Category: Personal

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…

Things that make me feel OLD!!!


Came across an article in Rediff & only then I realized am getting OLD!!!

  • Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge was released 16 years ago.
  • The Millennium is more than a decade old… Remembering the terms “Millennium Year” & “Y2K Problem”…
  • Pierce Brosnan last acted as James Bond 9 years ago… I remember watching this movie in Bangalore…
  • Itz been 10 years since 9/11 happened…
  • The Matrix came out 12 years ago… I remember watching this movie when I was in College… Bunked class to watch this movie…
  • Itz been 14 years since Diana died… I was still in school when the incident happened…
  • Itz been 17 years since Sushmitha Sen & Aishwarya Rai won the first beauty peagent title for India… I was 14 years then…
  • Itz been 20 years since I watched Home Alone… My uncle took me for the movie in Satyam Cinemas… Can’t believe Macaulay Culkin & me crossed 30 years…
  • Terminator 2 is 20 years old…
  • Can’t believe that the youngest Spice Girl is 35, the oldest Backstreet Boy 39…
  • Still remember the buzz Jurassic Park created… It was my first exposure to Graphics in movie…
  • Dil Chahta Hai is 10 years old… Watched it in Woodlans Theatre & still remember those days where I use to listen to DCH songs & work…

Frustration!!! Frustrated!!!


My bride hunt has always ended in a controversy and the latest one happened this sunday… This reason was enough for my Granny who is my well-wisher… But her emotional attachment on me is making me get frustrated… So, what was the whole issue about??

  • A month back I went to see a Girl…
  • Had to turn down the proposal owing to several reasons…
  • The girl emailed me asking for a meet-up & to know the reason…
  • As a gesture I agreed & last week I pinged her when I was in Bangalore…
  • Then Girl’s mother called up my aunt & asked why am I meeting the girl after dropping the proposal…
This whole episode has made people think that I planned a Bangalore trip to meet this Girl… Then my grand mother came today to convince me to agree to this marriage… Then it was 3 -4 hours of convincing, debate, argument, emotional blackmail etc… This whole 3 – 4 hours has created a situation of making me guilty… Got really frustrated because;
  • Mediocre thinking is being infused…
  • Independent decision making is always questioned & I’m asked to report each and every action…
  • Freedom of speech is tampered… I’m taught what to talk to the girl  😦
  • Practical decisions are shown as “Making SIN”…
As a person who preaches liberation, free speech, fight for right… I got frustrated because of the mediocre thinking of my loved ones & more frustrating when they try to infuse it on me… But I feel more provoked because I love my granny & parents that much that they are putting me in a situation where I’m hurting there feeling…
Let me prey to get a quick remedy to this situation…

Do I’ve BALLS???


Do I’ve BALLS???

I had to ask this question to myself when I was reading a blog of a girl who was very much frank & point-blank… She has written about using dope, boozing etc… After reading this blog it made me feel ashamed… I always wanted to be frank & I’ve practised it to my level best…

But my privacy was always intruded… I was always policed & asked to watch my writings… Couple of months back I posted some photos of mine while having Palm Toddy in FaceBOOK… This spread like a wild fire and reached my parents… Immediately I was forced to pull them down…

After reading this girls blog I felt a really ashamed… When a girl can Why can’t I?? Itz time i start living on my own & for me…

Reunion


Being it a weekend I slept the whole consolidating for the lost sleep during whole last week… Then got call from my school mates by 7.30 asking where am I?? Only then I realized that I was late by an hour and immediately took bath and rushed to Green Park…

Am meeting my school mates J.B.Vinod & Vijay Prakash after a gap of 15 years… It was really an emotional moment as it was really a long while… Then it was time to get nostalgic and bring back some memorable moments… Then we discussed what we were upto in between… What we are today…

Everyone had their own bitter & good experience… Everyone had a common love failure story… A common Betrayal story… And their own success story… Couldn’t believe how time ran… We were in no mood to leave in spite of bouncers pushing us out & after getting calls from parents & wives…

I could see a sense of happiness on the face of other folks & so was I :)…

Blast at Utandi


Yet another occassion and this time the reason was for Sundar becoming Father… This time it is Kavi, Karthik (Ralf), Sundar & me… This time Karthik took the role of a chauffeur & he picked everyone… Then after buying necessary things we reached Uthandi beach by 11 PM…

It was fun right from the word go… This time I fixed to target Kavi who always teases me & I found a weapon to tackle from now on ;)… But it all started from the noise we heard from the nearby beach house and imagination started playing rounds…

  • I said it must be some ghost in the house…
  • Kavi added spice to my imagination…
  • Sundar said it was Husband & Wife problem…
  • Karthik said it must be a psycho like Nadunissi Naygal (a tamil movie)…

Then we thought we must break into the house and see what is going on… But some how we got distracted & this time it was time for some photo shoots… Kavi & me posted to the instruction of our photographer Karthik and it was fun for sometime… Then it started raining heavily… We all went inside the car and had come grub and drink…

Again we came out once the rain stopped… It was real nice experience as I’ve never been thru such a wonderful situation as there was lightening always & it added light for the fun…

Then it was time for some namology gyan from Sundar & he was talking about the past of everyone of us and our spouse or would be’s…

By this time Kavi got irritated by our pranks & also he got a call from his master (wife)… He lost his mood and slowly we lost interest & we packed back… But it was a fun filled 3 hours and must thank all folks for making the day memorable… Here are moments pictured…