Category: Personal

Ending up the year with Elite Invitations


Start of this year I evolved a set of rules so as how I must lead a life this 2009 and that was one of my New Year Resolutions.  Some of the rules are;

  • Never travel by autos.
  • Never travel by flights.
  • Never buy premium products.

And more and to the best of my knowledge I kept to my resolution. But ending this year I’m getting invitation for all elite things;

Wills Life Style Invitation: Got a call from a representative from Wills Life Style for some surprise event at Park Sheraton, Chennai. The event is on 9th and the way the women invited me was funny.

She said the invitation is only for Premium Members and she said;

  • Free dinner Buffet
  • Gift Voucher for Rs.1000/-
  • Then a surprise gift on the day.

Then she asked for my confirmation to make up to the event. It sounded funny & the lady spoke to me in a way that if I come I’ll be offered dinner. It sounded how politicians gather crowd by offering Food & Cash. Like wise I’m also invited for Food + Cash (in the form of Gift Voucher.

On the serious part I wear only Will Life Style merchandise & I don’t know why this surprise event. Anyway let me keep my fingers crossed and hope it doesn’t become a disappointing night.

CEO Lifestyles: then I got a personal invite from organizers of CEO Lifestyles which is been conducted in Chennai Trade Center on 11th, 12th & 13th. I don’t know what to expect there and I don’t know how they got hold of me. Today I got a call from then asking for my commitment to make up on any one of the day.

This is a closely held event & everyone is not invited. At least that is what they told me. I might make it along with Bala on 11th (Friday).

HSBC Premium Account: Got a call from HSBC representatives and gave them an appointment to meet me. They are offering me a Premium account with all elite benefits. Even my bankers ICICI & CitiBank whit whom I’ve maintain my account for a long time and also having transacted huge amount of money I was not upgraded to Wealth Management Account.

I was surprised to get an offer from a bank where I didn’t have any relationship all these years. Might be someone working with ICICI or CitiBank must have jumped to HSBC.

In spite of me telling the bankers that I can’t maintain a big balance for a premium account. They said they will offer it even I’ve my account with zero balance.

Again this is a shocking experience and I don’t know what is happening around me.

All the things listed above happened last week and I don’t know if I really deserve them. Anyways I’m thrilled that I wanted to lead a very simple life and I was successful somewhat and now I’m getting all Elite things at the end of the year. Let me experience all the above and see how it turns up and will sure make a Blog post about the experience.

Topsy Turvy Saturday


We have decided to party last Saturday and all arrangements were planned ahead. The original plan was to head to 10 Downing Street in North Boag road as we wanted to goto a different place. My friends promised to come with two of his girl friends to take us in. 

But things started too disastrous as usual. My friends got help up in a party in ECR and I got engaged in business meetings. The girls asked us to pick then before 9 o clock which were unable to do it. 

Now all confusions started & some how we achieved what we wanted. Here is a synopsis of the night; 

  • I & my friends reached the place by 11 o clock.
  • We were not allowed inside as we were stags.
  • Kudos to our celebrity friend with whose help we were let it. But it was 11.40 PM.
  • The floor was closed by 12 o clock and we literally did nothing.
  • We didn’t want to spoil the day and we headed to Pasha. Again with the help of celebrity friend.
  • This was the first time I enjoyed danced with unknown babes. That too because of my celebrity friend. Girls approached him to dance with them and since we were his friends we got along well.
  • Then this time Udayanidhi Stalin didn’t make it to the night and the place was closed by 2 o clock in the morning.
  • We were litrally asked to leave the parking lot because it was the day of Babri Masjid demolition.
  • Still we were not fully happy and we planned to head to Checkers.
  • Checkers was a pacca local crowd. But I enjoyed a lot here as this was something new and interesting.
  • Then we were there doing some Bottom Fishing till 5 AM.
  • Then we were too tired and I reached home only by 5.30 in the morning. 

So we started with 10 Downing then hopped to Pasha & finally hopped to checkers. At the end of the day I was happy and an electrifying evening.

What happened to my hobbies?


Last year I developed hobbies like; 

  • Photography
  • Blogging
  • Tweeting
  • Travelling
  • Physical workout. 

That is because I was back from a big depression and I had lot of time and I wanted to divert my mind from all bad experiences. It was these hobbies which helped me to overcome strongly. 

For last 3 months my concentration on all these hobbies are slowly coming down. I don’t know if I must take it positively as; 

  • I’m getting busy because of business commitments.
  • I’m back from memories of all bad experience. 

Or should I blame myself for cutting down on my hobbies which have helped me in bad times. 

Though there is every genuine reason like; 

  • System problem to download pictures shot from camera has diminished my interest in photography. In fact I stopped taking camera now-a-days.
  • Blogging has taken a beating because I’m taking care of Sales for CCS where I travel to client places. So, I’m not sitting online like before.
  • Same applies to twitter.
  • I stopped travelling because of the long summer this year and still I didn’t get back to loop.
  • Again this is because of my laziness because of travelling. 

But personally speaking I want to balance things and want to accommodate all the special things which were my companion during my lonely times. So from now I plan to be more professional and get back to loop.

A Jam Packed Day


Yesterday has been a fulfilling day as it kept me fully engaged which is what a person like me expects. The day started drowsy as usual like every day. I got up by 11 AM and it was normal routine. By 11.45 AM i drove to my office and reached office by 12.15 noon.

Then I started the day with couple of tweets and posted a Blog. Then came my cousin who wants to be a part of my marketing initiative and I took him as a Business Development intern.

I did some mentoring which started with some enlightenment of his current small business and then I took him through his role as an intern. Hope he enjoys working under me.

Got a call from my friend who came to give his marriage invitation. Then spent an hour with him and took him to the house of another friend.

Then retuned to office to pickup another cousin who started an aquarium business and he visited my office to give his consultation on setting up an aquarium in my office.

Then by the end of the day me and Bala thought of going for a movie and we went to Satyam Cinemas and booked a ticket for Kurbaan. As it was only 8 o clock and the show was by 10.30 we thought we could spend the remaining time at Amethyst as Bala has never been there before.

At Amethyst it was as usual a nice atmosphere but the food was really bad. Then this time I was more irated by their behavior. in their menu they has specified their timings as 10 AM – 10 PM.

But instead they started closing the shop by 9.15 and the guy came near us and he switched off the fan without having the courtesy to ask for an excuse. They did all things to drive us out even before 9.30 PM and we came out with frustration.

But we were talking business, cracking jokes and I didn’t want to spoil my mood and I drove till island ground and returned and parked the car at Satyam Annex and we took a walk to theatre.

My expectations we set high on movie as Shiv Sena has said that they are going to send saris to Kareena Kapoor & while getting the tickets we were told it was an adults only movie and we cant take minors.

I thought there would be some adult scenes in the movie and nothing of that sort was shown. All hype created by promos, media and the person issuing tickets ended in disappointing me after the movie got over.

Over all it was a day where I was engaged every minute and I’m happy to close the day.

Good Night!!!

Pasha – The Disco Experience


This saturday (21/11/1009) i went to Pasha a Discotheque in Chennai. Itz been 2 years since i’ve been to a Discotheque. A lot has changed since then.

This time i went along with a couple of celebrities and a relative of a MP. So, we were allowed in as Stacks. Since i went with celebrities i got linked with Richard, Gayatri Raghuram & Narein.

This time it was a electrifying experience as danced with some celebrity girls and with some expats.

Time ran so fast and now-a-days timings has been cut short to 1AM, previously discos were open till 3 AM. I was not in a mood to end the day.

When i made up my mind to wrap the day. There came a surprise. Udayanidhi Stalin entered the floor by 1 AM and he stayed for 2 more hours and we were able to hang around till 3 AM.

Then we went to TAJ to have my favorite Gilli Briyani. Over all my Credit Card burned. But it was a day to cherish after a long long time.

Then reached home by 4 AM and did some office work and slept by 6 AM and slept the whole Sunday.

Carelessness Costs Dear


For last 6 – 7 years I’ve been using BSNL broadband and for last 2 years i switched to Wi–Fi. As i spend most of my time in office my Internet usage at home is limited and same applies to my sister too.

So, frequently internet is used by my parents who use internet for accessing matrimony sites and for checking emails. Last month to our surprise we got a bill for Rs.3000/- which is more by Rs.2000. My mother was pestering me, my sister and father to check why there is a sudden raise in the bill.

We all took it lightly and to our surprise we got a bill for Rs.11000/- this month. I was torn left right and center by my mom and she is still unable to come to terms for paying such a steep bill amount.

I’m sure it must be used by some neighbours as Wi-Fi cannot reach beyond a point. It is sad to see how neighbours exploit others resources.

But i’ve to blame myself as being a techie i know the consequence of leaving access open & underestimating the knowledge levels of my neighbours.

Now i’m spending more time convincing my mom and I’ve taken up the responsibility of paying this months bill.

New GYM experience


Today is the first day I worked out with Sesodia Fitness Center, Vadapalani, Chennai. It is not a great GYM in terms of equipment or with ambiance. But the once reason I join here is because of the trainer. He has been my personal trainer when I was working out in Inshape 2 years back. 

But it was not a start I expected. When I went there my trainer was busy and he asked me to run on the treadmill without giving any stretches. After that I was asked to work on EFX where I pulled my back. 

Then I had to complain to my trainer about the back problem and he assigned one of his colleagues to help me with stretches. That guy did some stretches for namesake and then I was asked to do cycling. 

After which my trainer joined me in giving core exercise. Over all I’m disappointed and as usual I paid for 6 months. 

For now I’m forced to continue unless my trainer gives me the attention which he gave me 2 years back.

Itz a Rainy day


Today day started sluggishly as I woke up only by 10 o clock and I missed to goto GYM. After that I browsed for some time and I started to office by 12 in the noon. It was raining fully and I drove enjoying the rain. 

On reaching office the office was closed and no one was seen in the office. Then I called Bala and his was talking to a client and didn’t pick my call. Then I thought I had to wait long or to drive back home. 

Then got a call from Bala and he opened the door as he was sitting inside. Then it was business as usual. I finished the entire pending task and engaged with some business discussion with Bala. 

Three of our staff was on leave and one went to client’s office. So Bala was fully free and had good opportunity to discuss important things without disturbance. Then we started from office by 6.30 PM and we went to coffee shop. 

We decided to goto Coffee Central as itz been long we have been there and again we were talking personal and business. Then we decided to go for shopping & Bala has got a SMS from Special Editions saying there is an offer. 

I wanted to buy 2 shirts to gift my friends for birthday and I got a Clock for free. Then I returned back home and it was a happy day as I finished many work and more importantly finance related things. 

It is always motivating if we have good liquidity and plan things.

From Koyembedu to Mattuthavani


Normally I travel to Madurai in private busses. I avoid government busses because their travelling hours is too long. But yesterday I had to choose SETC (State Express Transport Corporation) bus because I didn’t plan the trip and all the private buses were running full.

 

To my surprise the cost of SETC buses are 40% less than private bus operators and also I reached Madurai by 7 o clock in the morning.

 

Then for the first time I travelled in a public transport in Madurai. I got down at Mattuthavani which was the last stop & from there I boarded a bus to Periar Bus Stop in a public bus.


From then it is business as usual.

Autobiography or Confessionbiography?


I see lot of celebrities writing an autobiography where in they use it as a tool to make all their confessions. I know they do it for obvious reasons as to make cheap publicity to boost the sale of the book.

Latest on the list is Andre Agassi who has confessed using performance enhancing drug while is playing days.

There are other stories where cricketers confessing of tampering balls, fooling umpires of run outs. Politicians telling the malpractices did by others or the change in their ideology.

Over all what I can’t tolerate is why these people don’t have the back bone to confess it when they are doing it. We can accept their confession if there is not commercial benefit involved in the form of book publishing.

Already they have made fool of us and again they try to make us fools by making us to buy their books. To put an end to all this we must take stern action. In the case of Agassi if we ask him to pay back all the prize money he earned winning matches and return all the medals and honors he has received in his playing days. Is this is done to one person for sure others will stop doing such cheap things and even if they do they will hesitate to write auto biography.

If strict action is not taken now Autobiographies will become Confessionbiographies to make cheap publicity or monitory gains.

It would be nice if media or news makers stop publicizing such cheap things.