Ente Keralam Experience


Last week I went to Ente Keralam restaurant at Poes Garden for Dinner along with my CFO Mr.Bala Murugan. We have passed that way a many times and we always think we have to visit that restaurant once. But every time when we were hungry this restaurant doesn’t strike us and we visit normal Saravana Bhavan or some other restaurants. 

Last week after a hectic day I & Bala thought we needed to get out for dinner to relax. Surprisingly Bala remembered about Ente Keralam & we immediately drove from office to the restaurant. 

Immediately entering the restaurant I was carried away by the ambience. It gave a feeling as if we have entered into Kerala. After getting settled we were so hungry that we ordered immediately. Bala said Kerala is known for Stew and we ordered for Appam, 1 Veg Stew & 1 Chicken Stew. 

I was so hungry that I was unable to wait till the food comes. By that time they kept two varieties of Kerala Chips as Complimentary for Starters. This helped me to half fill my stomach. 

Then arrived Appam & Veg Stew and it was so delicious. Bala was also happy with Chicken Stew. Then I ordered Fruit Punch as dessert & Bala ordered Payasam and both were a treat to our taste buds. 

Finally we got bill which was also nominal. So this place has got thumbs up from us and we will frequent this place to try other recipes too in future. 

Upon going through the menu we came to know this restaurant is a part of Oriental Cuisines which runs China Town, Zara Tapas, Hot Breads, Benjarong in Chennai. 

If you want to visit this place here is the address;

Ente Keralam, Poes Garden

# 1, Kasturi Estate,
Kasturi Ranga Road,
1st Street, Poes Garden,
Chennai – 600018
Tel: (044)42328585

Rocket Singh Review


Rocket Singh: Salesman of the year simply rocks. I really loved the movie as I can draw lots of parallels to the movie and my life. 

I don’t have words to describe the acting skills of Ranbir Kapoor and I’m becoming his fan. He has shown so much maturity and versatility in his acting. I think he has given 3 successful movies in this year alone. And I’m sure this kid is to travel a long way in his career. 

Talking about the director Shimit Amin we have to say he has given yet another spectacular movie after Ab Tak Chappan & Chak De! India and I’ve loved watching both the movies. Now this guy has joined my favorite directors list and will watch all the movies which come from him. 

I must say it is a low budget movie, has very realistic scenes and duly supported by casts. 

Here is the Plot (Courtesy: Wikipedia) 

Harpreet Singh Bedi (Ranbir Kapoor) is an aspiring salesman working in a computer firm called AYS (At Your Service). His boss insults and sidelines him when his refusal to bribe a customer costs the company dear. Boss’s anger results in extra workload for Harpreet’s colleagues and they vent their frustration by throwing paper rockets at him at work.

Koena (Gauhar Khan), another dissatisfied employee, gives him a sales opening. Soon Harpreet is running a parallel business in the name of Rocket Sales Corporation with the help of other dissatisfied employees and resources of the company. He has pangs of conscience about misusing the company’s facilities, and once decides to tell all to the boss, but drops the idea when the boss insults him severely.

Rocket Sales Corporation is soon doing well with Harpreet, Koena, Chhote Lal Mishra the office peon and Giri the service engineer. They are discovered by the sales manager Nitin Rathore, but he too joins them. Rocket sales Corporation starts doing well enough to make a serious dent into sales of AYS.

Puri, the boss at AYS, finds out the identity of the people at Rocket Sales Corporation and files a police case against them. Harpreet agrees to sell his business to AYS as a deal to drop the charges. Puri is pleased to acquire the successful rival business, but he soon learns that he can’t match the service and quality Harpreet’s team was giving to the customers. One by one, customers of Rocket Sales Corporation desert AYS.

In the final denouement Puri has a change of heart and accepts defeat. Harpreet and his friends get their business back. Along the way love blossoms between Harpreet and Sherena, who happened to be his first customer.

I must say this is a must watch movie.

CEO LifeStyle’09 Outcome


As an outcome of visiting CEO LifeStyle’09 I got more inclined to; 

  • Buying a Yacht. The way it was displayed carried me away and I immediately enquired the price. An base model of Yacht costs Rs.15,00,000/- and the maintenance is only Rs50,000/- PA. Also the dealers will take care of getting clearance from all regulators. Now I’ve set an additional goal of buying a Yacht within next 5 years.
  • Buying an in-house Golf course. Even this was displayed in the stall and I might buy it by next month. The entire Kit costs Rs.10,000/-
  • Then I came across a cigar stall. Thought I don’t smoke I like to collect and I got the address of the store so that I can start my collection.
  • Other thing is to set a swimming pool in my terrace. I came across a stall where they help to build swimming pools. And they said setting a pool in terrace is feasible. Again new goal is to set a swimming pool in my terrace within a year. 

For now these are the only things which have been in my long list of goals and I think I must work hard & smart to achieve these goals.

Sleepy & Enjoyable Sunday


It has been long that I slept like a mad guy. Last week I was enjoying researching about Internet Marketing & Offline marketing and I had to work till late hours. So I was deprived of good sleep the whole week. 

Yesterday I didn’t have any calls from friends to party and after visiting CEO LifeStyle’09 I straight went to my home & after having brief calls with friends I immediately crashed to bed by around 11.30 in the night and got up only by 4.30 evening the next day. Nothing can compensate for a undisturbed sleep and again I must thank my friends for not disturbing me for week end outings. 

Then I got a call from Balaji by 4:30 which was the wakeup call and also I didn’t want to sleep any longer. Also it has been a long time since I’ve been with Balaji. I always enjoyed hanging around with Balaji as we shared common thoughts. But since he is engaged I didn’t want to take much of his time and I stopped calling him out.

Since he called me and asked if we can go out for a movie? I accepted the invitation without thinking a second. So we both were hungry and we drove to mayajaal and booked tickets for Rocket Singh & went for dinner. For the first time I can say I have had a delicious food at mayajaal food court. 

I & Balaji spoke about multiple things that happened in between our previous meeting. So, none of the topic was discussed in detail. 

Then we watched a wonderful movie Rocket Singh and returned back again discussing multiple things. 

Then once reaching our home we bid adieu each other as we enjoyed the day and also went out after a long time.

Heart Filling Visit to CEO Lifestyle’09


I’ve been invited by the organizers of CEO LifeStyle’09 which happened at Chennai Trade Center. It was a fair for High Net Individuals. It was filled with products / services which come at a premium. 

Some of the products that attracted me were; 

  • Rolls Royce Car
  • Voles Wagen Car
  • Yachts
  • Cycles
  • Spa’s
  • Cigars
  • Golf Kits
  • Swimming Pools
  • Leather Items 

And there were more things but I was not inclined to them. Also I was happier that I was able to network with few individuals which made worth attending the event. 

Over all I came across to know things that were enjoyed by some Elite Clubs and has added a couple of things to the list of things I must achieve in my life. 

Over all it is a thumbs up for the event. And I thank the organizers for organizing such a great event.

Happy Birthday Yuvraj


Today must be an enjoyable day for lot many reasons like; 

  • It is birthday of my icon Rajini Kanth.
  • Had a lot of productive meeting in office.
  • Visited CEO LifeStyle’09 in Chennai Trade Centre & enjoyed it very much.
  • India won T20 against Sri Lanka & squared the series. 

So what more a person can get in a day? Being born from a Cricket crazy country and also to watch your country wining a match is a pleasant feel for any Indian. That too when it happens at the close of a happy day there is nothing more to say. 

I must say kudos Yuvraj Singh. What a treat he has given to all Indian during his Birthday. Great bowling, Spectacular batting & finally winning the match for India. 

I wish Yuvi a Many More Happy returns of the day and thank you for making the day so special.

Happy Birthday Thalaiva!!


I’ve grown like most of the folks in Tamil Nadu by admiring our idol Super Star Rajini Kanth. We call him Thalaiva (Leader) and all his movies have been super hits. 

Rajini is known for his; 

  • Mass fan following in TN & many parts of the globe.
  • He brought the cult of delivering Punch Dialogue.
  • He is known for his quick reflex in movements.
  • He brought the Style cult into Tamil cinema.
  • He is known for showing unbelievable / unrealistic stunts or actions into Tamil cinema & yet it is been accepted by audience.
  • He brought in Hero based comedy into Tamil cinema (which is one of the reasons for his success). 

These are some of his movies which I admire; 

  • 6’il Irundhu 60’vadhu Varai
  • Mullum Malarum
  • 16’ru Vayadhinilae
  • Murattu Kalai
  • Thillu Mullu
  • Dhalapathi
  • Basha
  • Muthu 

There are more movies I like but these are some of my favorites of him. 

To talk about this gentleman we have to tell him Simple, Soft, Polite in spite of being such a big Success Story. He is a Rag to Rich story and all aspiring youths can take cues from the journey of this man. 

Acquisitions we have against our icon are; 

  • Not entering politics.
  • Always degrading him while praising someone.
  • Going to Himalayas ignoring his Fans.
  • Not being stable in his decisions. 

Even we are all upset on the above list of things. We still love him and admire him to the core. 

Today our icon is celebrating his 60th birthday. Thought he gets old by age he is still young by heart.

On this occasion I wish our Thalaivar Rajini Kanth a Happy Birthday on behalf of all his Fans. 

Long Live Rajini. So, that he can give us more movies.

Wish you Many More happy returns of the day Mom


Today is my mother’s birthday and it is so special day in my life. So, how did we celebrate the day. I, my sister & father were awake till 12 o clock to wish her. 

We woke my mother who was sleeping and wished her on the special day. Also we didn’t cut cake as my mom is a Veggie & we didn’t want to make the occasion western. 

So we decided to go for a family lunch / dinner. Unfortunately that didn’t happen because my father & sister were help with work. 

Since I don’t want to disclose the gift we got to my mother. I’ll keep that part private. Over all it was a small 15 min occasion. 

But it was most cherishing moment to celebrate the day of someone who gave me the entry to this loveable world and been a part of my success and a supporting hand during my tough times.

I wish my loveable mother a Happy Birthday once again…

New Sales Initiative for CCS


Last couple of weeks has been aggressive in creating a Strategy for improving the Sales for CCS. So what are we doing for last couple of days? 

  • Revamping Cogzidel.In Layout & a Slight change in Design
  • Rewriting content for Cogzidel.In
  • Moving from our own framework to Joomla
  • Aggressively addling links in Directories
  • Aggressively posting press release about CCS.
  • Aggressively increasing networks in Linkedin, Twitter, PeerPower & Facebook 

All the above things are online initiatives. These are some offline initiatives; 

  • Distributing Broachers to companies is Complex’s.
  • Visiting companies directly after getting lead / link from friends.
  • Planning to buy corporate gifts and planning to meet new prospective clients, client who have given good business & client who have not turned after enquiry.
  • Planning to take telephone yellow pages and call all the companies and ask them if they have any need. 

We do all these with the help of two folks Senthil Kumar & Suresh who are in our incubation labs. They spare a quality time for CCS Sales other than working on their new startup. 

Now it is my responsibility to think more innovatively and document things that click so that it can be passed to my successor.

If you are Bored – Ten read this


Point 1

Long back,

A person who sacrificed his sleep,

Forgot his family,

Forgot his food,

Forgot laughter were called

“Saints” 

But now they are called.. 

“IT professionals” 

Point 2

An interesting line written at the back of a Biker’s T Shirt: 

“If you are able to see this, please tell me that my girlfriend has fallen off” 

Point 3

Most Relationships fail not because of the absence of love.. 

Love is always present..

It’s just that,

One loves too much,

And

The other loves too many,

Point 4

Employee: Boss, now I have got married..! Please increase my salary..!

BOSS: Factory is not responsible for accidents occurring outside the company..!

 

Point 5

Philosophy of life

At the beginning of married life, every gal treats her husband as GOD,

Later on somehow the alphabets got reversed..! 

Point 6

What is a Fear?

Fear is the Deep, Wrenching feeling in your stomach

When pages of your book still smell new 

And 

Just few hours left for your exams..! 

Point 7

Jus4Fun

Someone has rightly said, “A fool can ask More questions that a wise man cannot answer” 

No wonder why so many of us speechless when lecturers ask question..! 

Point 8

Boy: Do you have Cards with sentimental Love quotes? 

Shopkeeper: Oh sure..@! How about this card, it says “To the only Girl I ever loved!” 

Boy: That’s good, Give me 12 of them..! 

Point 9

After reading the form filled by an applicant.. The employer said: ” WE do have an opening for you..! 

Applicant: What is it? 

Interviewer: It’s called the “door..!” 

Point 10

A Banner cum Sign Board In front of an IT company.. 

Drive Slowly, Don’t kill our Employee… 

….. Leave them to us