1st Jan 2011


After having a long nap at residency I got back to my house by 4 in the evening… My mom was curious to know how I partied and it was time to narrate her the way I enjoyed the day… Then my parents had to move to a party organized in my fathers office…

Then I got a call from my friend Roshan & we thought we have to goto Ganesh temple in ECR and then to have a small get-together in our Residency room… There was huge traffic and he were late by an hour and we reached Residency by 8.45 PM…

First person to reach the place was Natraj, then came Rooban, followed by Prasad & finally by Arshet and his friend… We all had a nice interaction and we had a nice Business discussion… Finally I left the hotel by 2 AM and reached home after having a great Party & a get-together…

Wonderful New Year Bash


It was almost 6 PM reaching Chennai from Chidambaram… Almost all my pals were not available;

  • Balaji is in Australia…
  • Kavi went to Bangalore to meet his fiancee…
  • Roshan went to Thirupathi…

And my saviour of the day was Rooban & things were not planning until the last minute… When I called Rooban at 6 PM he asked me to get ready for a drive to Pondy… I was not excited with Pondy for following reasons;

  • I just travelled through Pondy while driving to Chennai…
  • We were not planned and any messing will spoil the day…
  • I always cant forget C@$%^Y in Pondy and am not prepared to there for any other event…

Then we finally decided to Settle for some place in Chennai… Since one of my old friend had taken rights to organize events at The Park I had open access to Pasha, Leather Bar & Banquet hall… Because of the crowd at Leather Bar & Pasha we settled at Banquet Hall… Events got started by 8.30 PM and when I checked time it was 1.30 AM… We all missed to Shout Happy New Year at zero’th hour… That was the fun we had that night…

Then we went to Thiruvanmiyur beach and stayed for some time… Then we started feeling hungry and went to Taj Coromandel only to be sent back because the Restaurent is closed… Then we went to Residency for buffer and after a small grub we decided to book room and stay there…

Since we got free entry and spent nothing for the New Year bash we booked a room at Residency slept until 1 PM and went back home… Then after wishing my parents, going to a temple with Roshan we rushed back to the Hotel to utilize the full 24 hours…

Over all it was really an electrifying New Year and I’m charged enough to start 2011 with a bang…

Thirupachi for Kuladeivam


Was unable to sleep the whole night because of new environment… Anyways my BlachBerry helped me stay in touch with my work and for Browsing… Then I went for an early morning walk around the town and it was nice to see the entire town… Then we drove to our native and reached our Kuladeivam temple at 5 AM…

After having a wonderful darshan we travelled back & I had a nap for 3 hours because I had to drive back and had to party the whole night… My mom came back by 12 o clock after finishing her work and we started from Chidambaram at 1.30 PM and reached Chennai sharp by 5.30PM…

Only thing I missed this time is my sister… Every-time she use to sit with me while driving and keep talking with me… Also we talk a lot in the temple… This is for the first time we went to Kuladeivam temple without her…

Visit to Kuladeivam


It was suddenly planned by my mother to offer prayers to our Kuladeivam… So, we decided to drive to Chidambaran today & I had to wait for my father and he returned from work only by 3.40PM and we started at 4.30 PM finally… On reaching Porur By-pass toll we had to wait for 20 min to cross it because of the crowd… Then it was traffic until Chengelpet Toll…

From then it was smooth drive listening to Chennai Suriyan FM until Thindivanam Toll & again 20 KM from there we got Pondy Suriyan FM… After reaching Pondy we filled the tank and then we stopped at a Palagan for flavored milk & Kulfi in the entrance of Mahatma Gandhi Medical College…

Then we reached my aunts house by 9 o clock and after having dinner I went for a small walk to buy some Bananas… Then I took a small walk around the place where I spent as a child… I was startled to see those areas getting neat and posh… All Muttram sandhu (Urine Streets) becoming neat & pleasant to walk… Lots of old houses giving space to apartments…

When I got the builders number and called them I was surprised to know that it costs Rs.4000 per sq. ft. which means it is Rs.40 Lakh for a 1000 sq ft house… Anyways I was happy to see such small towns getting on par with City’s…

Openings at Cogzidel Technologies Chennai


Requirement #1: Business Development Executive

Job Description:

  • Selling IT services to the US market.
  • Maintaining the good relationship with the existing clients.
  • Finding New Business Opportunities (NBO) in the US Market.
  • Scheduling appointments to the Sales Manager and the Sales head
  • Reporting to the Sales Head.
  • Aggressive, Energetic,Enthusiastic and Self Starter.

Qualification :

  • B.Sc , BCA, MBA, MCA, B.Tech

Experience :

  • Minimum 6 months of experience in an out bound or cold calling environment.
  • Willing to work in night shift.
  • Excellent communication skills.

Requirement #2 : .net Developers

Job Description:

  • Good Analytical Skills.
  • Problem Solving ability.
  • Self-motivated & ability to work with teams.
  • Handling clients.
  • Good understanding of requirement.

Qualification :

  • B.Sc , BCA, MBA, MCA, B.Tec

Experience :

  • 1 – 2 years of experience in .net programming.
  • Excellent communication skills.

If you are interested of have any reference please forward the resumes to soniya@cogzidel.com.

ManMAdhan Ambu Review


Went to watch Man Madhan Ambu in spite of getting lots of negative reviews… That was a blessing because expectation on the movie was very low and finally I came out giving a Thumbs Up for the movie… I can understand why people give a thumbs down because the movie lacks the humor compared to Tenali or Panchathantiram…

But it would be a great movie for people who look for experience and that to dealing with Love & Relationship… No one other than Kamal Hassan can portray such a mature character… He has narrated lot of one liners which are though provoking and certainly I took a lot of message for my life…

Some more pointers;

  • Story is very subtle…
  • Nice comedy though not that much hilarious…
  • Trisha’s role is very humble and she has done a good job…
  • Madhavan has done a good job as a confused Boy Friend…
  • Sangeetha has over acted… But still enjoyable…
  • Neela Vanam song concept was well thought and pictured…
  • Oviya has been wasted…
  • Finally Kamal Hassan has done a fabulous job…

I personally give a Thumbs UP…

Mam Madhan Ambu Experience


Went out to watch Kamal Hassan starrer ManMadhan Ambu at Kamala Cinemas. I’ve lot of moments to remember other than the movie.

Kamala Theatre is the first theatre where I watched a movie after bunking my School… It was 1993 and the movie was Thiruda Thiruda… I can still remember waiting on queue for more than 3 hours to get the tickets… The experience was very thrilling as I was scared of getting caught… Today everything got changed… The place where the Ticket counter use to be, parking lot and more… All old things has to give room for a posh ambience with 2 screens… Unlike the old, dirty single screen theatre…

Second is going to watch a movie all alone after a long long time… I think it must be more than 3 years and it was nice to lead get back old habits…

Traveling alone in a Two wheeler and that too going to a theatre which is near to my house has certainly saved me a lot of penny… I just spent 200 bucks for tickets, snacks, parking & for fuel…

Evening has been special with lots of things to experience…. Also planning to watch movies alone for a couple of day until I get bored…

Carol Celebrations @ CCS


I’d like to start everything after thanking Partick & Sonia for their wonderful initiative… Yep they were the people behind the idea of Celebrating Christmas Carol in office… This celebration was helpful;

  • for new cogzians to gel well with others and this was a wonderful ice-breaker…
  • for people working from home to get bonded with rest of the stack…
  • as it was wonderful stress breaker…

Didn’t know the extra curricular talents of Patrick & Sonia… Patrick rocked playing guitar, keyboard & parallel singing… Sonia was the lead singer and she had wonderful voice…

It was around 3.30PM for everyone to get gathered at office… We started the event after Cutting the X’mas cake and the honors were done by our CFO… Then immediately were were given copies of songs to be sung and for next half an hour it was full of songs;

  • Starting with my favorite “Mary’s boy child Jesus Christ was born on Christmas day” from Boney M.
  • Then a devotional tamil folk song.
  • Then Jingle Bells.
  • Then 2 more tamil devotional songs.
  • And finally it was my turn to join the chorus

I wish you a merry christmas
I wish you a merry christmas
I wish you a merry christmas
from the bottom of my heart

Then it was time for playing some games where we were asked to rotate a multiply wrapped cover and every layer will have a mock task to be performed or a gift… Only three were lucky Bala (CFO) got a Dairy Milk, Bhuvaneshwari got a Kit-Kat & the biggest lucky person is Suganthi who got a Fiema De Wills soap and Shampoo…

Then it was time for team games and there were three teams… I was lucky to be in Suganthi’s team and she lead from the front and we won the game comprehensively…

Overall it was a wonderful evening and a day to remember for every… These are some of the moments of the day;

  • Vimala’s prank was always to target Bala CFO…
  • Ramanan’s excitement to help the opponent to gain points…
  • Dhanalakshmi singing Surangani…
  • Suganthi involvement & passion… She went to the extreme of threatening others…

Let me leave you with some exciting pictures;

Difference in making Men & Women Happy


How to keep a woman happy…. Priceless!

It’s not difficult to make a woman happy. A man only needs to be:

1. A friend
2. A companion
3. A lover
4. A brother
5. A father
6. A master
7. A chef
8. An electrician
9. A carpenter
10. A plumber
11. A mechanic
12. A decorator
13. A stylist
14. A sexologist
15. A gynaecologist
16. A psychologist
17. A pest exterminator
18. A psychiatrist
19. A healer
20. A good listener
21. An organizer
22. A good father
23. Very clean
24. Sympathetic
25. Athletic
26. Warm
27. Attentive
28. Gallant
29. Intelligent
30. Funny
31. Creative
32. Tender
33. Strong
34. Understanding
35. Tolerant
36. Prudent
37. Ambitious
38. Capable
39. Courageous
40. Determined
41. True
42. Dependable
43. Passionate
44. Compassionate

WITHOUT FORGETTING TO:

45. Give her compliments regularly
46. Love shopping
47. Be honest
48. Be very rich
49. Not stress her out
50. Not look at other girls

AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU MUST ALSO:

51. Give her lots of attention, but expect little yourself
52. Give her lots of time, especially time for herself
53. Give clots of space, never worrying about where she goes

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT:

54. Never to forget:

  • birthdays
  • anniversaries
  • arrangements she makes

HOW TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY

1. Leave him alone

Burnt Biscuits


When I was a kid, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all my dad did was reach for his biscuit, smile at my mom and ask me how my day was at school.

I don’t remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that biscuit and eat every bite!

When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for burning the biscuits. And I’ll never forget what he said: “Honey, I love burned biscuits.”

Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if he really liked his biscuits burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, “Your Momma put in a hard day at work today and she’s real tired. And besides – a little burnt biscuit never hurt anyone!”

You know, life is full of imperfect things… and imperfect people. I’m not the best at hardly anything, and I forget birthdays and anniversaries just like everyone else.  What I’ve learned over the years is that learning to accept each others faults – and choosing to celebrate each others differences – is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy,growing, and lasting relationship.

That’s my wish for you today. That you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the difficult parts of your life and enjoy them all. Because in the end, you are the only One who will be able to ensure that a burned biscuit isn’t a deal-breaker! This could extended to any relationship. In fact, understanding is the base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship!

“Don’t put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket – keep it in your own.”So. please pass me a biscuit, and yes, the burned one will do just fine!

And feel free to pass this along to folks who have enriched your life… I just did. Life is too short to wake up with regrets. Love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who don’t !