Category: Personal

Days are running fast


Not sure where is it going to lead… Weather it is for good or bad… But time is running like anything… This is what I did for last 3 days and it flew like a jet;

  • Woke up at 11 AM…
  • Went to GYM & Came home by 1 PM…
  • Went to office for couple of meetings & retuned by 9 PM….
  • Some mentoring work with startups in Coffee Day which goes till 11.30 PM…
  • Talk to Cogzidel Technologies folks (Major & Bala) atleast for 30 min each (tentatively will finish the call by 1.30 AM)…
  • Then  reading, replying sending emails for 30 min…
  • Then reading Tech Crunch, Life Hacker for another 30 min…
  • Read some blogs & post comments which till take another 30 min…
  • Write my blog which is another 15 min…

Then I goto bed between 4 – 5 AM and the routine continues every day… In this tight schedule I missed talking to my sister in skype, had no time for my doggie, no time for my parents & no time to get in touch with friends…

Soon I want to create a life where I can get rid of Notebooks, BlabkBerries, Internet etc… I’m seriously considering of considering of buying some farm lands and concentrate on agriculture where in I can be attached with loved ones & nature :)…

A new man from Monday


After reaching home late night I got up by 9 o clock this Monday morning… I decided to goto GYM from monday onwards and with lots of difficulty I assembled all stuff required to goto GYM… Then I took my sisters 2 wheeler and reached the place by 11 o clock and did cardio for an hour… Being the first day I didn’t slog it out as I wanted to have a gradual start…

Then after-reaching home I had no lunch as it was only meals which I wanted to avoid… Then I went for an hair cut & hair spa and came back by 4 o clock only to make my get red… So got irated that i’m too choosy and adament on my food… Finally she gave up and cooked what I needed…

Then went CCD habibullah road to meet an acquaintance along with Bala… The person had great knowledge on healthcare process and he gave us a lot of insights on the domain and possibilities of making money by offering consulting services…

Then while I was returning home by around 11 PM got a call from Karthi who wanted to meet me immediately… Then I was otherwise where I was the one who was offering mentoring…

Finally it was an hectic day but very memorable one…

Reunion Sunday


It was a day of long sleep and after the sunset I picked up my friend and went to meet Malliya an old time (OLD ;)) friend… I went to his house in Velacherry  after a gap of 7 years and when I visited his house it was open grounds on all sides other than his compounded apartment… But this time I could hardly see any vacant ground…

Malliya was eagerly waiting for us with liquor without knowing that I quit my social drinking too :)… All I had on hand was a frozed seven-up which I had to wait for 30 min to melt everything… Then it was a nice 2 hour conversation where in I was given bad advise by my dunked friends… All I could do was to laugh at myself for putting me in a situation where in others were drunk… I could accept nor confront :)…

Then Rooban came with Shiv & Prakash and we decided to go for dinner… But we had to spend an hour driving to & foe in the 100 feet road to freeze a restaurant… Finally we zeroed at White Pepper Restaurant and folks ordered for Chinese & Arabian dishes… I mostly settled with Shakes…

It was already 11 PM and the group split with me & Roshan driving to Mayajaal to see Fast & Furious… Sadly all shows were full & we had to return with no luck… Thought there wasn’t special in this day it was also not a boring day…

Overall I spend the day seeing the happiness in my friends face :)…

Missing my sister


I very well remember the day my little sister was born… She is six and half year younger to me but far more mature than me… I remember seeing her in hospital where my mom showed me this is your little sister… I was happy & I visited the hospital often to see her… I can almost remember every function of her… These are some nostalgic memories;

  • She slept upto 10 AM in the morning until she went to school and I always envied that…
  • Walk I would take her along with my aunty when she was a kid…
  • We studied in same school and I use to take her for lunch…
  • She gave up for almost everything when I fought with her… Always I ended up regretting for my act…
  • She protected me from all the mischievous things I did…
  • After finished my school I started driving her to School & the conversation we use to have…

But when I finished my college and after becoming an entrepreneur we have not interacted a lot… I concentrated more on my career and spent no time for family… But today I feel bad for missing all the golden opportunities I got to spend for her… When she left to US I couldn’t believe that we are getting separated… For last three days i’m feeling like missing something…

I somehow want to make this as an opportunity to travel to US often & also take my parents with me… Itz time for me to setup a base there…

Changing Times & Lifestyles


Had a long conversation with my next door neighbor aunty… We have been neighbor for past 25 years as we came to this neighborhood almost together… Conversation started when she asked if my sister has reached US… We were talking for a long time & both were surprised to know a lot of things… She was telling people lack time for each other these days and we are not sure what our neighbor are upto these days… She was telling what I use to do in those early days… I hardly remember many as I was 6 years old & my sister was 3 months old :)…

A lot has changed in this two and half decade… When we came to this newly constructed our house during 1986 we had a good community… Almost everyone knew each other & there use to be a lot of community events conducted by our Welfare Association… One example was when I fractured my legs I was visited be a lot of neighbor to wish me quick recovery…

But these day we hardly have time for each other… Even community events are lacking patronage… I (mostly everyone) know new entrants into our neighborhood… Even with people I know it would be a smiley gesture and a reciprocation from the other end; we have no time to even stop and have a small conversation…  I was shocked to know lot of my friends with whom I played have been married with kids…

I’m not sure where are we heading to… We are looking like aliens to our own neighbors and I’m not happy with this new culture…

Cinepolis @ Royal Meenakshi Mall Experience


As my Bangalore plans were royally screwed I decided to stay inside my home the whole day of Wednesday… I decided to get out for dinner at around 9.30 PM… I remembered a neighbor who insisted to call him whenever I was in Bangalore… I invited him to have dinner with me & he spontaniousl asked if I had been to the Mall… I said I wanted to go but was that lazy that I stayed at home…

He asked if we can have dinner at mall & go for a movie there… I immediately agreed as I never let down a chance to watch a movie, I wanted to visit that Mall, I did nothing the whole day & I wanted to eat out….

Mall was less than 2 KM from my house and I asked if we can take a Walk?? But we had to take my bike as it was already 9.45 and we had to eat and go for the movie… We reached the place in less than 5 min & immediately we rushed to 4th floor and got ticket to the movie Source Code 10.20 PM show…

We had 20 min to have our dinner & immediately I finished my dinner in 5 min… But didn’t know my friend was a slow eater and I said I want to see the movie from the beginning and I went first into Screen 3… Yep Screen 3 & Source Code is my first movie experience at CinePolis…

The very beginning to ticketing experience gave me a feel good factor about Cinepolis… Then the smiley welcome in the entrance was something pleasant… Screen was wonderful with ample leg spacing, clean, sound was good and over all a nice experience as the movie was also good…

Immediately after returning home i wanted to Like Cinepolis & Royal Meenakshi Mall… After liking Cinepolis page I immediately made a post in the wall telling my experience and wished they be consistent & to my surprise I got a reply from their Social Media team… I didn’t know they took Social Media soo seriously… On the right is the screen shot of my wall post and their comment…

 

Laziness wins


Yesterday I took oath that I’ve to goto GYM from today and keep myself fit… Unusually I even woke up early only to fine my sister took the car out for temple… So, I had very good first reason to convince myself for bunking for the day…

But I didn’t want to give up and I thought I can take some time and got there… Then I switched on the TV to see the News of Osama’s death… Then this was the second reason for bunking my workout…

Then I kept fighting to myself and when I wanted to get ready all my workout kits were scatteres and my ipod was missing… Reason three was anger for not having things on hand…

By now I was convinced that it was not my day to goto GYM & I postponed things for tomorrow… FINALLY LAZINESS WON!!!

Drive to Mamundur & Drink at Mustang


After a long Sunday sleep I got up by 4 PM after getting a wake up call from a friend… He asked me to get ready to go a see some land at Mamundur and to have a chat with his friend who shares common interest… It was a dull drive to mamundur but when we returned it was ball of a time… We had discussed a lot and we left our conversation in half way as my new found friend had to take his family for a movie…

Then we had not choice other than out favorate place Green Park… But sad thing is I’ve quit my social drinking and have become a Teetotaler… We got one of the best seats in front of the big screen and what one needs when Chennai Super Kings wins the match…

There was no much happening as we were seriously watching match and only when we asked for bill we realized;

  • I had 6 mock-tails…
  • My friend had 8 large…
  • We ate 2 pukhet fish…

Thought I don’t remember of having a lot os accomplishments in this day… The day ran in a jiffy & there are regrets…

Ball of a time @ Mustang Green Park


Was working the entire Friday night & crashed to bed by Saturday morning… I slept for more than 12 hours for catch up for lack of sleep… It was a vague plan for the evening & I went to Inshape and there it was a big crowd… Crowd leads to confusion and everyone was pulled me on different direction… But I stayed to my commitment with my friend & we went to Escape in Green Part… Me & Roshan didn’t enjoy the company of others at Escape…

We decided to do with some-other thing… Then we caught up with a friend at Mustang & from then on it was hard core fun;

  • We bartered for the drink (we had) by giving movie tickets in Satyan( Infact we got the tickets for free) to my friend…
  • Then another friend of mine joined & we had another bill for Rs.2000/- for which we tried to barter movie tickets for the bill… Sadly our offer was rejected & we have to make my friends friend to take up the bill…
  • One of my friend who went high asked the hotel guys to bring the Tawa to cook fresh dosas in front of him…
  • Then in the smokers area we caught up with a budding movie hero…
  • Finally my friend reminded me that I was not drunk ;)… But I was the one who behaved like a dunked :)…

Day of unpredictable happenings


After having long conversation with my Sales team & with other heads I crashed to bed by early in the morning… Then was woken up by my uncle who wanted to talk to me about my marriage… Then there was a round of advice, convincing, criticism, parenting etc etc… Though I feel bad for letting my parents down I had to do it in the best interest of lot many things… Might by time is the best weapon to prove them that “Itz all for good”…

There was a day long power cut due to Maintenance & I had to content myself with a Fan which runs on inverter… But was so tired that I slept… Then I heard getting calls on my mobile but I ignored everything to continue with my sleep…

Finally picked a friends call and I told him am planning to sleep for one more hour as the time is just 2.30… He yelled at me telling it is already 4 in the evening… He asked me to get ready and wanted to out somewhere…

I got out of bed, took bath, prayed, dressed & moved out without knowing what am I upto… Then we started driving to Express Avanue (EA) without any Idea… After reaching EA we thought of going to movie & being a weekend almost all movies were full… Then my friend called his friend in Inox and asked if there is any tickets for the movie Vanam which got released today…

We got the tickets for 6.50 PM show & we were in EA at that time… Since the place was neat we drove to Inox and we didn’t have much time other than to rush to the movie… Vanam is a remake of telegu Vedam & I’ve seen the telegu version last year… Am not reviewing this movie because I’ve already given my review a year back;

http://www.anandnataraj.com/vedam-a-class-telegu-movie

Overall it was not a productive day but it was an rejuvenating experience & my brain is much free now… I started mu office work now and it is going in full swing…