independent thought he has a good family… I’ve seen the experience of another who experienced happiness in family than their financial independence…

Now I’ve to choose or find which perception is suited for me??? Am I SETTLED or not???

This is life


Last couple od days has been a great challenge where it is a test for my patience, emotional control, balance life and profession, handle financial crisis, managing relationship et more…

It was suddenly decided that I’ve to under go an arthroscopy in my right shoulder… Considering the short time I had to wrap all my work on time before taking up the surgery… I was deeply pressurised while trying to balance it… Fortunately doctor has postponed the surgery…

Other great challenge is handling emotions of my parents and controlling my emotions… My parents have become soo desperate to get me married and they has started to add up pressure on me… It is becoming great challenge to handle them and control my emotions…

As always paypal has started messing up things and all our payments got locked which in turn delayed in getting payments… This mess has delayed getting my claims back… I had to manage my finances which was again a great challenge…

There is a good friend of mine with whom there is a ego war happening… I was in a real bad situation when an official obligation was scratching our already fragile personal relationship… But I stood for the interest of my company… But feeling bad for my friend… Hope we both patch up things soon…

I’ve been working on a lot of things in my company… There has been restructuring, expansion, promoting website, developing new products, inducting new services with a new team… It has become a huge burden in the monthly expenditure as well as managing team and team building…

When all the above mentioned things were happening at the same time… Balancing becomes a great challenge… Sometimes I get struck in taking decisions… But I’m happy and enjoying the situation… If I over come this situation it will give me a great moral boost in managing and handling things…

Brands I’m associated everyday


In continuation with my previous blog I wanted to check the brands I’m associated on a daily basis…

Wills LifeStyle: Almost everyday I wear a WLS Jean or Shirt…
Puma: I wear PUMA shoes…
Maruthi: I drive a Maruthi Zen…
Apple: I use an iPad or a Mac notebook…
Samsung: My mobile is Galaxy S2…
Cogzidel: I work for this company..
FaceBook: It has become integral part of life…
Google: Another integral part of life… I use android, search engine, google mail apps et more…
WordPress: This blog is powered by wordpress…
LG: We use many LG products at home…
CitiBank: I use a citibank credit card…
HDFC Bank: my secondary credit card is HDFC card…
ICICI Bank: My primary banking service provider…
Visa: My credit & debit cards are powered by VISA…
MasterCard: Other cards are powered by master…
Indian Rupee: Dealing with it everyday…
L’oreal: Hair gel & shampoo…
Vodafone: Mobile operator….
Rediff: I follow my daily news here…
WikiPedia: Sourcing information…
TechCrunch: Getting tech updates…

This is what I can think spontaneously… List excludes brands if not used on a daily basis…

I’m a Wills LifeStyle BOY!!!


Yesterday there was a conversation with a friend & an acquintance about diwali shopping…. When my friend insisted to shop in mega mart which is a multi brand discount store… Their contension is that we can get good brands, for a better deal & save time by going to a store located near by…

But I was adament to goto Wills LifeStyle which was far from where we were & expensive… Until that point I knew I was a brand loyal guy; but didnt know I became an evangelist WLS….

I started evangelizing Wills LifeStyle and started explaining its style, enegma, customer servoce, customer engagement etc…

It was here my friends became desperate to change my brand loyalty by

  • offering to sponsor my diwali wardrobe…
  • offered to take care of my entire diwali expense…

Still I couldn’t get convinced for those offers and I feel proud to be a Wills LifeStyle BOY…

Revival of 1997


Day before yesterday was one of the landmark days in my life… It was the reunion of 1997 batch mates of AV Meiyappan Matriculation HR Sec School… I’d like to thank JB Vinodh for initiating the idea and Srinivasan for executing the plan…

Though there were only 10 folks who turned up it was a great while to rewind 14 years back… In fact I met most of them after 14 years… We couldn’t accept that we were all grown and thine has passed this passed…

The fact is no one has changed in character and almost everyone was spontaneous in pulling down each other… Recollecting old memories, punishments, quarrels, ex-love (infatuation), teachers etc…

We have forgot the names of almost many girls and everyone explained situations to recollect names and personalities… One good thing was no one talked about profession or success stories…

We have planned to have a big reunion during November as most of the folks living abroad are planning a visit… Hope it should be more fun and am waiting for that day…

These photos will last in my memories forever..

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I’m BACK


Dear Friends, Itz been 2 months I blogged last… Though I evangelise and force other to blog I had to take this forced decision…

So, Why did I stop blogging for 2 months?

  • What started as a time filler eventually became hobby & finally addicted me into it… I couldn’t sleep if I didn’t blog in a particular day… I didn’t want to be addicted for something…
  • It took a tool on my sleep… Many times I corp ides on my sleep to blog which seriously affected my productivity…
  • Wanted to change my working pattern where in I wanted to sleep in nights and work in the morning… It took 2 Months to get to this routine…
  • Was too frank in my writings… Frankly exposed my personal life which didn’t go well with relatives… Was immensely preserved by my parents to control my writing… I was not comfortable someone (including my parents) influence my writing…
  • Reduction in comments also played a minor part…

Considering all the reasons I wanted to consciously take a sabbatical from blogging and wanted to see how it felt… There were moments where I was pulled automatically pulled to blog… But I resisted it and after a while I got used to it…

Not I’m fresh with new thoughts, new mindset, new work hours etc.. From now on I’d be consistent in posting a blog a day…

STOP Advising Folks!!!!


Yesterday went for weekend bash to my friends house… Right from the first go it was ADVISE!!! ADVISE!!! ADVISE!!! from a very close friend of mine… Am sorry to make a post complaining about my own close buddy…

I know you care for me my friend… But you don’t care if others are comfortable, how yow are putting the person you care into situation & how you are intruding their happiness…

  • You are always pessimistic & complaining… You can’t spoil the mood if you are not enjoying…
  • You advice for once in a blue moon acts of ours… You get angry if we advise on your genuine things which spoil your health & reputation…

We love you and many situations we never bothered your acts… But I was upset that you screed the weekend which I badly waited for to clear my mind…

I take your advise seriously & wish you reciprocate…

BSNL Wake-up


I was told BSNL has one of the cheapest 3G plan in the Market & that prompted me to go with BSNL… So, I went to BSNL shoppe day before yesterday only to know iPad related connections were done only at Greems Road office…

Yesterday went to Greems Road office to get a 3G micro sim… Went there by 2.30 PM…

  • Had to wait on a Queue only to know I’m standing postpaid section… There were no mode to convey prepaid & postpaid zones…
  • On the prepaid area when I asked for a 3G prepaid microsim card for iPad… I was asked to take & fill prepaid form…
  • There were 2 boxes which read “Prepaid Form” & “Postpaid Form”… But to my surprise both forms were same… Then I confirmed both were same…
  • I was asked to affix a photo & I rushed out and with difficulty found a digital studio… I returned back only to find registration closes by 4 & I was there by 4.30 :(…
  • Then I went back in the morning to get it done at any cost… Had the forms filled, had all proof documents… All I had to do was to sign the form & my pen was not writing for some reason and I couldn’t source a pen from BSNL folks it was a typical government staff attitude…
  • Then it took 40 min for the person concerned to document things and give me the SIM…

Normally it takes 15 – 20 min for a private telecom player… It took 6 hours for me to get a connection… Also on waiting I found people chit-chatting about new born White tiger cub in zoo while customers were made to wait… Though I got what I want by investing valuable time I was worried to see the pathetic working culture & employee behaviour of our public sector…